Wednesday, March 23, 2011

How to Do Keyword Research For Real

Last time, I  talked about keywords and its importance to your online presence. This time I'm going to show you how to do keyword research for real. Here we go:



Write a List

First, you need to compile a list of keywords  that you going to use for your website. They also represent the niche that you want to get into. Just open up Microsoft word and list them line by line. This is important because you will want to refer back to these words while you keep track of your keyword research results.



Find Yourself a Keyword Research Tool

There are key advantages of using a keyword research tool. First it offers elaborate information about your competitors in terms  as to what kind of keywords they're using.. That way you can make necessary changes to your keyword list if you have to. Also  the keyword research tool gives you the rundown on the number of searches for your keywords for a particular month, and how much money you'll make each time your ads are clicked.I suggest you try Google Adwords. It's the best out there. Just google Adwords and download it for free.


Do The Research

Start entering the keyword or keyword phrases into the keyword research tool. Make sure you enter one keyword/keyword phrase at a time to get the best results while doing your keyword research. our keywords, you type in the research tool and click 'keyword ideas' just to see how many searches have been done So  if Super Affiliate Handbook is one of your  keywords you type it in the research tool.  Upon completion of this session, add one column to  record the cost per click of each keyword that you researched to calculate the amount of money you could earn for the ad using that keyword.

Make Sense Out of the Research

By 'Make Sense of Research' I mean Analyze the Research. You need to break down the results of your keyword research and make use of it.  While doing your analysis, look out for two important factors. first:

Search Volume

This refers to the number of searches browsers performed on a specific keyword/keyword phrase. Pay attention to keywords that have a high search volume because this suggests that  a lot of people are searching for information on them.
High Paying keywords

High paying keywords connotes keywords that will help  your cash register. You do not want a keyword that is highly subscribed otherwise you'll be lost in the search wilderness. Instead go for a keyword that will attract less competition and give you a better chance of staying at the top of the search charts. Let's say you use a keyphrase such as Super Affiliate Handbook, make sure it's a keyword phrase that will help you climb up the charts. If not, try another alternative .  Looking for a reliable keyword research tool, I suggest Wordpot.

As you can see keyword research is absolutely crucial to the cash register of your online business. Failure to do it right and you could end up in virtual(internet) poverty. Follow the above directions and you'll do just fine

Wonna learn more keyword research and more?

Download Rosalind Gardner's  Super Affiliate Handbook

No comments: