101 Keyword Research Tips

101 Keyword Research Tips List

• 1Allintitle Google Search
  Enter "allintitle: Dog Brushes" into Google to find how many websites have Dig Brushes in their title. You don't want this to be a big number for example under a hundred. This means you have a good chance if you optimize your site for these keywords to get on the first page of Google.
  allintitle must be in all lowercase.
• 2Search for your Keywords in Google
  Yes a normal search how many many are searching for your keywords with and without quotes e.g. "best dog brushes". See what sort of competition there is. If there is hardly any that's not good, more than 30,000 competing websites is usually too many.
• 3Keywords with Buying Intent
  Ideally you want to score high for Keywords with commercial intent. So someone entering "Royal Wedding" into Google usually just just wants information. However someone entering "Copy of Wedding Dress" may be a future bride actually looking to buy a dress! Which traffic do you want?
• 4Why people always say "First Page of Google"
  It's because really 99% of all traffic is generated from the the first page. Don't be too depressed there are lots of first pages.
• 5Find the Number of Daily Searches for your Keywords Phrase.
  Use https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal . There should be at least 200 searches a day to make it worth while and less that 30,000 competing sites or 100 sites using the allintitle search
• 6AllinURL Google Search
  allinurl: keyword research only finds websites with keyword and research in the URL . (I found allinurl had to be in lowercase)
• 7Become an Expert in how people search
  Not an expert in search yourself but an expert in how the public search.
• 8Google Search allinanchor:"keyword1 keyword2"
  This reveals all the sites where your keywords appear in the hyperlink anchor text.
• 9Due Diligence
  This is the process of thoroughly evaluating any business opportunity.
• 10The Biggest Mistake
  The biggest mistake is to make assumptions about what people are looking for on the net, you must not guess you must research
• 11 Synonyms
  Starting with your initial "seed" keywords create a list of synonyms. Why? because you are hoping to come across your nugget keywords, something often searched for but not catered for by many websites.
• 12Technical/Professional/Layman/Public Keywords
  A Doctor or Scientist might describe something by its technical or Latin name, the public might know it by its popular name, others by its slang name. You need to research all variants.
• 13Spelling Errors
  Exploiting spelling errors is rather a grey area but you should research them and add them to your list if they get any traffic
• 14Global Monthly Search Volume (GMSV)
  This is they Search Figure you need to record for comparisons
• 15Spreadsheet
  Use a spreadsheet to keep a tally of your keywords, search count, competition etc
• 16Buy your Domain/URL LAST after your research
  Your domain name will be a critical part of your SEO . It is to easy to get a false feeling that you are being proactive by rushing the purchase of this. Wait until you have completed your research campaign before deciding on this. (Try typing in a few keywords into Google and see how often a domain with nearly exactly those keywords will appear at the top of the listings.
• 17Being a little bit different
  You research keywords to find what people are looking for and then try and find if there is an under-exploited variant of these keywords which gets traffic but does not have many optimized websites catering for them.
• 18Buying Intent Modifiers
  People searching use these frequently :- largest, cheapest, best, low cost, budget, coupon, quickest, market leader.
  Add these to your Keyword Phrase and check the results.
• 19Seed Keywords
  These are the keywords you first thought of. They should be your intuitive guesses.
• 20Look at your Web Statistics
  It's always easier to build on existing traffic but you must know where your traffic is coming from and what keywords were used. You can get this information from your web-server statistics and by using Google Analytics.
• 21More Keyword Modifiers
  Top-ten widgets
• 22Modifiers: Review
  Review Panasonic P1254 Flat-Screen. or User Review or Faults with ..
• 23Alternative Product Modifiers
  Rival, no-name, alternative, competitor, better than. These are entered by people who cannot afford or who object to the market leader eg Ipad rival.
• 24Geographic, Regional Modifiers
  These are becoming increasingly popular as more and more local services are source online e.g. plumbers, electricians, hairdressers. Could be a zip or postcode, could be a region or town name. Plumber, Oxford or swimming pool repairs, Dallas.
• 25Best Modifiers
  Best Phone, Top sport, Quality, Best quality.
• 26More Commercial Intent Modifiers
  Discount, Free shipping, Buy now, Compare prices, Bargain,budget
• 27Colors
  Red Skirt, Blue Cycle
• 28Fashion Shopping Keyword Modifiers
  The keyword qualifiers here are endless specially for women's fashions.
• 29Use Scroogle to get unbiased Search Results
  Scroogle.com gives you pure search results uninfluenced by your previous search habits. Have you noticed how high ranking your website appears on your browser?