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What keyword research methods do you use?

  • kaazoom Jun 2, 2012 @ 3:51 pm | delete
    I can see I need to research keywords more than I currently do. Thank you for the tips.
  • bensen32 Jun 1, 2012 @ 10:09 pm | delete
    time for some more clean up on my lenses, thanks for all the info
  • crazy_anna May 21, 2012 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    This was very helpful and I have had a lot more hits on my lenses since I started using your advice!
  • artyfax May 20, 2012 @ 6:43 pm | delete
    I think I am beginning to understand the concept and approach to keyword research. Read and followed your examples closely and finally it is getting thru to me. WIll be trying this out on my next lens - fingers crossed. Thanks for enlightening me, I have left a blessing for a great lens.
  • jeromeyoung May 17, 2012 @ 7:18 am | delete
    helpful tools. Thanks for sharing this lens!
  • blackspanielgallery May 14, 2012 @ 8:35 pm | delete
    Nice lens
  • cynthia-ann-leighton May 5, 2012 @ 11:18 pm | delete
    Similar to this! Your sorting by ratio on excel is a great insight. Will add that too:-) Thanks for a fabulous lens.
  • jessica-ruiz-jones Apr 30, 2012 @ 11:24 pm | delete
    Wow, this is great information. I have been tempted to purchase Jaaxy and other tools, but this seems sufficient. Am I limiting myself?
  • aj2008 May 1, 2012 @ 5:54 pm | delete
    Jessica - I dont think you are limiting yourself by sticking with the Google tool. I use that one the most and am finding it serves me very well. I have tried Jaaxy but it is too soon to say how effective it is.

    One thing I would say is dont pay any money for any keywoprd research tools until you are sure that you really know what you are doing.
  • Steve-SEO-UK Apr 13, 2012 @ 5:02 am | delete
    Definitely taking your advise AJ - and as always, sooooooooo helpful.
    Just one point that came up somewhere else I was reading on Keyword Research and using Google Keyword Tool. It stated to use Exact Match to get a true Search Volume figure which turns out to be a lot less that other options. Could you give advise on this? Best regards, Steve
  • aj2008 Apr 13, 2012 @ 12:05 pm | delete
    Steve, I know opinion is divided about researching keywords using "broad match" and "exact match", but personally I find "broad match" works very well for me - it is also useful for suggesting variations of a keyword that you may not have thought of :)
  • Steve-SEO-UK Apr 14, 2012 @ 2:01 pm | delete
    Thanks AJ and I take on board your comment on added variations of keywords using broad match. All the very best, Steve
  • spaderdabomb Apr 12, 2012 @ 8:34 pm | delete
    Awesome lens, how did you get Adwords to show squidoo pages in a column though?
  • aj2008 Apr 13, 2012 @ 12:03 pm | delete
    Thank you :) As for the figures, I do say in the module: "In this screenshot I have added two columns of figures:

    1) Pages on Google

    2) Squidoo Lenses"

    I added the figures myself in order to better explain how it works.
  • UdeyJohnson Mar 24, 2012 @ 1:22 pm | delete
    Does someone with 489 Squid Likes even notice when they get new ones anymore?
    Very helpful lens. Thanks for putting it together.
  • georgeadri69 Mar 23, 2012 @ 10:25 am | delete
    Very good lens. I'm using Market Samurai for this stuff.
  • joyldev Mar 18, 2012 @ 8:45 pm | delete
    What I like most about this lens is that it provides a free keyword search tool. Good lens. God bless!
  • greenspirit Mar 15, 2012 @ 3:28 pm | delete
    I have been back to this page this afternoon, and really run through the google tool. I found out some very interesting things about my topics!
  • nickirc Mar 12, 2012 @ 4:24 pm | delete
    Thank you for the wonderful lens on keyword research.
  • Ahdilarum Mar 6, 2012 @ 3:56 am | delete
    VERY GOOD insight information about the keyword. helped me a lot..
  • PeterStreep Feb 27, 2012 @ 5:48 am | delete
    wow, great article, it helped me a lot. Only google Adword has changed and uses the words Low,Medium and High to tell you the Competition status, instead of a bar. And if you download the file, the numbers of the competition are 0,24 or something like that. I think you have to multiply it by 10.000 to get the same formula. So I use competition*10.000/global monthly searches. Is this correct, or do I something wrong ?
    Great Great article. thanks
  • aj2008 Feb 27, 2012 @ 7:00 am | delete
    Peter, you need to ignore the Competition "High", "Medium" and "Low" - this refers to the number of sites paying for those keywords as Adwords.

    To properly asses the number of competing pages, you must research that yourself by typing the keyword or phrase within " " in A Google Search Box.
  • PeterStreep Mar 8, 2012 @ 4:46 pm | delete
    thank you. I read the PDF: Learn squidoo step by step, which was really helpfull.
  • IamBronwen Feb 26, 2012 @ 3:06 pm | delete
    This lens is wonderful, and has helped me so much! Thank you :)
  • Scriber1 Feb 19, 2012 @ 10:08 pm | delete
    Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I've been listening to podcasts, checking out sites and lenses and I have to tell you that this is the most complete and useful guide I have come across so far.
  • online-punch-clock Feb 18, 2012 @ 2:54 am | delete
    you got excellent way of expressing and explaining..really loved your way of explaining and very informative and helpful lens..thanks
  • COUNTRYLUTHIER Feb 16, 2012 @ 8:35 pm | delete
    Researching keywords is worthwhile. Done right, the world will beat a path to your door. THanks for sharing this for noob lense crafters or old noob lense crafters like moi!
  • poutine Feb 12, 2012 @ 7:44 am | delete
    Posted this excellent lens on Pinterest.

    Thanks for all this great info.
  • Jillynn Jan 27, 2012 @ 3:31 pm | delete
    Excellent information. Very thorough and well done. Thanks!
  • lilymom24 Jan 24, 2012 @ 3:30 pm | delete
    Wow! Thanks for all the information on this lens. I'm taking notes and hopefully implementing some of these tips will help me understand how to utilize keywords better. =)
  • CharlieHash Jan 23, 2012 @ 3:57 pm | delete
    Thank You So Much, I can't express what I am feeling. But, 1000 thanks to make this lens.
  • flicker Jan 12, 2012 @ 9:48 pm | delete
    Thanks! Picked up some good tips here.
  • Lifeboost Jan 12, 2012 @ 6:10 am | delete
    Such great advice on researching keywords here that I had to pop back to bless it now that I have my wings. :)
  • xposedbydesign Jan 11, 2012 @ 11:33 pm | delete
    Glad I stopped by, good info.
  • MobileAppMan Jan 11, 2012 @ 6:56 pm | delete
    Really useful information. Thanks so much!
  • ekogde Jan 11, 2012 @ 8:42 am | delete
    awesome!!
  • mediawizard Jan 8, 2012 @ 6:19 am | delete
    Well done, finally searching good keywords clear and well explained.
    Thank you for this valuable tutorial.
  • Dec 26, 2011 @ 4:40 pm | delete
    it always was foreign to me but it makes a bit more sense now thaks to your lens. Thank you.
  • tonyb65 Dec 26, 2011 @ 4:25 am | delete
    This is great information, stuff I need to know and use.

    Thanks
  • Deadicated Dec 19, 2011 @ 6:07 pm | delete
    I never did but will now thanks to all the great information on this lens.
  • hysongdesigns Dec 14, 2011 @ 5:36 pm | delete
    My eyes tend to roll up in my head when you get too techy, but I persevered and took things in small bites and made it through. Thank you so much for this step by step how to do it! I really appreciate it. And in case you didn't know; if you don't have excel, check and see if you have Microsoft Works installed, it has a spreadsheet that does most of what excel does and will work for this ;-) I'm adding this to my link list on My First 6 Months on Squidoo.
  • egosney78 Dec 8, 2011 @ 3:32 pm | delete
    Thanks so much! I was only doing half of the process of keyword research. Maybe now I can start to get some real traffic!
  • love4randomness Dec 6, 2011 @ 11:21 pm | delete
    Your lens was so helpful! Thank you so much! :)
  • justforcats Nov 28, 2011 @ 2:46 am | delete
    Thank you! I've bookmarked this, too.
  • FlaminCatDesigns Nov 25, 2011 @ 2:34 pm | delete
    Thank you AJ for this lens, I have bookmarked and refer back to it often. I feel like I am starting to learn this. I have also listened to you on blogtalkradio and it has been very helpful.
  • nsixx99 Nov 18, 2011 @ 7:14 pm | delete
    I want to thank you for this lens. I had no idea what keyword research was or how to do it until I came across this page. As a full-time college student and mom I do not always have the time to promote my lenses everywhere, but I have seen a big difference in the stats for the lens I made after reading this lens. I just wanted to give you an extra thanks, it is amazing you took the time to share all of this knowledge.
  • Retro_Loco Nov 16, 2011 @ 11:28 pm | delete
    I am overwhelmed by the plethora of SEO advice here! Thank you so much for putting all of this information together. I've got this lens bookmarked so I can come back when I have more time to study it. Right now I'm concentrating more on lens content and tweaking my CSS. Great work! ~Vicki~
  • tokyonights7 Nov 16, 2011 @ 4:47 am | delete
    In the new Keyword Tool, they have eliminated the green bars and replaced them with the values low, medium and high. When do you your research, do you tend to focus solely on the low competition keywords? Thanks for writing up such an informative lens about keywords. They are hard to come by. Heather
  • aj2008 Nov 16, 2011 @ 12:43 pm | delete
    Ignore the competition column in the results that the search tool gives you, this refers to Pay Per Click Competition and not the actual number of competing pages. You MUST reseach the number of actual pages competing for the keywords, using the method I describe.

    I generally tend to go for low competition keywords, but just sometimes I may try for a high competing keyword. I tend to do this when either none or very few sites have the keyword in the URL.
  • tokyonights7 Nov 16, 2011 @ 4:23 pm | delete
    Thank you, Ashley! You've enlightened me...and removed a heavy burden from my shoulders! :)
  • MarcelWhite Nov 14, 2011 @ 10:15 am | delete
    I’m sorry to disagree but for me this is not a lens, it’s a LESSON about advanced keyword research. Thank you so much.
    Marcel
  • mennella Nov 13, 2011 @ 3:29 pm | delete
    wow, thank you very much. and thanks to the "month of giving tanks" that made me look for a lens really "adequate." And i found this useful and comprehensive. I work with these tools already, but the proposed scheme is very straightforward and productive. It will help me a lot in my work, thanks.
  • Graceonline Nov 10, 2011 @ 12:08 pm | delete
    In this month of giving thanks, I wanted to stop by and say how much I appreciate this page and the work you put into it. It went a long way toward demystifying the whole keyword thing, and I have been using your tips ever since. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
  • djroll Nov 6, 2011 @ 2:28 pm | delete
    If I was an angel, I'd bless you 3 times over for this helpful information. I've read over the comments by others and I ditto almost all of them. Thank you.
  • KarenCookieJar Nov 3, 2011 @ 9:46 pm | delete
    I try to do keyword research but sometimes I feel like I'm missing something, thanks for the detailed tutorial.
  • Optionstradingiq Nov 3, 2011 @ 2:34 pm | delete
    Hi, how do you set up you Google Keyword Tool as it is shown under your heading “narrowing the niche?
  • aj2008 Nov 3, 2011 @ 4:52 pm | delete
    I have added those columns in myself, in order to be able to explain how I analyse the results.
  • Optionstradingiq Nov 4, 2011 @ 9:53 am | delete
    thanks, so you just manually checked how many results were returned when you searched within Squidoo?
  • nsixx99 Nov 2, 2011 @ 8:30 pm | delete
    Thank you for this in valuable look at key word research. i have played with the Google Keyword tool but really had no idea how to use. Now I do, thank you!
  • AZBCGUY Oct 30, 2011 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    Keyword research, for me has always been sort of a mystery. This lens was great in helping to understand a difficult topic. I have bookmarked it and will return many times. Thanks
  • Lifeboost Oct 29, 2011 @ 5:16 pm | delete
    Thanks so much - I've spent most of today on keyword research, and your information has really helped! Bookmarking this page for all future lens building! :)
  • michaelchiam Oct 28, 2011 @ 2:45 am | delete
    it is awesome for what you teach. i really appreciate your teaching. it is a great lens. before this, i have read few article regarding searching keyword optimization. but nobody give me a clear and complete guide like you. thanks for your sharing
  • FlaminCatDesigns Oct 26, 2011 @ 7:56 am | delete
    I'm just learning about keyword search. I have used this tool but not d/l any data. I bookmarked your lens and will give this a try. Thanks for sharing. Great, helpful lens.
  • hysongdesigns Oct 24, 2011 @ 4:37 pm | delete
    this was awesome! thanks, off to try things out now!
  • satewas Oct 17, 2011 @ 1:45 pm | delete
    I aready have been doing keyword research but you have given me more ways to go about getting the best for my work! Thanks
  • kajohu Oct 13, 2011 @ 3:39 pm | delete
    I've come back to this page a few times for reminders how to do this....and using this method today I found a really nice keyword phrase that I hadn't thought of for my next lens (or wizzle...).
  • pamscape Oct 12, 2011 @ 3:05 am | delete
    This is the second time reading this, and i am soaking it up. thank you.
  • celiabalmer Oct 9, 2011 @ 11:56 am | delete
    I always use the filters before searching as otherwise it's possible to get a lot of keywords with less than 10 searches or other small numbers.
  • BSieracki Sep 25, 2011 @ 2:10 pm | delete
    good guide
  • whiteskyline Sep 17, 2011 @ 9:18 pm | delete
    Wow! This in amazingly extensive! Excellent information. I have seen here that I could be much more thorough with my keyword research.

    You've made me think in how the extra time doing keyword research will save time on making a lens with impossible competition...something I am sure I have already done.

    It's OK though, I am learning as I go :)
  • go2webm Sep 17, 2011 @ 8:17 am | delete
    Keywords researching is must for every one that looking to establish an online presentation and to succeed online.
    Your lens is very professional and very, very helpful.
  • destinysagent Sep 14, 2011 @ 7:35 am | delete
    Wow, do I ever need to do some homework! Many thanks AJ for a fantastic Lens. An example for all us Lensmasters.
  • PattiHale Sep 11, 2011 @ 9:11 pm | delete
    Thanks for this! It's beginning to sink in now, lol!
  • zentao Sep 11, 2011 @ 2:15 pm | delete
    I have been a big fan of keyword research for a long while now. I thought I new a lot about it. Your simple tips in the end for putting your keywords to csv and from there importing them to excel were really awesome
  • agoofyidea Sep 10, 2011 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    I am new to keywords and admit it makes my head spin. I hope to learn more and eventually use it to my advantage. Thank you for laying it out so completely. I'll be refering back to this lens. Thank you.
  • bhavesh Sep 7, 2011 @ 11:53 pm | delete
    Excellent info. thanks for sharing. Have a question, though. I read somewhere that it's better to name the website or a lens with the dashes between the keywords (i.e. my-lens) versus without them (mylens). What's your advice? Does it make a difference? Thanks again.
  • aj2008 Sep 8, 2011 @ 6:34 am | delete
    My top lens has no hyphens or underscores: bullyingatprimaryschool. My second top lens is: lose_weight- My third lens is goldfish-swims-upside-down

    I should add that the bullying lens was made when I was completely ignorant about proper keyword research and I got lucky. But I generally tend to break up the words with hyphens, unless the URL I want is already taken, in which case I will then look at underscores.

    But there's other lensmasters I know who just let the words run into each other, without the hyphens.

    So I guess I am saying that providing the keywords, content and backlinks are strong, then you should do OK whichever format you use for the URL.

    And there's others who believe the keyword in the URL is not so important - I disagree because I believe that having it in the URL will give you an edge over the competition that does NOT have it in the URL.
  • LissaKlar Sep 6, 2011 @ 5:54 pm | delete
    Good information and tips. I have to admit it all still confuses me somewhat.
  • aj2008 Sep 8, 2011 @ 6:25 am | delete
    Lisa try to work through the steps using your own keyword ideas for a lens you want to make. I find that actively doing something while trying learn often helps
  • JoeSteinbeck Sep 6, 2011 @ 11:44 am | delete
    Finding the right keywords is so important for a campaign - thanks for the tips!
  • Alfira54 Aug 15, 2011 @ 1:53 pm | delete
    Useful article, my question is whether the URL in the Squidoo Lens I should be the same with my Main Site?
  • aj2008 Aug 15, 2011 @ 3:24 pm | delete
    That depends on how strong the keyword is in the URL of the main site!

    In my opinion the Squidoo URL needs to be the strongest of your keywords (assuming the URL has not already been taken) AND because all this keyword research applies to blogs and websites in addition to Squidoo lenses - then yes, your blog needs to have the same keyphrase in the Domain name - which is why I say do the research BEFORE you grab a URL or buy a domain :)
  • franstan Aug 15, 2011 @ 11:21 am | delete
    Wonderful lens with great advice written in an easy way to understand. Blessings from a Squid Angel
  • BlenderHead Aug 14, 2011 @ 8:44 am | delete
    I have one question to ask, how did you add the 'pages on Google' and 'pages on Squidoo' columns in the results?? I can't work it out! lol Thanks! :) Great lens!
  • aj2008 Aug 14, 2011 @ 10:26 am | delete
    I saved the screenshot as a .jpg, then copied into Microsoft Publisher and added text boxes and entered the figures.
  • BlenderHead Aug 14, 2011 @ 5:43 pm | delete
    Oh I see! Thanks!
  • JennySui Aug 12, 2011 @ 7:18 pm | delete
    Keyword research is very important and critical component each time you write a new article or even when you start a new website. My friend your lens deserve purple star.
  • luvmyludwig Aug 12, 2011 @ 4:50 am | delete
    I need my favorite button back! Thanks for this much needed help. I've been doing this pretty much, but the excel thing is brilliant! One question, do you use a broad or exact search on adwords keyword tool?
  • aj2008 Aug 12, 2011 @ 8:17 am | delete
    I tend to start with the broad match function, because not only will it search for the phrases I type into the search box, but it will also suggest related keywords that I may not have thought of.

    Then I use the exact match, once I have found some possible keywords to try to narrow the niche even further.

    To be honest I just play around with it, until I find something that has reasonable search volume and low competition.
  • luvmyludwig Aug 12, 2011 @ 9:24 am | delete
    I often find keywords with the broad search that seem to have good search volume, but then when I try the exact it goes down considerably. I just didn't know which to go with when looking at search volume. I know there are no exacts to anything though, just wasn't sure what you used above when considering competition to search volume.
  • RadioGuitar Aug 6, 2011 @ 8:30 pm | delete
    Thanks for this. I never understood it before.
  • MamaRuth Aug 6, 2011 @ 3:07 pm | delete
    This was a very helpful article about keyword research. I loved the step by step example you used. I have tried to do research for a couple of my lenses, but this was the first time I really felt I understood the thought process I need to be using for this. Thanks!
  • nuestraherencia Aug 1, 2011 @ 3:24 am | delete
    Thank so much for writing this. It has cleared up so much! I have tried to learn as I go, but I have definitely learned more from this lens than in the few months I have been reading about this. Congrats on a great lens!
  • BGLJane Jul 30, 2011 @ 11:42 pm | delete
    I love the new keyword research tool from Google. I use it all the time for all my keywords!
  • AlleyCatLane Jul 29, 2011 @ 9:33 am | delete
    Thanks for sharing. I knew very little about this. I have it bookmarked now so I can refer back as needed. Great lens!
  • Wednesday_Elf Jul 29, 2011 @ 9:18 am | delete
    Wonderful information for keyword research. I've tried doing a small amount, but am still not very good at it. Appreciate all your suggestions.
  • jewelkid87 Jul 28, 2011 @ 12:45 pm | delete
    I would like to let you know that I used your keyword research method on one of my lenses and it is the first lens I have had to have immediate success! It shot straight to the 1st tier and already made targeted sales. I can't express my thanks for explaining keyword research and making it so easy to understand. Keyword research really makes a huge difference! Thank you!
  • KrisB100 Jul 11, 2011 @ 8:48 am | delete
    Usually I do some keyword research, but it's not as elaborate as yours. Your lens definitely provides some great tips. Thanks!
  • kar351 Jul 10, 2011 @ 3:01 pm | delete
    I use adwords and some tips I learned in the google page on the search box. I should get into those good paid keyword programs out there like wordtracker, but I cannot have more weight on my budget. Maybe when I get more Lens on Squidoo and learn more I start to get into that.
    Also I think keyword research is very important for Squidoo and for websites in general. Guess the trick is always to find the right one with a good balance.
  • Cumberland Jul 8, 2011 @ 7:52 am | delete
    Thanks for the information. I think AdWords is the better of the free search tools. There are others such as Word Tracker, etc that may offer some alternatives to the keywords provided by Google.
  • gottaloveit Jul 2, 2011 @ 8:54 am | delete
    You finally seem to have drilled this stuff into my head with this lens. I've been writing online for 2 years and this finally seems to make sense. You did a great job laying this out! Thanks so much!
  • bames24 Jul 1, 2011 @ 3:23 am | delete
    thanks for sharing such wonderful info... I have just started to research keywords and your lens helps a lot :)
  • C_Cameron Jun 23, 2011 @ 1:06 am | delete
    Amazing help and information. I'm a keyword junkie so this page will help me keep focused! Thanks!
  • ---Chazz Jun 21, 2011 @ 8:46 am | delete
    One of the clearest most helpful explanations of keywords and keyword research I've found. Blessed and featured on "Wing-ing it on Squidoo" our squid angel lensography and info page.
  • 67Shelbygal Jun 20, 2011 @ 2:28 pm | delete
    This was so helpful. Thanks a lot. Great Lens!! :)
  • jentaylorsc Jun 20, 2011 @ 12:00 pm | delete
    Thank you so much for this helpful guide to keyword research. I had been using the Google keyword research tool, but I didn't know all the ins and the outs. Now I am excited to start looking at new keywords to use!
  • poutine Jun 20, 2011 @ 11:28 am | delete
    Somehow I can't seem to get my brain around it enough to really understand it.
  • aj2008 Jun 20, 2011 @ 4:49 pm | delete
    I am a kinesthetic learner, so I learn by doing. It may help you to take one of your fav lenses, that has already been published and use the steps to do the keyword research for that lens to improve the keywords.
  • Tipi Jul 9, 2011 @ 9:04 pm | delete
    That's sounds like a very good tip, AJ. I'm going to try that. I'm with Poutine.
  • aj2008 Jul 10, 2011 @ 2:17 am | delete
    If you do try it Susie, then please let us know how you get on :)
  • scarlettohairy Jun 13, 2011 @ 4:00 pm | delete
    Thanks so much for your detailed explanation of keyword research. I am following it using your Excel spreadsheet and hope to see great results!
  • Chardoo Jun 6, 2011 @ 9:46 pm | delete
    Great lens. I'll be coming back for more info on your other pages. Thanks.
  • SquidJigger Jun 6, 2011 @ 6:42 pm | delete
    I used this method for keyword research and found a phrase with low competition, and am ranking on the first page of Google for that phrase, but not getting any traffic to my lens. What do you suppose is wrong?
  • aj2008 Jun 7, 2011 @ 9:57 am | delete
    It is good that your phrase is getting low competition but how many people are actually searching for that phrase? The lower the number then the more difficult it is to get traffic.
  • BunnyBoiler Jun 3, 2011 @ 11:50 am | delete
    This is fantastic! Once I digest it all it's going to be very very useful...thanks for writing it :)
  • squidooGUROO May 30, 2011 @ 9:36 pm | delete
    Great piece on keyword research.
  • hessa_johnson May 30, 2011 @ 7:57 am | delete
    Incredibly helpful - I've bookmarked this for future reference. Thank you.
  • KarateKatGraphics May 30, 2011 @ 12:22 am | delete
    great advice!
  • jewelkid87 May 29, 2011 @ 12:06 pm | delete
    Thanks for writing this! I am going to have to come back here and study study study! Keyword research is always hard for me to understand. I will be back here often :)
  • mrniceguy11 May 24, 2011 @ 11:13 pm | delete
    This is the single most helpful lens on keywords I have ever found. Simple and effective. Thanks so much for posting in the forum to guide me here. I am truly grateful.

    Caveat: I don't have excel, but I do have a calculator. I'll be using that instead of dumping more money into MS. Thanks again.
  • CruiseReady May 24, 2011 @ 10:06 am | delete
    This is fantastic information, and SO clearly laid out that I think virtually ANYONE could follow your keyword research method.
    I have recently begun paying more attention to keyword research, but was not doing all the things you presented here, and i really appreciate your use of the numeric guidelines.
  • gonzalezdenise May 23, 2011 @ 10:44 pm | delete
    Great information. Thanks for the great information
  • golfspice May 18, 2011 @ 5:28 am | delete
    Great information - very helpful
  • karmicchristian May 14, 2011 @ 10:44 am | delete
    The 'Key' word opens a golden gate. Abracadabra... :)
  • kevinw1 Apr 25, 2011 @ 11:41 am | delete
    Don't forget to look at the "Exact" search volume as well as the default "Broad" volume that the Google keyword tool gives you. The difference can be huge, and your real-world results are likely to be closer to the exact numbers than the broad numbers.
  • crosscreations Apr 4, 2011 @ 9:55 am | delete
    Excellent tutorial for keyword research, very comprenhesive and the screen shots help a lot. Liked & lensrolled to lens promotion in motion. Best to YOU!
  • PaulOnBooks Apr 2, 2011 @ 8:44 am | delete
    Super lens on keyword research and SEO on lenses. Angel blessed.
  • lens4Him Apr 1, 2011 @ 3:28 pm | delete
    I use the Google Keywords tool and/or Market Samurai depending on what I'm doing (and what mood I'm in!) Excellent tip on using keywords in the guestbook title, I had never thought of doing that.
  • thesuccess Mar 30, 2011 @ 1:32 pm | delete
    My tip would be to take your time doing keyword research don't rush your decisions
  • jpgosh Mar 14, 2011 @ 7:51 pm | delete
    Very helpful information. Thanks for sharing and going into such level of detail!
  • BlaisePeter Mar 12, 2011 @ 8:48 am | delete
    Very valuable information and very well explained.Thank you for this info.Now i got work to do.Thank you
  • wordstock Mar 7, 2011 @ 9:29 am | delete
    So much info to digest. Thanks for all the work. It certainly makes sense. I research keywords on other sites but never bothered with Squidoo. Looks like I have some work to do.
  • LisaAuch Mar 4, 2011 @ 8:30 am | delete
    at last found my way here, this is a page i should really have printed off and kept by my side, I got cocky and thought I never had to do the research, now i am backtracking! and regretting not being as thorough as I should have been - thanks AJ
  • lil_muchang Feb 28, 2011 @ 4:09 pm | delete
    Wow you did a very detailed research on this. Thanks. Very useful in order to be a good lensmaster
  • enciksal Feb 15, 2011 @ 12:04 am | delete
    This lense super helped me! thanks :)
  • lravidlearner Feb 14, 2011 @ 3:22 pm | delete
    Your tips on keword research for SEO have helped me and others greatly. Blessed again by a Squid Angel ~
  • Pete_D Feb 10, 2011 @ 5:42 am | delete
    Great lens. Favorited and blessed!
  • Ladymermaid Feb 8, 2011 @ 8:59 am | delete
    Thank you AJ I have been spending my time this year optimizing my lenses and I need all the help I can get :)
  • sheilamarie Feb 7, 2011 @ 2:28 am | delete
    Thanks for this info on keyword research.!
  • Feb 6, 2011 @ 6:21 pm | delete
    thanks for the information....favorited
  • tipsanddeals Jan 30, 2011 @ 1:50 pm | delete
    Thats some really good information. Thanks. Will definetly help.
  • NanaPoppins Jan 27, 2011 @ 9:31 am | delete
    This lens really did help me learn more about how to research keywords. I really appreciate all the work you put into it!
  • myelevationgroup Jan 26, 2011 @ 4:07 pm | delete
    Great Lens, a lot of good information on keywords. Thanks for the great content.
  • Mickie_G Jan 19, 2011 @ 4:10 pm | delete
    Came back yet again for a refresher course. Will no doubt be back more.
  • jennikitten Jan 19, 2011 @ 10:49 am | delete
    Very helpful lens, I know I'm too lazy to do much keyword research, but your lens has convinced me to get a move on!
  • vikksimmons Jan 18, 2011 @ 8:30 am | delete
    Thank you for such an in-depth analysis. I'm still confused about how I should determine the best numbers but this definitely helps. Don't know why but I find this difficult to grasp. :)
  • gobbleupinfo Jan 11, 2011 @ 3:49 pm | delete
    I've bookmarked your page in Firefox and I've even copied and pasted the part about "Keyword placement for SEO - Places to use your keywords and phrases" into a text file to keep open as I struggle through the creation of my first lens. There are times I when I'm ready to give up. But, you've encouraged me to REALLY try to make the keyword researching work.

    Thank you.
  • aj2008 Jan 12, 2011 @ 4:07 am | delete
    RHank you. I have left a message on your Bio with some info that I think may help you further :)
  • worryfree88882 Dec 22, 2010 @ 9:29 pm | delete
    I used to find my keyword got click in squidoo, but I didn't find now. How can I do it?
  • wecomparebooks Dec 22, 2010 @ 10:13 am | delete
    This is really nice to select an appropriate keyword for site. Thanks for your informative post. Keep posting such posts all the time.
  • Geekgurl Dec 21, 2010 @ 7:14 am | delete
    This lens is wonderful. I wanted to ask you what is considered "spammy" in your keywords. If I was to take all the top Google searches for my content (lets say 50). Is that too many? I want to be found and not shunned from the SEO I guess that's what I am saying.
  • aj2008 Dec 21, 2010 @ 7:23 am | delete
    First of all the Top 50 Google Searches, may not be the best keywords - no point trying to feature a keyword that has 100,000 searches but 2 million pages in competition.

    And yes, stuffing your lens with 50 keywords may be viewed as "keyword stuffing" by the Search Engine Spiders, who will then label the page as Spam.

    Take just a few good keywords for each page. If you have a topic that has numerous good keywords then make a series of different but related pages on the same topic - but remember the content needs to be unique on each page.

    And remember a "good" keyword is one that has high search volume but low competition.
  • passionatehouseremodeler Dec 8, 2010 @ 3:42 pm | delete
    Wow, a lot of great information on keyword research here! I will refer to this again. Thank you!
  • deep1mpact Dec 1, 2010 @ 8:21 pm | delete
    wow what a great article on squidoo keyword research. possibly the best thing I have read all month.
  • TamaraKajari Nov 17, 2010 @ 6:18 am | delete
    I use google keyword tool always, check for Squidoo competition and try to fit into general competition when/if it's too heavy. Hard work, often boring, but very worth doing. Thanks for giving us such a simple overview.
  • LisaAuch Nov 7, 2010 @ 6:39 am | delete
    This was THE lens that made keywords click for me when I first started, after reading this I went onto make a lens, that got huge traffic via search results. This works, do it every time you build a lens. Thankyou for all your work within Squidoo and the community, your expertise and knowledge are truly respected. That is why the Purple Star looks so good on this page! Quality content, something Squidoo prides itself on, It is an honour to Bless this lens. *Blessed*
  • Asinka Nov 3, 2010 @ 12:14 pm | delete
    This is a fantastic lens on KW research. Especially for newbies like me :)
  • sema Oct 31, 2010 @ 1:07 am | delete
    Just dropped in to read again the wonderful information you have shared and found it has the honor of a purple star on it.Congratulations!
  • aesta1 Oct 27, 2010 @ 7:33 am | delete
    Just the info I need. I am now starting to search my keyword after 50+ lenses. At least, am starting.
  • aj2008 Nov 8, 2010 @ 2:42 am | delete
    Yes, I had quite a few lenses before I started to learn about keyword research and I also have a lens that is doing badly despite the keyword research! I need to have a good look at it and see what is going wrong.

    Even with older lenses, you can always go back, do the research and hopefully help them to perform better. And even where you have done the research you should do it again every so often - particularly with lenses that were doing well and then all of a sudden are not.
  • Amarant Oct 26, 2010 @ 5:37 am | delete
    Great lens AJ! I have a question: how did you get that screenshot where you have also squidoo in google keyword tool?
  • aj2008 Oct 26, 2010 @ 2:20 pm | delete
    Thank you! I actually added in the Squidoo figures myself, using Microsoft Publisher, to help with the analysis - looks like I need to make that more clear on the actual lens.
  • WeaverbirdBeads Oct 24, 2010 @ 6:46 pm | delete
    Thank you SO MUCH for this lens. I've been reading up on SEO and getting lots of good info, but this lens is the one that gave me the key to make sense of it ail. Now the puzzle fits together and I can USE the info. Congrats your purple star, it is well-deserved.
  • RitaK Oct 23, 2010 @ 11:01 pm | delete
    Congratulations on your Purple Star! You are most deserving of the honor! I am so in awe of your information, this has given me such good insight! I look forward to reading your other lenses...thank you for sharing!
  • TamaraKajari Oct 22, 2010 @ 4:58 pm | delete
    Very informative lens. I couldn't agree more on how important keyword research is. Google keyword tool works for me just fine. However, keyword research is a serious area of any business and it asks for an ongoing management. Thanks for sharing this.
  • Nesli Oct 21, 2010 @ 1:35 am | delete
    Extremely helpful and step by step gide. I'm new to keyword research, and I was wondering how these guys are chosing their keywords. Thank you.
  • termit_bronx Oct 20, 2010 @ 8:38 am | delete
    Definitely the best information on keyword research here on Squidoo!
  • LisaAuch Oct 20, 2010 @ 2:49 am | delete
    I have revisited, and thanks to your great lens, easy to understand layout. I am now doing keyword search, for my lenses, this means I am seeing more targeted traffic, with sales.
    Thankyou
  • aj2008 Oct 20, 2010 @ 2:56 am | delete
    This is great news Lisa.
  • merylvdm Oct 19, 2010 @ 12:25 pm | delete
    Reading this for the second time. I think I am doing it all 'right' theoretically, but some lenses Google just chooses to ignore. Fortunately some fare better!
  • aj2008 Oct 20, 2010 @ 6:18 am | delete
    Sometimes Google ignores lenses for awhile no matter how well optimized they are, but then the traffic starts to grow as the lens "matures" - I have lenses that were published a year ago that are nowranking high and getting good traffic.
  • capriliz Oct 15, 2010 @ 9:18 am | delete
    Very nicely done. Congratulations on your purple star! I do use google's keyword tool.
  • aj2008 Oct 20, 2010 @ 2:54 am | delete
    Yes, I use the keyword tool so much that there's a short cut to it on my toolbar!
  • jasmineann Oct 15, 2010 @ 8:49 am | delete
    Very helpful lens, good tips and clear information. Thank you this will certainly be useful to me. Congratulations on your purple star!
  • aj2008 Oct 20, 2010 @ 2:53 am | delete
    Thank you -I am so glad the lens has been helpful.
  • Greekgeek Oct 13, 2010 @ 6:43 pm | delete
    I can't believe this didn't have a purple star already!
  • aj2008 Oct 20, 2010 @ 2:52 am | delete
    Thank you - when I got the email, it was a cold morning but I had one of those warm, fuzzy feelings!
  • DecoratingforEvents Oct 13, 2010 @ 4:13 pm | delete
    Congratulations on your purple star. Well deserved! :)
  • aj2008 Oct 20, 2010 @ 2:52 am | delete
    Thank you Mandee :)
  • spunkyduckling Oct 11, 2010 @ 9:13 am | delete
    Hi, aj. You need to update the keyword research tool. It no longer has the link for the old interface as you are showing.
  • aj2008 Oct 11, 2010 @ 9:40 am | delete
    Thanks:) I know I need to update the screenshots but the link to the new Keyword Research Tool is in the module headed: "Google's new keyword research tool ".

    The principles for doing Keyword Research remain the same.
  • Brian_Abbott Oct 10, 2010 @ 12:12 pm | delete
    I use the latest Google research tool (not the one that included data which skewed the true figures). Brilliantly informative lens, by the way.
  • aj2008 Oct 8, 2010 @ 5:27 pm | delete
    So pleased to see that this lens is helping people with their keyword research :)
  • Allison_Whitehead Oct 8, 2010 @ 9:26 am | delete
    I'll be back to follow this in more detail - wonderful lens with plenty of information. Thanks!
  • jasoncox83 Oct 4, 2010 @ 12:46 pm | delete
    Great lens thanks for the information.
  • Yourshowman Sep 30, 2010 @ 7:44 pm | delete
    This lens is really very helpful. it helped me to increase my selectivity for keywords much easier.
    thanks for sharing this info
  • aj2008 Sep 30, 2010 @ 10:32 pm | delete
    You are very welcome :)
  • khael Sep 26, 2010 @ 6:27 pm | delete
    The information here is really great! Thanks for sharing. It's making life much easier.
  • aj2008 Sep 30, 2010 @ 10:32 pm | delete
    So pleased that this lens has helped you
  • Sep 15, 2010 @ 2:58 pm | delete
    Hi thank you for making this lens, i am just starting out and this information on keyword research is very helpful and easy to understand. I now intend to put the theory into practise after checking out some more information on building backlinks, and seo content .
  • aj2008 Sep 30, 2010 @ 10:31 pm | delete
    Thank you and dont forget to check out the Squidoo Step by Step lens: http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo-step-by-step, which covers a whole SEO strategy to help get traffic to your lenses.
  • Laddoo Sep 13, 2010 @ 5:47 am | delete
    Stand up and applause! Extremely well written lens AJ and you seem to have covered almost all aspects of Keyword research specifically tailored for Squidoo. If you do this right then more than 50% of your job is done. All you need to do know is do some basic on-page Seo and a good backlinking stategy to move the tiers!
  • aj2008 Sep 30, 2010 @ 10:30 pm | delete
    Yes, keyword research is just one important part of your SEO strategy and yes, backlinks are another part.

    We cover all of this in the Squidoo Step by Step Guidebook.
  • resabi Sep 9, 2010 @ 3:52 am | delete
    I'm standing at the base of a very high, very slippery slope -- but thanks to this lens I can see the vague outline of some hand- and footholds... I'm very happy to have discovered this lens. Blessed, with thanks.
  • aj2008 Sep 30, 2010 @ 10:28 pm | delete
    Well thank you!
  • 2muchtrash Aug 31, 2010 @ 9:54 pm | delete
    Wow, you have really put some effort into this lens and it shows! I learned a few neat ideas from this. Thank you!
  • aj2008 Sep 30, 2010 @ 10:28 pm | delete
    Thank you! I am so glad that this has helped you :)
  • TimArends Aug 23, 2010 @ 9:19 pm | delete
    The Google keyword tool is an enigma inside a riddle wrapped in a mystery. When I follow your tutorial and enter in "Chicken recipes" I get a whole bunch of results, just like you did. BUT, when I enter in "iPad"... Now you would think this would bring up all kinds of phrases: iPad docks, iPad cases, iPad apps, iPad for business, iPad for education and 1000 others. But what does the keyword tool bring up? Exactly FOUR relevant results: iPad, iPads, ipadi and ipade (have no idea what those last two are). I have "Use synonyms" checked. When I add the two relevant keywords to my "Selected Keywords" list and click "Get more related keywords," it STILL returns no more relevant results! I'm afraid keyword research and the Google research tool will remain a mystery for me.
  • aj2008 Sep 30, 2010 @ 10:27 pm | delete
    Just occasionally I find that the results of some keyword research is rather strange or unexpected, but on the whole most of the time the searches I do are extremely useful.
  • the777group Aug 22, 2010 @ 2:57 am | delete
    A wonderful lens to help people with keyword research.
  • ChrisDay Aug 16, 2010 @ 11:42 pm | delete
    What a useful piece of work - thanks
  • kiwisoutback Jul 25, 2010 @ 8:07 pm | delete
    I use many of the same methods you've outlined here using the Google Keyword tool, though I didn't know you could switch back to the old interface using the top right button. This is really useful, thanks for creating this!
  • drs2biz Jul 25, 2010 @ 6:56 pm | delete
    Thanks AJ. Great information here. I have previously not worried about how to research keywords, but this makes it easy and I will start to spend more time on planning my lens names.A thumbs up and favourite. BTW, I like your new lensmaster icon :)
  • WhiteOak50 Jul 24, 2010 @ 7:10 am | delete
    Wow, I have so much to learn about this. Thank you for offering such a fantastic informative lens!
  • NanLT Jul 9, 2010 @ 5:15 pm | delete
    I thought I was researching keywords. I see now that I have been doing a rather hit and miss method though. Off to lean as much as I can here. And I'm coming back to read this again.
  • dustytoes Jul 9, 2010 @ 2:32 pm | delete
    Keyword research is such a good thing and I know I should use it more often and I will now that I know more about what to look for. Your explanation is easy to understand with great visual aids. Now I am hungry for a one pot roasted chicken dish!
  • LisaAuch Jul 2, 2010 @ 12:59 am | delete
    I am just learning the ropes and found your lens invaluable! Have bookmarked for future reference, thankyou lisa
  • tssfacts Jun 24, 2010 @ 1:02 pm | delete
    For me this was a great review. I found there was couple things that I let slip. I will be adding these back into my keyword research for sure.
  • WendyKrick Jun 15, 2010 @ 7:12 pm | delete
    Great advise!
  • Steve-SEO-UK Jun 14, 2010 @ 3:11 am | delete
    Too many times, people dive into designing and developing a Website or Lens without giving Keyword Research a thought. Your step by step description has been put together to which even a novice would be able to follow with ease.

    I personally learned something, and that was to analyse the number of competing Squidoo Lenses.

    Definitely got a vote from me and I have tweeted this Lens.

    Many thanks,
    Steve
  • QueSea Jun 7, 2010 @ 6:11 am | delete
    Hi, AJ
    I enjoyed this lens enormously. I especially liked the sections from Narrowing Your Niche through Keyword Placement for SEO.

    I look forward to applying what I learned here to my new lenses.
  • JewelRiver Jun 6, 2010 @ 9:15 pm | delete
    Thank you this is great advice. I'm going to try and apply this to my lenses.
  • Greekgeek May 21, 2010 @ 11:08 am | delete
    Happy birthday, AJ! I kept not getting around to checking this out since I already do keyword research. You have a good method and explain it very well! I wonder if, when checking competition, I'm dwelling too much the number of competing pages that are OPTIMIZED for a search phrase. That is, instead of counting to see how many other pages there are on the keyword phrase, I'm looking to see how many there are with the phrase in the URL or title.

    I really like your chart. I hadn't been quite that disciplined and organized. I'd make note of "here's good search volume" and put that keyword phrase into a text document as a possible, then I'd check all the possibles when I went to the next step and winnow the list down, but I never put ALL the relevant figures on one chart. I think you also are less satisfied than I am -- you keep doing keyword research longer, whereas I stop about one step sooner than you, thinking, "good enough."

    Just goes to show that there's an art to keyword research like everything else. Anyway, I shall add a link to this lens from my Squidoo SEO page where I give my own keyword research recipe. Thanks!
  • makingamark May 21, 2010 @ 3:28 am | delete
    One of the best laid out and clearest lens on this topic that I've read to date on squidoo - definite thumbs up

    Happy birthday AJ!
  • theraggededge Apr 30, 2010 @ 11:06 am | delete
    Great information for people trying to get their head around all this SEO. Thank you!
  • profitintheinternet Apr 30, 2010 @ 2:28 am | delete
    Thanks for the keyword information. I learned a many of things on this site.
    Great job man.
  • weavz Apr 29, 2010 @ 7:53 pm | delete
    Thanks for the keyword info. I am going to look up my lenses now and will use this in the future before I name a lens.
  • weavz Apr 29, 2010 @ 7:53 pm | delete
    Thanks for the keyword info. I am going to look up my lenses now and will use this in the future before I name a lens.
  • clouda9 Apr 29, 2010 @ 1:46 pm | delete
    Your steps to researching keywords has made the process come to life for me! Excellent keyword research tutorial for novice to expert webmasters. Thank you!
  • daybreak Apr 29, 2010 @ 6:47 am | delete
    I learned a LOT of things on this lens. I will try to include them in my next efforts to target key words and phrases.
  • buzz11 Apr 29, 2010 @ 2:52 am | delete
    A very detailed guide you made on keyword research. I had been following most the tricks mentioned here in your lens but there few new things I have learned from your lens. Now, I off to implementing those new things to my lenses.
  • Swisstoons Apr 27, 2010 @ 5:46 pm | delete
    wowwwww! I've had some good months (some very good ones) at my Zazzle store and figured I knew a bit about researching keywords. But after barely delving into your highly instructive lens, I realize just how little I actually know. Or, more to the point, just how much of what I thought I knew is WRONG. This may well be the best How To lens I've come across. Thank you! And now, back to soak up more of your lens!
  • Mickie_G Apr 27, 2010 @ 10:48 am | delete
    I am tempted to print this page out so I can read it and read it......
    5 stars.
  • A_RovingReporter Apr 26, 2010 @ 11:30 pm | delete
    This is great 5* stuff!
  • crosscreations Apr 25, 2010 @ 9:12 am | delete
    Keyword research is maybe THE most important key to success on the web, one I began learning about many months ago yet still feel I've just scratched the surface. This 5 star lens is one of the best tutorials I've seen, so fived-faved-featured...all that jazz. KUDOS!
  • Pukeko Apr 22, 2010 @ 7:50 am | delete
    This is fantastic. Thank you for sharing it with all of us. A great reminder and an even better lesson.
  • aj2008 Apr 21, 2010 @ 5:39 am | delete
    JUst dropping in to say how much I appreciate all the comments that have been left here. I am glad the lens has helped you and it would be great if at some stage you could come back and let us know what difference the keyword research makes to your Google traffic
  • seashell2 Apr 20, 2010 @ 6:04 pm | delete
    Thank you for reminding me of the importance of keyword research... great instructions and helpful resources you've put together here. Many thanks!
  • oztoo Apr 20, 2010 @ 4:35 pm | delete
    This is an excellent keyword research lens. Your step by step instructions and thought processes, help make this often frustrating topic much easier to understand. Thank you so much for putting this together.
  • Spook Apr 20, 2010 @ 12:31 pm | delete
    As per usual, top notch. No wonder you are such a star. It's at moments like these I rue parts of my background. All the best.
  • lakeerieartists Apr 20, 2010 @ 12:06 pm | delete
    I really enjoyed reading through the steps you took to research your keywords, and also the step by step description of how you explained the process. I will be referring many people to this lens. I find your step by step explanations on any topic are some the clearest that I have ever read. Great job on this AJ. And blessed by me. :)
  • Susan52 Apr 19, 2010 @ 10:22 am | delete
    Thanks so much for making this lens! One additional factor I've been noticing lately is the suggested keywords at the bottom of the google search pages. For instance, searching for baked chicken recipe, suggestions at the bottom include baked boneless chicken recipe, healthy baked chicken recipe and six more. And of course there are the suggestions as you type in your search term, the most common one being "recipes" instead of "recipe." Argghhhh! No matter how much work we do to optimize our keywords, it seems there are always factors we can't control. I'm sure you said it somewhere up above, but obviously content is still the most important factor of a lens. Even though "build it and they will come" is not a good philosophy, "choose the best keywords then provide excellent content" is about the best anyone can do. Anyway, you did a fabulous job presenting this and I will continue to use your tips. Thanks again!
  • AndyDad Apr 18, 2010 @ 7:09 pm | delete
    I use google keywords as well, but not to the extent you have shown here. This is a great lens, I now have a much better understanding of keyword research and am itching to get to work on it. Info is presented very clear and easy to follow, which is not always the case with other keyword research articles I have read. Thanks a bunch for this - it is on my favourites.
  • lravidlearner Apr 18, 2010 @ 10:57 am | delete
    I love the way you broke keyword search into steps, along with your thinking process in narrowing it down to a url AND what to do to maximize use of keyword phrases. It will be very helpful as I create my educational website review lenses. Thanks so much!
  • nickupton Apr 18, 2010 @ 4:45 am | delete
    Wow, keyword research has always been a bit of a mystery to me until now. Thanks for a great tutorial.
  • WildFacesGallery Apr 17, 2010 @ 9:53 pm | delete
    I'm always looking for good info on keyword searches. My SEO skills are kinda weak so anything that is easy-ish to comprehend makes me happy. :) Thanks for this.
  • Tipi Apr 16, 2010 @ 10:02 pm | delete
    Very good, very helpful and well researched. Going to feature this on my keyword lens and come back again. Thank you for sharing your insights.
  • Ramkitten Apr 16, 2010 @ 4:41 pm | delete
    Excellent! Thank you so much for this information. Letting us tag along on your keyword research was SO helpful. My lightbulb of understanding is flickering and even starting to stay on for a while now and then.
  • wishfulthinking777 Apr 16, 2010 @ 12:24 am | delete
    Oh My Goodness, I think it all finally just clicked. You just explained to me exactly what I have been missing. You are my new hero. <3
  • KarenTBTEN Apr 15, 2010 @ 11:56 pm | delete
    Well-done and useful. A year ago, I hadn't a clue about search engines, SEO etc. I still don't know as much as I should.
  • kimmanleyort Apr 13, 2010 @ 9:09 pm | delete
    Fantastic, AJ. I am going to share this lens with Fresh Wonders.
  • WeddingZazzle Apr 13, 2010 @ 5:36 am | delete
    Excellent AJ!!! Tons of helpful information here. Another great lens by you. Blessed by a Squid Angel :)
  • southshoretees Apr 12, 2010 @ 8:35 pm | delete
    Wow, you've done your homework! This is very informative. That last part about keyword stuffing is important too. That can really kill a lens/blog/hub, and it makes it unreadable. You have to find a happy medium between SEO and readability. Thanks for these tips!
  • whitemoss Apr 9, 2010 @ 5:04 am | delete
    This is very , very helpful. I've only recently realised that I should research keyswords before I start. I've always just jumped in without thinking. Not any more! Thanks aj.
  • Apr 8, 2010 @ 6:09 am | delete
    I didn't know there was so much to keyword research, will start putting it into practice now thanks for the information
  • aj2008 Apr 21, 2010 @ 5:38 am | delete
    Please come back and let us know how you get on!
  • reasonablerobinson Apr 8, 2010 @ 3:35 am | delete
    at last someone who has explained the process plain and simple...thank you!!!
  • aj2008 Apr 13, 2010 @ 7:57 am | delete
    Thank YOU so much!
  • Photahsiamirabel Apr 8, 2010 @ 2:22 am | delete
    Great lens on something that has been a bit of a mystery to me from the beginning. I have learned a great deal, including the research before writing which is completely new to me. Thank you and 5*
  • aj2008 Apr 13, 2010 @ 7:57 am | delete
    I am glad to lens helped you :)
  • pkmcr Apr 7, 2010 @ 3:22 pm | delete
    Some very useful information here in a nicely constructed lens. You mention that you can ignore advertiser competition because we are not researching an adwords campaign which is very true. However, I would add a caveat to that :-) The Advertiser competition does give you an indication that there are people who are willing to spend money advertising and that therefore the traffic in the particular niche has value. Which means there's money to be made in the niche if you target correctly :-)
  • aj2008 Apr 13, 2010 @ 7:49 am | delete
    Thanks Paul and yes,as I know you realise, this lens was born out of an exercise in
    simple Keyword Research that needed fitting into a 20 minute radio slot :) Looking at Advertiser level would be the next step
  • mbgphoto Apr 7, 2010 @ 10:41 am | delete
    Excellent information. I just got in on the last part of the radio chat, so I was really glad to see this lens with the information. Thanks.
  • partybuzz Apr 7, 2010 @ 9:59 am | delete
    Thanks for the easy to understand instructions about researching keywords!
  • BevsPaper Apr 7, 2010 @ 6:36 am | delete
    Excellent! Absolutely superb information on the research of keywords for the articles and blog posts that we find ourselves writing.
  • lakern26 Apr 6, 2010 @ 6:56 pm | delete
    This lens is fascinating! Like many others, I constantly struggle with keyword research, so these step-by-step instructions are very, very helpful. I do have a question, though, about Google Adwords ... how were you able to add the "Pages on Google" and "Pages on Squidoo" columns?
  • aj2008 Apr 7, 2010 @ 3:19 am | delete
    Thank you lakern26 - I am so pleased that this lens is helping you. The columns for "Pages on Google" and "Pages on Squidoo" were manually added by me using Microsoft Publisher. I took the screen shot showing the GMSV, then added the columns and then added the figures myself as I researched them.

    I thought it would be helpful for people to see the comparisons.

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