Keyword tips - How to pick keywords that make money
90Keyword Tips - Analyzing Keyword Potential
Lets get right to it. If your here, you should have a basic understanding of what a keyword is and the understanding of how keyword tips on how to select keyword terms will drastically change your traffic and income potential.
Everywhere you go in this wacky online writing and marketing world, you will read references to finding that perfect keyword or advice that your writing or sites is not targetting the appropriate keyword terms.
Often, you are told to use certain tools, in order to glean the keyword gold from the muck of the net, but rarely does anyone want to explain what the protocol for a "good" keyword is.
You could muck about, like I did, and just try and experiment and fail and fail again, and then fail some more in the process of trying to learn what is going to work and allow you to succeed online. You could also save yourself all that time and join any one of the many free or paid training schools that offer this knowledge and support in the process of implementing it.
Taking a formal approach to learning keyword research techniques is not a bad idea, as a lot of bad information exists on the net. Finding trustworthy information online in this field is equally as hard as finding keywords that can make you money.
Picking Keywords that make money
There are 3 general concepts to consider in keyword selection, these keyword tips should save you time and effort.
- What is the search history and related profit potential of my keyword ?
- What is the competition for this keyword and related search queries?
- Is the niche topic and the human beings who search within it a 'Buying" crowd?
View with only Global Monthly searches and Estimated ePc columns visible
Basic Keyword Tips: The Adwords Keyword Tool
Google provides an amazing tool that gives you a snapshot into the search data it collects. 99% of Google's Revenue comes from advertising revenue, this tool, The Google Adwords Keyword Tool is intended for ADVERTISERS to select and create adwords keywords campaigns.
With a little modification to the resulting figures this tool can be used to very accurately estimate the results a PUBLISHER may return by creating high ranking content with a specific keyword focus.
I often open the tool with a specific general term in mind and as each list of results posts ..I can glean and research additional more focused terms that would never have came to my mind otherwise.
Below you will find one such process and the resulting keyword list.
I began with the term "mercury" - then "mercury poisoning" - and ended with "asbestos poisoning" -
For 90% of my research only two columns are necessary 'estimated average ePc" and "Global Monthly searches"
A High priced keyword List!
Download your results ( Switch to "exact search" for actual research)
The Keywords I just downloaded
Keyword
| Global Monthly Searches
| Estimated Avg. CPC
|
|---|---|---|
symptoms of asbestos exposure
| 720
| $60.00
|
symptoms of asbestos poisoning
| 260
| $54.68
|
mesothelioma news
| 4400
| $54.02
|
about mesothelioma
| 2900
| $50.95
|
asbestos cancer attorney
| 18100
| $47.70
|
mesothelioma cancer
| 74000
| $45.15
|
mesothelioma asbestos lung cancer
| 1600
| $43.76
|
asbestos exposure symptoms
| 2400
| $43.56
|
asbestos lung
| 27100
| $42.12
|
symptoms of asbestos
| 1900
| $42.10
|
asbestos and cancer
| 3600
| $40.94
|
asbestos cancer mesothelioma
| 40500
| $40.76
|
mesothelioma help
| 18100
| $40.70
|
mesothelioma lung cancer
| 8100
| $39.97
|
mesothelioma information
| 12100
| $38.92
|
mesothelioma legal
| 6600
| $38.38
|
asbestos cancer lawyer
| 22200
| $36.35
|
asbestos lung cancer
| 14800
| $34.97
|
asbestos poisoning
| 3600
| $33.38
|
asbestos exposure lawyer
| 590
| $32.91
|
asbestos symptoms
| 8100
| $32.87
|
asbestos and lung cancer
| 1600
| $30.27
|
asbestos lung disease
| 2400
| $29.58
|
mesothelioma cancers
| 880
| $29.30
|
asbestos exposure
| 40500
| $26.94
|
asbestos carcinogen
| 320
| $26.24
|
cancer from asbestos
| 1600
| $25.86
|
asbestos cancers
| 880
| $22.28
|
asbestos treatment
| 3600
| $20.82
|
exposure to asbestos
| 5400
| $19.97
|
uses of asbestos
| 480
| $18.38
|
asbestos inhalation
| 590
| $11.85
|
asbestos effects
| 3600
| $10.75
|
asbestos workers
| 8100
| $8.56
|
asbestos hazards
| 2900
| $8.33
|
asbestos health effects
| 880
| $8.19
|
asbestos osha
| 4400
| $6.79
|
benzene poisoning
| 1600
| $6.79
|
asbestos hazard
| 1900
| $5.97
|
asbestos dangers
| 1900
| $4.07
|
lead paint poisoning
| 3600
| $1.72
|
lead testing
| 40500
| $1.68
|
heavy metals poisoning
| 590
| $1.52
|
asbestos msds
| 1300
| $1.50
|
lead poison treatment
| 140
| $1.18
|
treatment for lead poisoning
| 720
| $1.17
|
amalgam poisoning
| 1900
| $1.04
|
heavy metal poisoning
| 12100
| $0.78
|
lead poisoning treatment
| 3600
| $0.78
|
metal poisoning
| 18100
| $0.57
|
lead poisioning
| 2900
| $0.57
|
treatment of lead poisoning
| 390
| $0.49
|
symptoms poisoning
| 246000
| $0.39
|
symptoms lead poisoning
| 18100
| $0.38
|
symptoms of lead poisoning
| 5400
| $0.29
|
formaldehyde poisoning
| 2400
| $0.27
|
lead poisoning effects
| 3600
| $0.22
|
cyanide poisoning
| 18100
| $0.14
|
Picking the wrong keywords.
Did I lose you?
Did you run off to write about "symptoms of asbestos exposure" at $60 USD a click?
Lets examine why that is not a viable a choice of keywords.
First off. There are two advertising networks - Adsense for Content and Adsense for Search - these super high bids are so that the advertiser shows up nice and high on every Google search page - very rarely, does an experienced advertiser intentionally bid suc high numbers for the Content network that you are a publisher at.
For the purpose of this tutorial I just wanted some big flashy numbers. Unfortunately, I ended up with a selection of high priced terms that are quite well known, with the information provided by the tool above one could estimate the possible adsense returns of any high ranking keyword with some simple math. But one shouldnt bother writing or pursuing any of these terms without doing some competitive analysis of the top ranked and first page results for that term.
Estimating Adsense Returns for a term.
Global Monthly Searches of an Exact Phrase x estimated average ePc
(Asbestos effects ) 3600 x $10.75 = $ 38, 700
Wow! almost $39K a month possible in adsense returns...
No, not really.
First off Google has released that they share 68% with their adsense publishers so we need that quick addition to our estimation formula.
$38,700 x .68 = 26, 316
Still an amazing number for monthly returns! But, the formula is still assuming that every single visitor engaged an adsense ad!
Lets be optimistic and assume a 4% CTR -
4% of $26, 316 = $1 ,052.64
Well, i wouldnt shrug off an extra $1, 052.64 each month for one article! ..but to be more realistic - this formula was still assuming EVERY searcher picked our article when they searched .. so lets assume you do get in the Top 3 spots in the first page, theories differ as to what percentage of searchers select these results - but we will assume a modest 65% - as you gain experience and statistical analysis, feel free to assume any number you like, let me know if you find any vetted data in this metric.
$1, 052.64 x .60 = $ 631.58
(Note: If you were to write a Hubpage you have the additional adsense impression share to factor - 631.58 x .6 = $378.95 )
So we have gone from almost $40k monthly! to a more modest but still impressive $631.58 Profit potential via adsense monthly. This is a pretty practical analysis, If I could make over $500/monthly from this term, why am I sharing it with you?
SEO Quake Keyword Tips
Competitive analysis for ranking
Considering how much money could be made by a site or page that is optimized for this term.
Can I rank for this term?
My next step for selecting whether I can pursue this term involves the use of a firefox extension.
The two main choices for SEO plug-ins are SEO Quake and SEO for Firefox - I prefer SEO Quake.
So I search for the term " Asbestos effects"
Broad Competition results are About 4,630,000 results
Some formulas and processes online will take that in to account , I dont care about anything but the strength of the first page results, so I ignore this metric, you may not feel that way.
Exact Competition results are 3,230 results ( I dont care, who uses advanced operators besides SEO's anyway!)
What I do care about is the level of optimization, age and number of backlinks of the pages that do have first page and more importantly top 3 ranking.
The first thing I glance at is PR (pageRank), supposedly it is devalued as a ranking factor BUT it is a great quick estimator of my competition. I aim below PR5 usually and hope for much less than that as my competition. You can make a tidy return just finding completely non-competitive terms or perhaps you have a massive promo and backlink engine and are capable of taking on older more supported pages than I. Anyways, its a good first metric to eye out.
Our example has the top two results as PR6 .gov sites - I dont stand a chance.
The third result is an interesting PR0, I am surprised.
The fourth result is an obvious Keyword hunter site and is a PR0 - if they are any good, they have the jump on us, but maybe they are not any good?
The rest of the page is filled with PR4 sites that also happen to be .gov, state government sites and even a .mil site. At first glance, it really doesnt seem promising (as expected)
I already wouldnt pursue it...but what are those PR0's doing there?
Both the PR0 returns are pages obviously created to hunt after the term, one seems to be paid for by a Law office and is probably run by a SEO company.
Surprisingly neither has insurmountable backlink profile as shown by SEO Quake via Site Explorer.
Other important factors to consider:
Keywords in Domain - One of the PR0's in an exact keyword domain
Keywords In Title (allintitle)
Keywords in URL (allinURL)
If you find competition that is not optimized to those factors showing up on the first page and they do not have an insurmountable backlink profile - then you have found a keeper.
Competitive analysis can be quite time intensive but it is imprtant if your hunting for true money making keyword terms. If you cant rank you cant earn.
Competitive analysis is one of the main reasons to purchase an all in one keyword tool, the tools automatically consider these factors mentioned above and give you a quick way to measure without having to individually check as I have just done.
Is it a buying crowd ?
Some terms and niches may post some great possible adsense numbers but still be duds.
Ask yourself..what do you plan on buying when you search for "free" things online. Advertisers are looking for buyers - what good is traffic under 18 that doesnt have a credit card? If you wrote an article that attracted a fellow online writer like me , would I be distracted by an adsense ad (No).
Consider the person on the other side of the keyword search query and whether they will make your advertisers money.
I personally avoid anything "free" ..anything that would appeal to a younger tech savvy crowd (if pursuing adsense returns) ..and anything under supported by advertisers.
But Adsense - is most certainly NOT the only or even close to the most lucrative network to be involved with ...its just a very easy method.
Monetization Strategies for your Keyword terms
Never forget that Adwords are bid on by other websites. Its a a lot of work and effort to build articles that attract the right traffic. Its more cost effective for many to just bid low for qualified traffic that you attract.
But why just get .50 cents to send buyers to someone else. If you have product knowledge or articles that attract buyers why not offer the items yourself. I rather get 4-10% of the sale of a $300 PC part any day!
So it is very wise to not only consider the possible adsense returns but also what products you can offer directly and get the appropriate affiliate partnerships to make that possible.
Just about anyone can get an Amazon partnership for 4-7% of the sale but many retailers offer 10-20% of sales to their affiliates. The only catch is you will need your own hosted websites to be accepted by most larger affiliate networks such as ePn and those in the CJ network.
Keyword Tips - The Keyword Academy
The Keyword Academy FREE Trial
Elements of the formula above are derived from the work Of Court,an Internet marketer who has offered advice on earnings and research for quite some time. Much of this information is freely available at Courts Internet marketing Blog. Recently, Court and a partner developed an online mentoring program that made a big splash on the Hubpages community and has proven very effective for its members. Many online writers I respect have continued to participate in the TKA academy program.
They have a more specific formula then the one I used to find and develop potential keywords. it works well for those who have follow through.
Obviously, the implementation of the formulas and research above are not as easy as they seem or all of us would already be making $500 monthly from each of our articles.
They now offer a month long free Trial for complete access to their videos and forums. Do IT ..do IT NOW.
Do IT! devour everything you can - you can get the know how down in the month, stay on as a member if you realize the potential of the members only tools
Keyword Tips - Challenge.co
Challenge.co is the new branding of what was formerly known as Ed Dale's 30 day Challenge.
30 days to make your first $1 online - it was a great training course and it was free. But, it was free so they that they could upsell you at every possible opportunity . In recent years, it seems they use the 3o day challengers as testing ground for all sorts of half-useful internet marketing tools. So, I say take everything you see there with a grain of salt. Their keyword selection formula was one of the ones I disagreed with that touts search result numbers as a factor...that may have changed.
The rise in popularity of the Market Samurai Tool can be equated to the free trial offered to members of this very popular challenge. This is a great tool. Sign up for the challenge if only to receive 100 days of access to Market Samurai!
TheChallenge (challenge.co)
Keyword Tips - Selecting a Keyword Tool
Using Adwords Tool and then comparing to search results and doing simple multiplication is pretty easy..when you do it once or twice, but as your searching for taht perfect term and making hundreds of searches..it gets very tedious and time intensive.
These tool build the formulas and search competition factors directly in an all in one package. Huge Time Saver.
Micro Niche Finder
I read a review once ..it went 'I'll save my breath and your time..Just f*%^^&*! buy it! .. I agree.
You get a 60 Day no questions asked return policy and a free portable version. Unlike most IM tools it is very small and clean, it wont bog your system down and you can use it on just about any computer.
http://makecashwriting.com/nichefinder
Market Samurai
MS is cool, Its powerful and is constantly updated with new features, including a recent affiliate module that will let you see related offers to your terms! Sometimes, it seems the results are overinflated though. Also, it runs on the Adobe AIR platform which is a system Hog that may or may not work well on your computer. Get the free 100 day trial at the challenge.co link above
Have you tried the Affiliate Tool for Hubpages Users?
As a time saver for myself I have combined all of my commonly accessed sites into one quick dashboard.
Give it a try: Tool for Hubpages Affiliate marketers and Writers
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You've two comment capsules, SF. Or maybe something is screwed up while loading hub here ? Nice hub. Up voted.
Really awesome article. Infact the most helpful for me at this point. After the 60dc my keyword research skills improved but I was unaware, infact did not know how to estimate and calculate my potential earnings. Also, my main writing platform is hubpages and so I never discounted their 40% from my earnings.
You have given a lot of good advice here. One of the best I must say. Thanks for share!!
Just a small update - The keyword academy now offers a free 1 month trial. I am sure this time many 60dc participants will avail benefit of this. Feel free to delete this comment
Nope..no delete, Thats good information - They shouldnt sweat the $1 anyway! Now, they can buy a coffee as they watch the keyword videos, I guess.
voted up & useful! Plenty of info here, well written and concise...
Great info - even though I'm new to such data and will take a while to 'get it'!
Much appreciated though - and very prof'sl hub.
Cheers!
This is great information!
Another essential tool is Google Analytics. With 6 months of data I can now sort my good hubs from my flops. Once you've found a good niche then milk it for all it's worth!
Thats a great point, brettb, I often write hubs that are not completely researched, in topics I would like to pursue , then a few months down the line I can find some promising terms from the search activity info in GA.
Thanks Skyfire, it was intentional, but the second capsule moved the rate box which wasnt intentional, so I remove dit and will come up with another method for my westing game
Voted up, useful, and awesome. This explains things so clearly and is full of outstanding advice.
Sunforged, Thanks for simplifying this for the thick headed. Checking my competition is always my downfall. Plus checking authority of the websites on the first page.
Good article, and thank you so much for the info. It does take the research to another level. Thanks!
Hey Sunforged, that happens to be a great article on keyword tips. I have bookmarked it to come back and re-read on occasion. As for you getting bored with it, I can believe it. I was getting a little bored myself at the end too. However, it was definitely worthy of a rate up, as indicated by yourself. :) Thank you kindly for sharing. :)
Personally I call it keyword hell. . MS has helped ease the pain I go through as do your Hubs on the topic. I think I am going to try the Keyword Academy now just to see another way to go about it.
Affiliate Tool for Hubpages well that is just heaven for me:)
And just when I thought keywords were difficult I am not entering 'hosting' purgatory.
Thanks as always for your direction.
@wavegirl - As you enter Hosting purgatory, are you aware that I offered a free hosting account to all original 60DCers - its limited to only one WP install but is otherwise unlimited. Its the same account I give to my Business clients for $50/yearly
Good article, that can really help someone break down the keyword morass. I have to admit that sometimes I go with my gut, which breaks all the keyword theories. That is because I like to take an educated guess on what the market will do.
I will be sharing this article on my hubpages blog, and most likely on Professional Squids, because it explains well how to modify the numbers breakdown.
yes Sunforged.....been working on getting a domain would hate to have such a great offer to have a free hosting .but .. well I sent you an email .. if you have a moment;)
Other than 'hosting' I am pumped up for the challenge to begin!!!
If anyone was using the affiliate dashboard I have upped the ante for this upcoming 60dc and created a full toolbar that has all of the sites the dashboard had - plus facebook connect and email notifier options and a hubpages search engine!
its sweet, i am proud - http://60DayChallengeatHP.OurToolbar.com/
@wavegirl, Im gonna get the question up for the second launch soon - I got distracted building a toolbar but I think its worth it!
Josh, the toolbar is the best. It serves all the needs that I use the net for. Would download it both for firefox and chrome. Thanks for building such a helpful tool and sharing with us!!
Update:I have just downloaded it and it is amazing. I really like the email notifier,keyword and and the stats button.I am addicted to it!!Now off to install it on chrome.
Im playing with it now myself! If you have it installed..I can send you a message through it! There is one setting I suggest you change in the settings - Im popping together a quick explanation video and all that. I should have done that before sharing - But I was stoked!
Great idea, thanks for sharing and helping us hubbers become more efficient in keyword selection and research. You rock!
Hi SF,
Great tutorial on picking Keywords.
It seems that most people/hubbers are limited in good keyword research either due to insufficient knowledge or laziness. I tend to be in the second group!
Also I would agree very strongly with the points about competition analysis - some seemingly good keywords have extremely high competition level, sometimes from VERY established sites.
On the other hand, I have sometimes been surprised by success (very modest, but still there) in a seemingly tough area.
Sometimes I guess there is an X factor that may drop a good keyword in you lap.
By the way, well designed hub, especially the arrow just below this comment box. Rated UP!
Really,you can send messages...But how? Try sending me one..and I am playing with it myself.It is lovely.And yea,a video tut would be great as I would be using it to it' full potential then!!
Ive sent it already - it refreshes every 15 minutes - its intended for sending info to a "community" not as an actual chat mechanism.
Here is the link to the video - right now Im not sure the quality will be clear enough - its processing. But the important part is to check the toolbar settings in the top left and disable any extra options you dont want - if its not a logo on the toolbar, then I didnt intentionally put it there ..nothing wrong w/ the extra options but you should know they are there to disable if you like
The video was useful. Just realized we have a bunch of options and I can see how it would be useful in the 60dc. Would be a great communication tool for important announcement. Though I havn't yet received the message may be because my net was disconnected for some time. All in all a great work and very helpful tool. I think you should write a hub titles "How to be amazingly creative and create useful tools"
or "how to be easily distracted from the task at hand" lol, Im supposed to be posting the launch info!
Very useful and interesting Ub, thank you for the research and hard work. Bookmarked!
Love and peace
Tony
People like me who have grown weary of Firefox crashes and freezes might like to know that SEOQuake works on Chrome and Firefox too (although I have seen complaints about Chrome, it works for me)
You can also use SEO Quake to quickly explore the backlink strategies used by other people. Just go to a page they have had for a while and drill into the link info. You can discover link wheels by drilling deeper and keeping track of where you have been.
I wonder if anyone has written an automated tool for that kind of sleuthing?
Thank you Sunforged, great hub, you did wow me again. Just checked out on the Affiliate Dashboard Tool...Awesome! I also love the competitive keyword analysis nature of Keyword Elite tool by Brad Callen. Hub bookmarked.
Awesome review of keywords. I'm Market Samurai fan myself. Will have to check out the other keyword tools you mention
Thank you for your efforts Sunforged to bring to us new Hubbers ways to gain traffic and make money with the best keyword. I am confussed as ever and my traffic stinks. I am a retiree and the computer was never in my workplace. Oh! a computer dummy here, Yes!
Thank you for giving so much, material and information. I have to come back several time to read it again and digest it. Thnk you again.
I've heard for a year about the importance of good keywords and that Google AdWords is a good place to do research. You have provided the first inkling for me of what to do with the information on AdWords once I get there. Thank you very, very much.
Great hub thanks for taking the time to share with us. Yes I made that mistake of taking the keyword of mesothelioma and writing a hub about it. Oh was it hard work. I got bored too and trudged through thinking the figures from the keyword research I did would earn me a fortune.
Truth is NOTHING doing. It does get a fare amount of hits but as you say the figures are fantasy plus I have NO CHANCE of being on the first page of Google. We live and learn, in my case the hard way.
At least you have saved newer hubbers from this same mistake with your excellent information here.
I have intalled the toolbar too, wow you are a genious, it is great. I am planning to take up the challenge of the 60 day challenge this time around too
Another great article, as always. Worth every minute of reading.
I do have to say that there are definitely exceptions to the "free rule" you spoke of though. My most profitable website uses the word "free" in the domain and the word is mentioned throughout the site.
It all depends on the context of "free". For example, a domain name like www.freelegalconsultation.XXX would probably do very well revenue-wise, if it was done correctly. There are a number of situations where using the word "free" will actually improve SEO results. My own site has an Adsense clickthrough ratio of over 4%, ranks high in a number of key terms I aimed for, and my affiliate earnings are quickly catching up with my Adsense earnings. My average Adsense PPC is over $1 as well, which isn't bad for a domain with the word "free" in it!
Anyway, just adding my two cents. Keep up the great work!
@PC Unix, Good Point, I will make it more apparent that SEO Quake is Chrome Compatible, I believe it is clearly pointed out at the install page -
As for "spying" and discovering your competitions linking structure, that is done in its most basic form with google operators or with yahoo site explorer which is included with the seo add-ons.
All three of the keyword tools have advanced versions of this feature and keyword elite is specifically focused towards such endeavors.
The seoquake tool as options that include keyword spying of adwords campaigns, although the free version limits the amount of results and info it provides.
Thanks for swinging by
@andrew, although I am proud of the affiliate dashboard tool and its non intrusive usefulness - the toolbar that was created just last night for this challenge and which is available at the bottom of this page really ups the ante - its worth a try - here are some details about it-
@cybersupe - I wasnt always much of a computer guy either - more of a fresh air and sunshine fellow.
I think the basics required to conquer keyword research and online publishing can be conquered as long as you dont over complicate what is really basic processes
@diabetesreporter - Good point, Im sure there are many "free" searches that relate to profitable niches..could you elaborate without exposing to much?
Im assuming its an info niche rather than a product niche ? Free info about a legal issue or medical problem could attract quite a crowd ..
very good stuff. you've probably been on a few SEO forums I frequented. I have actually gone away from the microniche strategy and into macroniche types, more bang, more authority. The problem is, both work. So to each his own.
@ocbill - i get around.But, I dont think this hub favors a micro or macro approach?
Just a simple explanation of keyword analysis without an assumption of what each person is capable of competing with.
Seems it would be wise to move towards macro approaches
Working with Keyword Elite can be very rewarding once you learn how to use the tool to it's full extent. It is not as intuitive as some other software out there, but it's a very accurate tool in keyword research, especially when used in combination with other software.
Thank you. An extremely informatitive and interesting hub. You make it sound so simple....but there is still all the hard work. Thanks again. Voted up.
You know, it often crossed my mind that those with 0 pagerank around the higher pr'ers could be newly published articles yet to be indexed. It was just a thought - what do you think?
I did have a look at Dales 30 day challenge and thought it didnt really offer any more to what I have learned through trial and error. Also, if everyone is doing Dale's challenge, it makes the original concept void because the competition is high. I think that if people look for unique ways of doing things, then this clears competition - before everyone jumps on the bandwagon! This is why I like the 60dc - it is a niche and unique team effort.
i really like this hub......most powerful tips
@shaz, yes it is possible that the PR0's are receiving a "fresh content" bonus - they are of course already indexed - as they appear in the search results but they could be waiting for the google dance to be complete. i dont think its the case in this specific example - but it often is.
Awsome article. Thanks for a lot of great info.
Great Artcle.Thanks good information.
Sunforged this is the best explanation of Google AdWords I have read. I have been using Google AdWords to pick key words for two months now and I did not know I could set the options to include an EPC column.
Thank you very much.
Hats off to you!!! I am a regular student of you sir sunforged! You have given a good explanation of picking up a keyword. I thank you from my heart. I wish you reach great heights. thanks once again.
Is it possible to know all you need to know in order to be successful at this? I can only liken it to an iceberg. I can see the tip. It is amazing and huge and if I spend a lot of time examining it and viewing it from all angles, I come to understand it. But then I find out that there is another 90% submerged and It will, at my current rate of understanding, take 400 months to get it all. That's only 33 years! I will be 95 years old and my house will be paid off.
Thanks for shaving off some of those years with your erudite explanation...I'm glad you forced yourself through the boring parts for us.
Incredibly awesome stuff, as usual, SF! Definitely bookmarking it and coming back to check out more when school starts (can't wait!) and I have more time to devote...thanks!
Great Hub. I pretty much follow this procedure while researching keywords. There are a lot of great tools out there for doing this. Thanks for pointing out a few new ones that I haven't heard about.
Voting up and again, will bookmark! Thanks!
I now finally think I properly understand keyword research - I sort of did before but not properly. Thanks so much for this wonderful hub!
Also I did not know how you could work out - how much a keyword is worth!
Now I have to do the hard and boring part - putting this into action!
Thanks for this Hub! I am just starting to learn the ins and outs of keywords and such, and it was very helpful!
my poor old mind can finally figure this out faster... I was doing it the hard way (sigh! I seem to always do it the hard way!) thanks for this helpful hub.
@StevoMc - Yes, the more you learn, the more you learn you dont know..but that is true with most things.
Dont be distracted from the true goal of writing and creating as much quality content as you can!
As always, tons of useful info.
If you see me comment twice on one of your Hubs, it's usually because it's bookmarked and I refer back to them!
As a beginner to these processes I was intrigued by how you were making it easy understand until about half way through when my mind took a lunch break as the terminology exceeded my understanding currently. Very helpful though.
@John B Badd - oh No! Im sorry that the information didnt get out to you sooner, but I guess your that much better at search analysis now!
@devsir - I hope the information helps you conquer whatever you set out to.
@ns1209 - the research CAN be boring - but the increased returns often make one enjoy the process that much more.
@rebeccahE - What was the heard way?
@sabreblade - im honored at the return visits, thanks for leaving your mark and congrats at your success in site busting!
@TruckinDR -If you tell me what was outside your vocabulary or current comfort zone - Ill modify the content or give you some links that may help.
This is my attempt at creating a dictionary of frequently used terms - http://hubpages.com/hub/Post-Hub-Pages-An-Internet
Thanks for the hub. I am still trying to understand the process and this shed a little more light on it. Voted Up!
hard way -- not takng into account the page rank of a site, so it was more hit and miss, but now, I see the light! with out that little step (okay BIG step) it is a shot in the dark for everything else.
Very interesting hub on a topic that is getting more understandable, though still a bit mucky for me. Either way, I have been wanting to do some of what I like to call "anchor hubs," or basically hubs that have more earnings potential to allow me more freedom to pursue what I really like to write about. Politics. I've done a very tiny bit of playing around with keywords and SEO, but haven't had superb results...
This puts me one step closer to figuring out at least a bit more of what to look for, and perhaps what to avoid as well. So thanks.
You rock! I am still a bit tentative or rather confused with the process of finding a niche but your hub has motivated me! Thanks a lot :)
key word trips make money very useful information about online working in internet thanks for sharing
Very helpful. I have a lot to learn w/ the whole keyword thing. I downloaded the 60DC toolbar and I will sign up for the Keyword Academy free trial. I really can't spend any money just yet, so I'll take all the free stuff I can get. One question though... since I'm doing the 60DC, how do I log into the 60DC Forum? Thanks for your help!
Sorry to bug you w/ questions... but I just tweaked the Adwords Keyword Tool to look the way your example did. When I tried basic words from each of my topics of choice, the $ amount for all was pitiful. None of them were over $10 and most were around $2. Does that mean I have chosen low paying topics?
Awesome hub my friend, thats what I love about hubpages, you learn something all the time. I read an amazing article last week about keywords that made me think. This guy went on about not worrying about getting high traffic to one of his blog posts, he reckoned that getting just 25 or so hits a day suited him because it was targeted traffic and out of the 25 hits he got 4 clicks each paying about a dollar, so thats like $120 a month just for one blog posting. Learning all the time but jeeez my earnings are growing, good luck moi friend.
Microsoft AdCenter Labs also has some interesting free keyword tools that can help with demographics and buyer's intent. http://adlab.msn.com/alltools.aspx
Hi sunforged, thanks for the above. I have seo quake but I havent started to use it when researching hubpages yet. Ill have to start!!
@tattoGuy - My favorite hub only gets 20-40 views a day, position #1 for exactly the term i want and a steady $3 daily with the occasional $25 bump - it has done so for 2 years!
Its not about traffic levels, its about getting the right traffic to fit your needs.
Great information there. Keyword research is my least favorite part of bringing up new websites though.
Hi from a member of TKA and I have MNF good article though
Good article. But this is hard work to find down a profitable keyword and SEO it up to first page on Google. I love small niche than it.
Again another great hub. I've lots and lots to learn, but I'll start with quality contents and branch out. Totally looking forward, great hub once again.
This is one of those articles that can really help people increase their earnings on hubpages and their blogs as well, good job..
Great article
Thanks for sharing this wonderful information. I'm going to check out the Keyword Academy. Voted up, marked useful, shared and bookmarked.
Another great hub Sunforged and very informative! Voted up!
thanks for the great hub!
Is this method accurate enough? I have followed the steps and wrote a hub but still finding no money with that hub. HOw to judge pagerank? can you please explain??
WOW! I had no idea there was such a science to this! (and all I intended when I joined was a place to write...? LOL)
Great hub. I am lost with much of it, but bookmarked it. I also voted it 'up' and useful, not to mention that I am going to follow you. Thanks. :)
I come back to this hub again and again as it has all the necessary information for me. I have marked it as awesome, beautiful and useful. I voted it up also. I just wanna know how to find out high paying keywords as I search in google keywords tool, most of the time I find keywords CPC 0.05 $ - 1$. So how can I find the high paying keywords list???
@devsir and all - I showed the search terms I used to find this list.
quoted from above = I began with the term "mercury" - then "mercury poisoning" - and ended with "asbestos poisoning" -
These are highly irregular, if your finding keywords that are $1-$3 dollars you are doing just fine. If you are asking me questions about finding words worth more money, you are missing a major point.
1000 at .05 a piece is still a good return. Try a little harder. If I massive lists of keywords in the $20 dollar range, i would have robots answering my comments while I snowboarded the alps with my private helicopter.
Remember, these keywords are most definitely used only on the search network at these prices.
well thought out! I am a big fan of the guys over at the keyword academy. I use their tool all the time to determine the most profitable keywords in the shortest amount of time for my clients.
@denise, You can still just write! These tips just help those who want to make the most possible money from it via ad revenue - there are plenty of other ways including traditional offline publishing or writing for established sites as a staff writer - hubs make a good portfolio to apply with
KEYWORD research is very important.
Hi Sunforged,
You share some excellent resources here. Thanks.
Maybe next 60dc i will manage. Still finding niches got some good direction here.Rated up.
really complicated. I know about key words for a long time, especially when I started writing for ezinearticles to advertise my website. But seriously just as you said, I never had the time to check it out. Nice hub, I will have to go through it again..
This is what i love about Hubpages. People who share their wonderful knowledge. What a great Hub.
Thanks so much for the information. I learned a few things from this and that makes for a great day.
great information for me,bookmarked
I'm so bummed i dont even know how to get the ball rolling. From keywords to niches i'm seeing $ signs and a quickly emptied wallet. Very good info though just needed someone to hear me complain ^^ sorry for that
@cbm, why an empty wallet? most everything on this page is either fee or offers a trial.
Should not invest in tools until you understand why the tool is a time saver (and therefore a money saver) anyway!
Interesting and Informational Hub as usual. Thanks Sunforged. I will also check "The HubPages Affiliate Dashboard Tool"
Good keywords is high searching and high paying keywords..
I'm currently working on my SEO skills. And I find your article giving me a slight push. Thanks alot.
Dear Sunforged, please help me. I see my one hub at no.1 spot in google results page 1 in google.co.in But in google.com, my hub appears at no 5 at results page 2. So I am unable to figure out the potential income of this hub. What you have mentioned is global monthly searches so how is is it possible to get my hub to be at no.1 spot at results page 1 in all google variants?? Also clarify that the above formula is for which search engine? google.com or google.xx Please Please clarify
Very helpful and informative! Thanks for sharing! =)
Thank you for your information.
Another great hub and tips. Will vote up and bookmark
@devsir - geo based optimization is a whole article on its own, for now just use a non cookie search like scroogle.org
I totally understand the formula now sunforged. Just took a bit of reading, a couple of little practice calculations and I'm sorted. Thankyou, great hub and rated up.
You definitely are an expert on SEO and keyword marketing. This articles very thorough.
Well written, well research, well presented - Well Done ! I found it very useful and incredibly insightful.
I come to this hub from forum and read start to finish. Thanks for giving some wealth of keyword research ideas.
thanks alot very useful
great tips about Google adwords I really benefited and will apply immediately for my pages and see the difference..
This is terrific, you've done your homework. Thanks for sharing
What shall I say? Its just awesome. Very well done job, mate. I really thank you and appreciate it. I think it will help me a lot. I´m quite sure about.
Thanks for an informative hub. I've paid a lot of money for explanations that were not this clear. Great Job.
@moneycreator and joyce,
Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback, I hope this info helps your bottom line
Love this hub. Lots of great information, but I have a question. I checked out micro niche finder and wanted to watch a couple of videos before signing up. The issue I have with this and other sites is that the videos I watched are 4 years old. I just wonder if some of this information is still relevent or if once you purchase the product you get updated information. Also, I know generally principles remain the same, but I worry about how quickly things change on the internet or if the age of the information should even be a concern. Any info on this would be appreciated.
Wow! A LOT of information to process. I was refered to your article in the forums by livewithrichard. I'm bookmarking this for future reference, as it is far too much detail for my to simply remember when I need it.
I just hope I can make a go of it--as I have zero interest in 'selling products,' so I don't write articles trying to sell anything. I hope only to write intersting articles that folks want to read, and perhaps some ad will be properly related, and trigger their interest. I have no illusions of making it rich by these means--only to gain a bit of extra--it would be nice, at least, to make it to the payout threshhold each month!
Thanks for sharing! Voted up & obviously useful!
Awesome hub. I really liked the way you discussed each and everything about choosing valuable keywords.. Thanks for sharing. Voting up...:)
Excellent article. Many people are clueless about keywords, and you did a great job explaining the basics. Voted up.
Finally someone who knows what their talking about and isn't afraid to share it. The best I have seen written about this subject. Very nice work!
Great work! I too use the keyword tool every time when writing an article. However, I am never promised to receive thousands of searchers that it displays near the keyword!
Great and very comprehensive hub, thanks for sharing, some useful tips.
simply superb!great article.
Amazing article and I know actually have a proper understanding of keywords!
Now I understand why there are so many articles out there on mesothelioma on HP. Thanks for sharing your expertise. This is an education!
very good article. But I knew it would be. I mentioned your 60 day challenge hub in my hubber to hubber interview last week. It is my favorite hub. And I'm still digging through it!
This is a great article. I knew about searching for keywords and still picked up a couple hints. Thanks.
Hi, This is a very informative hub. While most people jump onto the IM without understanding the basics of SEO and ending up learning the lesson the hard way. I think newbies should read this article before even purchasing a domain or choosing a niche.
Hi, This is interesting information. I have never really given 'keywords' a thought when I write my hubs. I just write about things that really interest me, things that I want to share etc. Maybe if i start paying attention to keywords and start choosing them right, it might help boost me earnings here a bit.
Thanks for this hub!
Hi! This hub is interesting for newbies like me. I will bookmark it for further reference and will vote it too! Thanks for coming up with a hub like this!
Thanks for the breakdown on the keyword stuff. Very helpful!
This is one of the better articles I've read on this topic. It's so easy to get lost in all that goes into finding key words and SEO. Definitely well written and easy to follow - thanks!
Nice tutorial form searching keywords...Thanks for SHARING:)
Great hub. I was exhilarated when one of my hubs featured on the 1st page of Google. But then I found out that it has less than 300 searches a month and at best I only get 4 views a day. In fact, I haven't earned a single cent in the last 3 days but hey, I'm learning. And I'm so grateful I've gotten past the 'give up' stage that many hubbers go through in their first few months/weeks of hubbing (when they see no money coming in!) Thanks for this hub, I'm sure it's going to help plenty of people! :)
Very useful hub about how to pick a money making keyword. keep it up.
This hub is very useful for me. After reading it I can tell you that I understand a lot more about keywords. Thank you for taking the time to write this and sharing it. Vote up and a tweet.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I had not a clue how to help myself in this area.
@rehanna, We used to call that "celebrating useless keyword victories" it was common in the HP forum. But, its not useless, because you can see a bottom metric for what you know you can rank for, now just attempt to tackle terms with more competition and income opportunities, with some testing you will find the sweet spot that allows you to rank and capture maximum traffic with minimal external promotions
A great hub on how to do keyword research. i usually use Google adwords tool.
great hub horse lord
sunforged Hub Author 18 months ago
Hi all... I got a little bored towards the end, writing about keywords is just as boring as searching for them! So feel free to let me know if you see any glaring typos or mistakes. Thanks!