How do you know if a keyword is good?

[RoxanneKing]

I am using the google keyword tool to look up my key words. The thing is I don't know what paramaters to be looking for...as far as search volume and advertiser competition.

Is there a range of numbers you should look for that makes a keyword good?

Thanks for your help...

[Morgan Richman]

I like to see if there is any user generated content page (like youtube or eza) on the first page of google for a specific keyword (without quotes)

If there is, and the keyword has good searches, I go for it.

I hope this helps.

MorganRichman

[-Jericho-]

Two ways I check competition for my website is by doing a keyword search in quotes and using the allintitle:keyword command.

The allintitle is great because you know how many sites are targeting that keyword in the title which is likely the keywords they are targeting for the whole page. Usually anything under 500 is easy pickings.

For search volume it really comes down to the particular keyword. If it's a buying type keyword then it doesn't really matter as long as the competition is low. Those will be much easier to get sales from and you can use all sorts of variations for it.

If you are only talking about advertising using ppc I'm no expert but I look for keywords in my budget that are good with as low of competition as I can find.

[travlinguy]

A simple way to check the competition for a keyword is simply do a Google search using the word or phrase. Here's an example: work at home

A Google search shows 326,000,000 pages. Obviously there's a ton of competition for that phrase, and it's very unlikely you will ever get close to the front of the line.

I like to find words and phrases with a couple of million pages or less. That way you have a fighting chance. Good luck.

[MarkAndrews IMCopywriting]

Originally Posted by RoxanneKing

I am using the google keyword tool to look up my key words. The thing is I don't know what paramaters to be looking for...as far as search volume and advertiser competition.

Is there a range of numbers you should look for that makes a keyword good?

Thanks for your help...

Ideally you want over 500 searches per
month for any chosen keyword, the higher
the number the better.

If you find one over 3000 - brilliant!

To find the exact number of searches for
any keyword at the Google External Keyword
Tool, once you've put in the main keyword in
the little white box and filled in the captcha
code, clicked on Get Keyword Ideas - on the
next page that shows up, look to where it says:

Global Monthly Search Volume, just to the
right of that, you'll see Match Type and in the
little box just below it, by default this is set to
Broad.

Use the little drop down menu and click on
Exact and the numbers will automatically change
to give you the exact numbers instead.

Apply the above paramators, over 500 searches
minimum for any given keyword.

Now open up a new tab on your browser.

Go to Google.com and in the search box type in
your keyword inside "inverted commas" and click
Search or your Enter Key.

See the pale blue bar at the top of the page?

If that displays a number of less than 200,000
results, the keyword is probably well worth going
for.

If it's below 50,000, snap it up quick.

If it's below 30,000, no hesitation at all
- Go For It!

The lower the number of competing websites
going after a highly search for keyword / long
tailed keyword, the better IF the search numbers
are there too, per month.

Hope this helps and good luck!


Mark Andrews...

[RoxanneKing]

Thanks Mark, this is a huge help!

[MarkAndrews IMCopywriting]

Originally Posted by RoxanneKing

Thanks Mark, this is a huge help!

You're than welcome Roxanne.

This gentleman explains it very well btw
with his guide...

It's only ten bucks and the tips in there
are very good indeed, very comprehensive
material. He explores this subject indepth
along with many other great tips and
nuggets of advice.

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ery-month.html

Hope that helps.


Mark Andrews...

[seobro]

OK use Google Adwords to find the total number of searches for the keyword. Please remember to ignore partner searches as those are places like Youtube. For me a good rule of thumb is that about half of total searches are partner. Those do not convert as well.

[Charles Montgomery]

You are going to get a lot of answers telling you to go for low competition keywords. DO NOT neglect those keywords! There is a reason why certain keywords have higher competition...it's because they are often the best converting keywords. Just dont tell everybody

[rodie151]

A really quick and basic way is to type the keyword into google and see if an ezine article or squidoo lens comes up. If it does then the keywords not too competitive. it's not science but it's an indication.

[ebizman87]

There are 2 ways to use your keywords..
1)Main Site, look for keywords with EXACTLY more than 3000 monthly search(use Google keyword tool)
2)Articles,, any keywords from 300-1000 MOnthly search..

To analyze your competition, go to google and type this code allintitle:"your keywords". If you find less than 1,000 competition then it's good..

Then search google for your keywords without any code..and then analyze the strength of your competition..Look for the number of backlinks, domain's age, and also find out whether the keyword is in the url of the competing sites or not..

If there're less than 500 backlinks and the're no KEYWORDS in your competition's URL within the TOP 10 search results, then you can consider targeting the KEYWORD!!

My 2c..

[redcat444]

Hi
How do you know how many backlinks the competition has?

Julie

[dspa72]

Originally Posted by redcat444

Hi
How do you know how many backlinks the competition has?

Julie

You can search Google by:

link:www.yourcompetitionsite.com

But, I don't know why, the results are usually incorrect

The best way is to go to yahoo.com and make the same search:

link:www.yourcompetitionsite.com

[dwilk12]

Also, you can go to seobook.com and get all the free data on the search volume of all the keywords in your niche. If you want to target one site in particular you can go to statbrian.com to get free data of a certian websites daily search volume

[redcat444]

Thanks--I am going to check out the two above sites. Also, when I search google for the competition amount using the actual search toolbar, do you place the keywords in quotes or without quotes? I have one keyword that has 7k searches in quotes, but then jumps WAY higher (couple hundred thousand, maybe a million) without.

What exactly does the all in title tag do? With that I get 497.

Thanks!!

[redcat444]

Okay---I am focusing on a niche--one of main competitors has about 130 back links...I am a totally newbie--bare with me Good, bad, okay? Most are in article directories.