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Experienced Warriors Needed for Keyword Dilemma

by suhrmd
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I am a psychiatrist that has written a book for parents who have an addicted teen. After EXHAUSTIVE keyword research using google external keyword tool and noble samurai, I chose to target the keyword phrase, "teen substance abuse", and bought a url with that name in it.

Here's the kicker and what has prompted me to write. Now that I have launched my book, written 6 articles and a squidoo lens targeting "teen substance abuse"- when I checked on google's keyword tool and market samurai this last week- it shows virtually zero traffic!

I do not want to put myself in a position to target a keyword that will not bring me traffic. What do you think?


Here are other url's I currently own that I could switch it if would be a help:

teenagealcoholism.net, teenagealcoholism.org, teenagersdrugabuse.org (this one is too competitive), teenagesubstanceabuse.net, family-intervention.org).

I ended up picking the url I did because it can refer to both drugs and alcohol which my book is about and it wasn't as competitive a term,

My questions are

#1 Should I switch my url and the main keyword I am targeting for my addicted teen book? What is the main keyword I should target (market samurai showed teen substance abuse to be superior to teenage substance abuse- but now that is reversed).

#2 What are the main criteria to make a good keyword list? Should I concentrate on 5-10 main keywords that have between 3000-20,000 traffic?

Thank you. I really want to dominate my niche and be smart about it so I won't be spinning my wheels.
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  • Profile picture of the author dv8domainsDotCom
    I think "too competitive" just means more work to attain. I am sure that one will be challenging, but could be more lucrative.

    Here's my viewpoint (cursory examination using insights):

    "family intervention" actually has the highest relative search volume, but may not be precisely what you are after (although if it's your "relative" genre, you could probably make a great e-book designed around general family intervention, focus on several broad topics but don't provide any precise solutions (sort of like Dr. Phil) ::: Page1 competition seems to be PR 2-5, BUT, there's only 1 "exact match" domain, and only a few of the results appear optimized around that result, so I think some deligent backlinking should do well for you.
    (secondary: family intervention is general enough that as you develop more ebooks/literature, you can use this as a "hub" of sorts to popularize your other material) [family intervention]=720 (exact search ) and 9900 phrase (keywords tool)

    "teen substance abuse" seems more relevant, but the search volume definitely doesn't add up. Keywords tool doesn't seem to think there's enough searches to matter. Hard to tell what your previous data implied (even on broad search).

    "teenAGE substance abuse" seems least favored, even on insights which is crappy enough as it is.

    Only docs and cops (love 'em both!) call it substance abuse. I think selling it as "family intervention" and develop several products in the overall "family intervention" umbrella would be a decent strategy, and focus on several areas within family intervention-type stuff. All products can be tied to one site; drug intervention, alcoholism intervention, family violence intervention, etc. Might give you broader exposure. Didn't seem TOO highly searched with the terms I've looked at so far. (just manual review here, might have missed something.)
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  • Profile picture of the author Net Assasin
    Originally Posted by suhrmd View Post

    I am a psychiatrist that has written a book for parents who have an addicted teen. After EXHAUSTIVE keyword research using google external keyword tool and noble samurai, I chose to target the keyword phrase, "teen substance abuse", and bought a url with that name in it.

    Here's the kicker and what has prompted me to write. Now that I have launched my book, written 6 articles and a squidoo lens targeting "teen substance abuse"- when I checked on google's keyword tool and market samurai this last week- it shows virtually zero traffic!

    I do not want to put myself in a position to target a keyword that will not bring me traffic. What do you think?


    Here are other url's I currently own that I could switch it if would be a help:

    teenagealcoholism.net, teenagealcoholism.org, teenagersdrugabuse.org (this one is too competitive), teenagesubstanceabuse.net, family-intervention.org).

    I ended up picking the url I did because it can refer to both drugs and alcohol which my book is about and it wasn't as competitive a term,

    My questions are

    #1 Should I switch my url and the main keyword I am targeting for my addicted teen book? What is the main keyword I should target (market samurai showed teen substance abuse to be superior to teenage substance abuse- but now that is reversed).

    #2 What are the main criteria to make a good keyword list? Should I concentrate on 5-10 main keywords that have between 3000-20,000 traffic?

    Thank you. I really want to dominate my niche and be smart about it so I won't be spinning my wheels.
    It really does come down to competition for that keyword.



    When you search on google for that keyword do many ads appear on right hand side of the results. This is normally a good indicator that there is money in the keyword. Lots of ads = lotsa money. 2 or 3 ads = forget it

    Also are there authority sites dominating that first page ?

    Hope that helps
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  • Profile picture of the author suhrmd
    I appreciate the family-intervention advice. However- it is not targeted- any other opinions out there?
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