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Chose keyword... Will it be successful?

by kamalmix
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Hello guys. I just created wesbite. I will tell you from now: I want to sell it on flippa after 1-2 weeks.

Here is website: Free Pioneer Manuals - Free Pioneer Manuals
If i chose this keyword: Manuals not Manual, Is it ok? because Manual keyword is 50.000 searches, and Manuals is +-4000 searches.

Thank you.
Any advice will be appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author joshcoffy
    If you are looking at getting one the front pages of Google, then go with "manual." I just used Google's keyword tool for you and "free pioneer manuals" is searched 6,900 times per month with high competition. (Meaning that you have many competitors for the front page.

    "Free pioneer manual," however, has no competition whatsoever. Trust me, little things such as that can change EVERYTHING.

    For example: I wrote an article on my site called "Perpetual Traffic Formula." I was going to call it "The perpetual traffic formula," but it had higher competition. I left out the word "the" and my article hit googles front page quickly. I know get clicks EVERY day from this single article! (Although now, if you type in the word "The perpetual traffic formula," im on the front page now. But I had to put in much more work. lol)
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  • Profile picture of the author kamalmix
    Thank you. I will use without "s"
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      Originally Posted by kamalmix View Post

      Thank you. I will use without "s"
      Before you just randomly take that advice please read posts 4 and 5 first.
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  • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
    Originally Posted by kamalmix View Post

    Hello guys. I just created wesbite. I will tell you from now: I want to sell it on flippa after 1-2 weeks.

    Here is website: Free Pioneer Manuals - Free Pioneer Manuals
    If i chose this keyword: Manuals not Manual, Is it ok? because Manual keyword is 50.000 searches, and Manuals is +-4000 searches.

    Thank you.
    Any advice will be appreciated.
    Forget the keywords a minute.

    You're selling a site that's running off a subdomain and hosting provided through a free service, that you have no real control over whatsoever? And you're doing it 1-2 weeks from launch, which is hardly much time at all for you to build much value into the site?

    Have you really thought this through?

    The fact it's residing on a free host isn't necessarily a problem - especially if there is a facility to take backups that can be uploaded/restored elsewhere. But the fact the site's running on a free subdomain is a problem, in my opinion. Not only is it unprofessional, it's unsafe.

    Essentially, all you'd be selling that's of "value" would be any content you've written and published, and any time/money you've put toward backlinking that site. And let's face it, who in the right mind is going to want to buy and invest further time building out a site they simply don't and can't own, that's tied to a service they have no control over, that's really quite unsafe, that's really unprofessional and has only been online for 1-2 weeks and therefore won't be earning a whole lot of money anyway?

    Wouldn't it make more sense to just sell some decent, pre-written, standalone content or something? Or at least buy a proper domain-name, and build out the site on that, basing it on a free CMS such as Wordpress, utilising some free hosting from a service like Byet Host, so that the site is more independent and immediately more of an attractive buy?

    I guess what I'm saying is that I don't quite get what you're doing here. In your position, whether the correct keyword has been chosen would be the least of my concerns: I'd be more concerned about the whole endeavour being a complete waste of time.
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    • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
      Firstly I'd listen to what Mike has said above.

      Secondly, when you go back to your keyword research, you need to forget about broad match and look at exact match instead.

      When I look at exact, Pioneer manuals gets 590 global searches a month and 46 local and for Pioneer manual, I get 480 global searches and 36 local.

      Josh Coffy - If you are looking at getting one the front pages of Google, then go with "manual." I just used Google's keyword tool for you and "free pioneer manuals" is searched 6,900 times per month with high competition. (Meaning that you have many competitors for the front page. "Free pioneer manual," however, has no competition whatsoever.
      Ok Josh - Free Pioneer manuals gets no exact searches a month, why do you two rely on broad match? That's not the way to do keyword research. Googles keyword tool is also to do with Adwords. It shows you how much competiton you'd have with Adwords. It's a good indicator of commercial intent. No competition indicates no one is paying for advertising, which isn't a good thing.

      Also how exactly will you monetise a manual that's free?

      Trust me, little things such as that can change EVERYTHING.
      Yup, you're not wrong there Josh. Doing keyword research using broad match and aiming for keywords that only have low competiton on Googles keyword tool are a sure way to lose money.
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      • Profile picture of the author DireStraits
        Originally Posted by Richard Van View Post

        Also how exactly will you monetise a manual that's free?
        Haha. I'm afraid to say this didn't even occur to me. The first thing I paid attention to, for some reason, was the URL ... and that was enough to set off the alarm bells.
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    • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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      Originally Posted by DireStraits View Post

      In your position, whether the correct keyword has been chosen would be the least of my concerns: I'd be more concerned about the whole endeavour being a complete waste of time.
      This.

      Exactly.

      This is right, Kamal: you haven't set it up in a way in which you can realistically sell it. Not much point worrying about keywords and SEO, in these circumstances.
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      • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
        Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

        This.

        Exactly.

        This is right, Kamal: you haven't set it up in a way in which you can realistically sell it. Not much point worrying about keywords and SEO, in these circumstances.
        I completely agree.

        Don't be disheartened in any way Kamalmix, this is all part of learning and the good thing is you've also learned not to rely on broad match and take other peoples advice with a pinch of salt. No disrespect to Josh but that wasn't the best advice I've seen.

        Originally Posted by DireStraits View Post

        Haha. I'm afraid to say this didn't even occur to me. The first thing I paid attention to, for some reason, was the URL ... and that was enough to set off the alarm bells.
        I think you tackled the most pressing matter first, I was picking up the pieces!
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  • Profile picture of the author JamesGw
    I don't think that keyword has a chance of being successful at all. Use exact search results in keyword tool and get your own hosting + domain. I don't think you're even allowed to sell a subdomain on a free host.
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