About Ranking keywords with 200-600 searches

by kiwilx
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Hey there guys, let´s say I make a website with a keyword with 600 searches per month without no one promoting it, so in order to rank that keyword on the 1# page of Google

Shall I,


make a website any domain, then make a post about that long tail keyword (ping post, index it) send a few backlinks and it´s get ranked?

So is this considered a micro niche site?


Thank you!
#keywords #ranking #searches
  • Profile picture of the author vtotheyouknow
    Originally Posted by kiwilx View Post

    Hey there guys, let´s say I make a website with a keyword with 600 searches per month without no one promoting it, so in order to rank that keyword on the 1# page of Google

    Shall I,


    make a website any domain, then make a post about that long tail keyword (ping post, index it) send a few backlinks and it´s get ranked?

    So is this considered a micro niche site?


    Thank you!
    Before you try ranking that keyword, have you checked the competition for the top spots in google?

    Just because the search volume is low does NOT mean it will be easy to rank.

    Search for your keyword term in Google in quotes e.g. "my keyword term" and look at the top 5 spots. Good signs you should look for include:

    - Some of the sites ranking don't have the keyword term in the Title
    - Some of the sites ranking have low PR
    - Some of the sites don't have the keyword anywhere in the URL
    - Some of the sites ranking are pages rather than Top-Level Domains (TLDs)
    - Hop on OpenSiteExplorer.org and enter the top 3 results into the tool: look for page authority of 30 or below (ideally)
    - Some of the sites have crappy, thin content

    Look at all of these factors in combination to get a feel for competitiveness.

    If competition is high, don't bother. Especially for 600 searches a month...

    Providing that keyword competition is nice and low, you could go one of two ways on building the site.

    1. Use the keyword for the main page and use secondary, long-tail keywords for the other pages on your site.

    2. Use another keyword for your main page (perhaps a keyword with a higher search volume) and use this keyword for one of your site pages.

    You also want to consider the potential to build this site out. For example, if your keyword is "best survival knife", there will be many related terms and keywords you can use to base your content on and rank on secondary pages.

    If, however, your keyword is, "Kershaw Diskin Hunting Knife Review", would it really make sense to make your home page based on such a specific term? Probably not.

    Hope that helps. :-)
    Vic
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    • Profile picture of the author kiwilx
      Thanks bud

      Also what about backlinking? Shall I just backlink to the money site? for this type of keywords? And shall the domain be keyword related


      Thanks
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      • Profile picture of the author vtotheyouknow
        Originally Posted by kiwilx View Post

        Thanks bud

        Also what about backlinking? Shall I just backlink to the money site? for this type of keywords? And shall the domain be keyword related


        Thanks
        I would put together the main article and 5-10 secondary articles and let it sit for a few weeks before doing any backlinking. If the competition is low enough for your main keyword, you'll rank on your content alone.

        You'll want your main article to be really useful (more useful than the competing sites for that term) and informative. Somewhere in the nieghborhood of 2000 words would be ideal.

        But you'll probably need some backlinks to take #1. Content alone won't do it.

        So backlink slowly, from varied sources (post comments, web 2.0s, directory submissions, guest posting, etc) and using the exact match anchor text very sparingly (like 10% of the time is enough).

        You'll want to focus on ranking your money keyword first, then focus on ranking internal pages based on low competition keywords.

        The domain can be keyword related or not. The exact match and partial match penalties that Google applied aren't actually penalties. They just removed any extra advantage that these kinds of domains might get. But it's still fine and advisable to use an exact match domain or partial match if you can find one.

        For example: if your main keyword term is "best survival knife" then you'd want ideally to get www(dot)bestsurvivalknife(dot)com but if you can't get that you can always get something like www(dot)bestsurvivalknifeguide(dot)com

        Another way you can go is to use a branded URL like "www(dot)SurvivalKnivesSource(dot)com", especially if you plan to build a lot of secondary pages and turn this into an authority site.

        For what you're doing it sounds like you'd want to go with a partial match or exact match domain.
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        • Profile picture of the author kiwilx
          Originally Posted by vtotheyouknow View Post

          I would put together the main article and 5-10 secondary articles and let it sit for a few weeks before doing any backlinking. If the competition is low enough for your main keyword, you'll rank on your content alone.

          You'll want your main article to be really useful (more useful than the competing sites for that term) and informative. Somewhere in the nieghborhood of 2000 words would be ideal.

          But you'll probably need some backlinks to take #1. Content alone won't do it.

          So backlink slowly, from varied sources (post comments, web 2.0s, directory submissions, guest posting, etc) and using the exact match anchor text very sparingly (like 10% of the time is enough).

          You'll want to focus on ranking your money keyword first, then focus on ranking internal pages based on low competition keywords.

          The domain can be keyword related or not. The exact match and partial match penalties that Google applied aren't actually penalties. They just removed any extra advantage that these kinds of domains might get. But it's still fine and advisable to use an exact match domain or partial match if you can find one.

          For example: if your main keyword term is "best survival knife" then you'd want ideally to get www(dot)bestsurvivalknife(dot)com but if you can't get that you can always get something like www(dot)bestsurvivalknifeguide(dot)com

          Another way you can go is to use a branded URL like "www(dot)SurvivalKnivesSource(dot)com", especially if you plan to build a lot of secondary pages and turn this into an authority site.

          For what you're doing it sounds like you'd want to go with a partial match or exact match domain.



          Thanks a lot!

          what shall an average of links to send to sites that were just made? I am looking to use senuke and such softwares
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