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Article marketing, What search volume should i look for ??

by jimkirk1943
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Hi guys,

Just a quick question, I want to get a few articles online and was just wondering whats the minimum number of monthly searches for a keyword you would want to see before you actually went ahead and wrote your article ??

So i`m going to use go-articles, i have a few products, what keyword search volume should i not go below ??

Cheers Jim
#article #marketing #search #volume
  • Profile picture of the author JayXtreme
    Hey Jim...

    Nobody can really give you an answer for this...

    I change my mind all the time, the answer you are looking for lies in the quality or "buying" nature of the keyword.

    If a keyword is a hot buying keyword, then I'm prepared to go real low on the monthly searches, get some content out there and test that baby...

    Getting your head around keyword research, testing etc for article marketing is a whole lotta trial and error. This way, you will have your own stats, and figures to go by.

    Peace

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    • Profile picture of the author jimkirk1943
      Hi Jay,
      Yeah i understand all this i`ve been into IM for some time now and am into WP blogs i always try to go for 2500 searchs per month, But i`ve never tryed article marketing so my question was just really out of interest to see how you smart guys on WF got the green light !!

      Cheers Jim
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      • Profile picture of the author Bjarne Eldhuset
        I agree with what JayXtreme and Alexa said.

        If I was the only person in the world having a problem that I felt ruined my life on a daily basis, and you were the only person that had the solution to my problem, how much do you think I would pay you to solve my problem?
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    Right now my tendency is to ignore anything below 200 A DAY and not bother with "peanuts" anymore.

    900 daily searches and only 21k competing pages in Google: Heaven

    And yes..Market Samurai rocks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
    I don't bother with analyzing monthly searches anymore.

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    • Profile picture of the author jimkirk1943
      Originally Posted by Allen Graves View Post

      I don't bother with analyzing monthly searches anymore.

      Allen
      Interesting reply Allen !
      I`ve actually seen your posts before and know of you, and your reputation which is of an expert in article marketing !!
      So can i ask Allen why you dont take any interest in search volume ?
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      • Profile picture of the author Jays80
        I go after money keywords, which are easy to rank for. Then move to posting quality content, adding backlinks,

        So search volume is taken care by quantity of keywords i am targeting.
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      • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
        Originally Posted by jimkirk1943 View Post

        Interesting reply Allen !
        I`ve actually seen your posts before and know of you, and your reputation which is of an expert in article marketing !!
        So can i ask Allen why you dont take any interest in search volume ?
        It's not that I don't take interest in search volume, it is that I don;t take any interest in MINIMUM search volume. I really don't see a reason to place a bottom number on it and miss out on potential clients, list members and customers - especially when the competition for them is so low.

        JMO

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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    Allen, with that one example (900 daily searches and 21k competing sites)...i reached a rock solid #1 Google position and many thousands of views. I think its defintly worth it.

    What's your strategy? I think i just read in another thread where you said that articles often rank for "unexpected" keywords - and you are actually right, i observed that too.
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  • Profile picture of the author laurenceh
    One of the first thing I learned in IM in regards to keyword research is that like some of the above say, the better converting keywords for me have been the ones with lower searches, but are keywords searched for with buying intent.

    I think alot of people get seduced by the amount of searches, but 10000 daily searches for example "free information here", will not covert as well as say 100 searches for " Proof the $37 system you have been thinking about buying works" (extreme example I know)
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    • Profile picture of the author Wade Watson
      I think keyword search figures are more relevant for articles on your own site than an article site. A lot people don't realize it, but EzineArticles has a demographic range. There are countless keywords that do fine for other websites that get no traffic to speak of at EZA. Then there's the EZA competition factor. Only 2 pages from EZA can come up in a given search. Some keywords have hundreds of competing articles. Most experienced pros seem to concur that article marketing for traffic is a numbers game. Write 100 articles in a niche and a handful will make you some money.

      I'm steering more toward my own sites for traffic and just using articles for backlinks. That way you don't have to worry about ranking or the article site pulling off traffic or in-site competition. And you can keep building solid traffic and benefiting from it without middleman complications.
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  • Profile picture of the author J Bold
    The lowest I've heard of is about 1000/month, but of course you should not be expecting too much for something like that. I'd say go for at least 5000/month or more.

    Everyone has a different opinion and some people "don't bother with analyzing monthly searches anymore" but then don't explain why, ha ha.

    Good luck.
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  • Profile picture of the author Allen Graves
    Sorry, had to do some Christmas shopping this morning,

    Since that last post seems to be aimed at me, here's a blog post I just wrote that explains why.

    Keyword Phrase Monthly Search Volume - Should You Target Low Volume Keywords?

    George, that's an awesome result you got. Glad to see you are not ignoring the low hanging fruit.

    For those who ignore the lighter searched keyword phrases, go ahead and keep ignoring them, I'm not trying to tell anybody what to do, I was just saying what I do.

    I wasn't trying to up my post count. I was just truthfully (and yes, briefly ) answering Jim's question, that's all.

    All due respect,
    Allen Graves
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