What to Do With These 10 Keywords?
This is going to be long. So bear with me.
Let me elaborate further. I'm actually just getting my feet wet setting up Google Sniper type of sites. So far I have 2 and another one on the way. However, I can't seem to rank for the main keyword. Now this is a moderately searched keyword with less than 10k competition in quotes.
Note: the first two sites are already indexed in Google and these are relatively new sites. I have done no extensive backlinking yet. Still trying to figure out the best way to move forward.
While I was doing my keyword research, I came across about 10 keywords with exact search of at least 1500 per keyword per month with less than 10k competition in quotes.
There is a debate on whether you should look for searches with phrase or exact match. Let's just say I came across 2 guides that practise the exact match searches. So I'm just following along.
Oh and by the way, I used the free version of Market Samurai's keyword tool to drill down further to get these low hanging keywords. However, whether they convert or not is another matter.
I then plug these keywords into Traffic Travis (free version) to check the level of competition. And I think these keywords that I found are low competition ones. I try to find ones where I can get one of the top 5 positions so that I get some of the visitors.
But who am I to say? I'm just a newbie. I'm just trying to move forward. I'm stuck and that's why I'm here asking for help from fellow warriors.
So I got to thinking. I shouldn't leave these keywords on the table. I should do something about it.
Here's a simple calculation for illustration purposes.
10 keywords x 1500 monthly searches = 15000
Assuming I get 1/3 of these monthly searches,
15000/3 = 5000
Assuming that 1% convert into sales,
5000 x 1% = 50 sales
Assuming commission per sale is $20,
50 x $20 = $1000
I'm sure you agree with me that $1000 per month is a lot of money to leave on the table.
So here are 4 options that I came up with and I hope somebody can point me in the right way.
OPTION 1:
Write 10 articles based on the 10 keywords.
Noob question: Should I write traditional keyword based articles or LSI ones? Feedback is greatly appreciated.
Post these articles to my main site.
Do some backlinking. (What type of backlinking? Not too sure...)
Pros: Grow my own site rather than that of someone else's site.
Cons: How do I get these posts to rank for their keywords?
OPTION 2:
Write 10 articles based on the 10 keywords.
Submit these articles to GoArticles with the keywords in anchor text pointing to my main site's landing page.
Noob question: Correct me if I'm wrong. I can get my site to rank for other keywords if I have these other keywords as anchor texts pointing to my site right? Even though I don't have these keywords on my site?
Pros: Piggy back on authority sites to get my articles ranking high in the SERPs. So none or little backlinking to do.
These articles act as backlinks for my site and is therefore pushing my site up the SERPs.
Cons: Building up somebody's site.
I don't have control over my content. One day, the owners of these sites can just delete my account like how Squidoo cleaned up its house recently. And I would have lost my money site.
OPTION 3:
Write 10 articles based on the 10 keywords.
Set up a re-direct domain to point my affiliate link to affiliate site.
Submit these articles to GoArticles with links pointing directly to affiliate site NOT my own site. (Anchor texts may or may not be the keywords. It could be something like Click here...)
Pros: Utilize powerful article directory to push my articles up the SERPs.
I at least used the 10 keywords.
No need for extensive backlinking.
Cons: I'm not helping my main site up the SERPs.
OPTION 4:
Write 10 articles based on the 10 keywords.
Key in these keywords into Google's search engine without the quotes and find the web 2.0 sites ranking in the top 5 positions.
I set up accounts at those sites.
Submit these articles there.
Do some sort of a linkwheel connecting some of these properties together. (A bit hazy on this though.)
Do some backlinking.
Pros: Utilize powerful web 2.0 sites to push my articles or posts up the SERPs.
Utilize powerful web 2.0 sites to push my main site up the SERPs.
A variety of backlinks to my main site.
Cons: Time consuming.
I don't have control over my content. One day, the owners of these sites can just delete my account like how Squidoo cleaned up its house recently. And I would have lost my money site.
Note: As for backlinking, I have an account at The Link Juicer and I intend to add a campaign for my main site and some of these properties. I also use RSSBot and DirectoryBot. And I outsource my social bookmarking.
So as you can see, I'm quite confused on what to do next. Google Sniper sites don't really need to backlink but when you have to, you don't know where to start. Well, at least I don't.
I apologize for this long post but I really do hope that somebody can point me in the right direction.
Rob Fore, 6-Figure Affiliate Marketing
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