I guess I can't write articles

by Max Whitson

Posted: 15 years ago 21 replies

I guess i'm not to good at writing articles or finding keywords. Most of my articles has 100-300 page views max on ezine. Is this normal or what?

How do I find good keywords that alot of people look for so I can get more traffic to my site via article marketing?

Someone, please help

#articles #guess #write

Razorblade 15 years ago

I think you should be happy with how your articles are performing at Eza. My articles have less than a hundred views each. Well, I only have one which has 134 views.

I don't think it's just all about how good or bad your writing skill is. There are a lot of factors that affect an article's performance in the directories, e.g., niche, keyword competition, etc.

As to finding the right keywords to use, you can use the Google Adwords keyword selection tool or you can try Micro Niche Finder.

Just keep going, buddy!
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yoliferdi 15 years ago

Hundreds people views your articles? Great.. EzineArticles reject my articles. You're better than me. Keep writing, find hot topic, and write interesting title for your articles.
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Jessica Lynn 15 years ago

How long have these articles been published?

Razorblade is right - views depend a lot on the niche, level of interest, etc.

If your URL clicks are low compared to the number of views you're getting, then that usually means there's a problem with the article.
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buzzword 15 years ago

I have several performing at that level. 100-300 is decent.
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Eric Land 15 years ago

Hey why dont you check out this thread

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...tep-guide.html

It might help you
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Max Whitson 15 years ago

Thanks everyone. For some reason, I have a feeling that my keywords are not searched enough. People say use this tool, but I don't really know how. If someone could explain in detail exactly how to pick long key words that would be terrific
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rahulmagi 15 years ago

for picking long key words Use the googler keyword tool, it explain in details...
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- strauss 15 years ago
  
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Max Whitson 15 years ago

yea, but how do i look for people who search those keywords without too much competition?
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- Corwinnx 15 years ago
  
  Max,
  
  To see how many searches a term has per day, use Wordtrackers Free Keyword Tool. They list 'daily' amount of searches and I was taught to double the amount because WT only pulls from certain search engines.
  
  So you're looking for keywors that have 2,000 searches a month or more, which would be a daily search of 67. So if WT says it's searched 35 times a day, move on to determining competition.
  
  To see how many websites are competing, put the keyword phrase into "quotes" in the Google Search Bar, like this...
  
  "How To Potty Train Boys"
  
  When you hit search, you will see to your right
  
  Results 1-10 of about 11,200.
  
  You're looking for that 11,200 number to be less than 10,000 if you can.
  
  You're final two clues:
  
  1.) Are there adwords campaigns on the search results. If not, then it may be a popular niche that just doesn't convert to buyers, or no one knos the niche yet, so the you go to
  
  2.)Clickbank. Are there affiliate products on this topic, and if there are, what's their gravity. The higher the gravity, the better.
  
  Good luck,
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Max Whitson 15 years ago

^wow thanks corwinnz.

Let me ask a question, am I wanting WT to come up with 67 or more or did you just pull that from a hat ( or something else ) If not, what would be a good number in WT to look for? I'm also guessing the more searches the better?

Also, one more thing, does it matter what google says WITHOUT quotes or not?

This has been very helpful. Thanks
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IowaGal 15 years ago

Hey Max -

Here's another tip for you (and everyone else too), that may work to get you more views:

Make your article a "list" of tips, ideas, etc.

"11 Tips for _____________."

People love lists and they're easy to skim. Also, for some reason or other, odd numbers seem to do better than even numbers. Go figure.
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captivereef 15 years ago

article views vary, i have some with 32 and others with 20,000 just keep writing and that magic article will appear with tons of views. With todays competitive markets its hard to make every article a winner.

But if you write good stuff and not trash they will stick around for a long time.
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captivereef

15 years ago

my "How To" article perform very well to. It seems general information articles are the worst!

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Max Whitson

15 years ago

Originally Posted by IowaGal

Hey Max -

Here's another tip for you (and everyone else too), that may work to get you more views:

Make your article a "list" of tips, ideas, etc.

"11 Tips for _____________."

People love lists and they're easy to skim. Also, for some reason or other, odd numbers seem to do better than even numbers. Go figure.

Okay, I will use tips then and be sure it's an odd number of them. Thanks a bunch

Originally Posted by captivereef

my "Hom To" article perform very well to. It seems general information articles are the worst!

I hope you mean " how to" :p

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Azlan 15 years ago

Originally Posted by captivereef

my "Hom To" article perform very well to. It seems general information articles are the worst!

I certainly agree with this. And I see in a lot of forum, people are recommending that you write articles on How To...

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- Corwinnx 15 years ago
  
  Hi Max,
  
  Sorry I missed your question. I can't remember where I came up with 67, but if you divide 2,000 (minimum desired amount of monthly searches) by 30 (days in a month since WT gives 'daily' results) you get someting like 66.66666 something.
  
  And yes, the " "'s matter. The "quotes" will tell Google to return only pages that have optimized their content for the keyword/phrase you gave it.
  
  Good luck.
  
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captivereef 15 years ago

oh yeah "how to", my dyslexia must have kicked in!!

I have had good luck with titles like

how to avoid

how to ____ the right way

Learn How to Avoid____
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VulcanMan750 15 years ago

Try looking at the most viewed articles in your category. Then you can see which keywords are generating the most views.
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krishananda 15 years ago

Well I guess I'm lucky then, I only wrote 2 articles, 1 got 183 views and the other 1 got 1,,867 views with one 5 stars vote

I didn't concern much about keywords optimization back then since I only wrote it for the sake of my first blog.

Later I found that the one that got lower views is because there are just too many similar articles,
while the other one 8 Things to Help You Pass CCNA Exam
has an interesting title and not much similar articles which I guess attracts more viewers.

And you guys are right, it's also because of the "how to" factor.
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maestro2010 15 years ago

well getting so much of visitors to your ezine articles is really good thing......another main thing you should always keep in your mind set is google's saying "Dont be lure".........

so write articles, submit them and be happy if you get more than 300 visitors as i have been continously rejected by ezine as due to quality or i dont know know wht can be the reason
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