Were you looking at "broad match" or "exact match"? If you weren't looking at "exact match", you made a mistake.

I was looking at exact match, broad match was over 200,000

Not trying to be a smart azz, but is the keyword seasonal (ex: halloween costumes)?

You should also take only about 40% of the search volume since this is the average percentage about how many people click through the first page on the search query.

Sincerely,
mindwire

That sounds about right. There are 10 positions on page one of Google - not everyone clicks the top result.

7,000 per month = 233 per day, divided by ten positions = 23.

Is the #1 organic position actually the first listing on the search page or do you see paid Ads, local listings? Those two things can change the amount of traffic the 1st ranked organic page receives.

I am expecting around 7,000 because of the 40% that I can expect to get from being #1, there isn't any ppc, videos, or local listing above me, I also rank above the authority sites like cnet and forbes.

This site is less than a month old so maybe it hasn't fully stuck yet but like I said I been checking everyday in the main countries, I think I should use another method to confirm the traffic in the keyword tool.

I could try to rank for keywords that have videos on the front page, by checking the statistics for the video and making sure there is daily traffic coming from google.

I want to mention that I also made sure I wasn't getting personalized listings.

Are you sure your search results aren't being personalized?

You should be getting way more visitors.

To verify things a bit you can login at Google Webmasters and look at the conversion vs impressions for that specific keyword.

Personally I see Google Keyword tool as a great free general indication tool but it's certainly not the only tool I use and I would never rely solely on what it is telling me.

It's part of the overall keyword pie to me.

The GKT, at best, is a rough estimation.

If you're REALLY interested in a more reliable estimation, your best bet is to invest a few buck and let an Adwords campaign run for about a week or so, targeting the keywords you're interested in. This will give you a much better idea of the actual search counts.

As stupid as this sounds, it never gets mentioned on here. But it could be something as simple as the name of your site.

Or it could be a combination of the name + title + description.

All I know is I do a ton of searches where I skip the first few positions and sometimes the name of a site sounds spammy, or the title/descriptions do.

Try to do an objective comparison of how your site appears vs other sites in the SERPs.

For instance, if I search "mold" and the first listing says something like -








I'm very likely skipping that first listing.

Especially if the 2nd or 3rd listing says something like:







The fact is certain listings just sound more credible on first glance. Now thats not a real search, I'm just using it as an example. Fact is if you type in "mold" you get a bunch of definitions of what it is.

But if I'm a homeowner, I might be looking to remove mold. I probably won't care about the definition. So I'll likely add a second query with "removal" on the end. Which brings us to another fact, if you're targeting a somewhat ambigous keyword or phrase, that can be interpreted in many different ways, I think that alone will kill your CTR.

I'm no SEO expert, but my background in psychology tends to compensate for that. Really try to get inside the head of the traffic you're targeting. Not just the person you want, but all the different types of people who might be searching for a keyword. It could give you a better idea of why people aren't clicking.

Good luck

-Red

I have noticed that I will get spikes certain days then others. Otherwise this keyword is for a product where people are looking for the company website. I had a site up for bourjois mascara and if you google it I am number 2 for a search volume of about 500 to 700 per month but I get little traffic because people are going to the company website. So yes you will get some traffic for this but most people will go to the company site or even amazon as they are trust worthy and lots of people are scared about what sites they go to and buy from.

That is why when I am doing my KW Research for adsense sites I look for KWs with free in it or watch online or along those lines.

Check this out http://source-wave.com/seo-keyword-research-secrets/

All we can do is keep guessing considering we don't know the OP domain or keyword, not suggesting OP share either (I wouldn't). Just saying, it's a guessing game.

hello, I'm happy to say that the good old google is starting to send me more traffic for this keyword, and another keyword that is a reverse of it.

so i'm getting 50-70 visitors a day which is good but should still be seeing more, my click throughs are 15% and sometimes 18%

The GAKT shows an AVERAGE of the previous 12 months, so the numbers you're seeing in your browser may or may not even be close to the actual numbers. Do an exact match search and download the csv file for a monthly breakdown. Do it on a seasonal, fad or trendy item and you'll see what I mean.

Google seems to have changed it so it's not a default anymore. If the monthly searches aren't showing you may need to manually enable it. Click on "Columns", and I think checking "Local Search Trends" will enable it again.

Also keep in mind it's only Google's search results, so youtube, facebook, ezinearticles and other searchengines will also produce additional numbers.

You are checking in "Incognito" right?

Try changing your title tag to include an offer or other click bait and see if the numbers improve.