The Absolute Newbie's Guide To Keyword Research

[walandio]

thanks for this dude.. I would be keyword searching next week.

 

[kenwithblue]

 

[abecobacoba]

Thanks for sharing, mate
Permission to keep it in my notepad
Will be helpful to me.

 

[vibebeatz]

thanks for the share just what iwas looking for... i did my some research and i founds some good keywords( ithink) do you think it would be easy to rank a keywords when a site like amazon, bestbuy, ect is number one lets say for the word: toshiba nb305 , ipad 3 ect and the top 10s site have less then 100 backlick or no backlinks at all?

 

[p4r4d0x]

Thanks for this post brother.

i was confused with few things but after reading this i know what to do

Thanks

 

[AtmoSphEre]

This helped me out alot! Thanks!

 

[Rmiller]

thanks

 

[yaseking]

thank you very much

 

[silvermario]

The "low competition" in Adwords tool is bull crap. It doesn't matter that much at all, any member on here will tell you the same. Can someone back me up here?

If the CPC is low, it could mean partly because the CTR is high. You have no reason to worry about the CTR of a niche. At this stage, don't worry about how converting a niche is. It's ridiculous.

Lower CPC means less SEO competition. Higher CPC (insurance, health, etc) will have high SEO competition.

I agree with most things you wrote in your guide, but here you are just wrong.
What kenwithblue said in this post is true.

I have 1 Micro Niche Website ranking #2 - #4 in Google for such keyword:

competition Low
global monthly searches 8,100
usa local searches 3,600
CPC ~$2

An here are this website earnings for last month:

Ads impr. 1 864

Clicks 7

CTR 0,38%

CPC 0,06 ?

CPM 0,24 ?

Earnings 0,44 ? for a WHOLE month!!!


Pretty pathetic...
My other websites have average CTR of 10%

So I don't advice anyone to follow the LOW Competiion route if you want to earn with adsense.
It's another story if you try monetize with a CPA or a content lock.

 

[macdonjo3]

What kind of theme are you using? I never really had a site below 5% CTR unless it was a video site or something.

 

[silvermario]

I'm using Malu theme for this particular website.
Here is a preview http://wpthemes.toptut.com/

I have adsense ads on top, left under the "Sponsored ads" header and 1 ad in content positioned top left.
The second problem is that there were 3 768 Ads request for this website, and for 1150 requests there was no Ad to display just because competition among advertisers for this keyword is low.
I can see this myself when I check my website, most of the time adsense ads are not displayed and when the are on the site they're irrevelant.

 

[pYraTe]

thanks +rep given

 

[frankls]

You have just given me the missing piece to the puzzle. Nice guide!

 

[loclhero]

What kind of theme are you using? I never really had a site below 5% CTR unless it was a video site or something.

First off, thanks for a great post. Pos rep. But I'm starting to wonder if I'm freakin jinxed with all of this. I got started with niche sites using another BHW members service, got a nice article site created, been adding content and I have my EMD keyword ranked #1 on g00g. Also have some at #3, and so on. This has been due to spending a pretty good chunk of change on linkpushes, .edu backlinks etc.

The site's been up since Sept 1 and I have made MAYBE 3 dollars. My ctr since the start has been 0.40% (that is not a typo) and my total earnings are less than 10 bucks. Total page views is maybe 5,700.

I started off with the CTR wp theme but it looks crappy so installed a free theme that kind of matched my EMD. That sucked too. Then I went back to CTR but disabled it's ads and put in maxbanner plugin.

WTF?? I'm not giving up but I'm reluctant to start other sites if I can't even get this one to throw me a bone.

 

[macdonjo3]

Hi loclhero,

Due to the high demand and appreciation of this post, I'll be making some more tutorials on topics I'm knowledgeable on. The next one will be a big Adsense thread. I'll be sharing a lot of my CTR tricks in it, Do's and Don't, etc.

Thanks

 

[termseo]

thank you so much,
i've done before a micro niche with only 2 words with low competition but it was hard to rank ...as you said "Find keywords that are at least 3 words in length" helped me a lot.

 

[silvermario]

First off, thanks for a great post. Pos rep. But I'm starting to wonder if I'm freakin jinxed with all of this. I got started with niche sites using another BHW members service, got a nice article site created, been adding content and I have my EMD keyword ranked #1 on g00g. Also have some at #3, and so on. This has been due to spending a pretty good chunk of change on linkpushes, .edu backlinks etc.

The site's been up since Sept 1 and I have made MAYBE 3 dollars. My ctr since the start has been 0.40% (that is not a typo) and my total earnings are less than 10 bucks. Total page views is maybe 5,700.

I started off with the CTR wp theme but it looks crappy so installed a free theme that kind of matched my EMD. That sucked too. Then I went back to CTR but disabled it's ads and put in maxbanner plugin.

WTF?? I'm not giving up but I'm reluctant to start other sites if I can't even get this one to throw me a bone.

Read my post in this thread.

Then go to https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal , search for your keyword stats and check the Advertisers Competition column

If it's LOW then you have the answer to your problem.

 

[p4r4d0x]

I agree with most things you wrote in your guide, but here you are just wrong.
What kenwithblue said in this post is true.

I have 1 Micro Niche Website ranking #2 - #4 in Google for such keyword:

competition Low
global monthly searches 8,100
usa local searches 3,600
CPC ~$2

An here are this website earnings for last month:

Ads impr. 1 864

Clicks 7

CTR 0,38%

CPC 0,06 ?

CPM 0,24 ?

Earnings 0,44 ? for a WHOLE month!!!


Pretty pathetic...
My other websites have average CTR of 10%

So I don't advice anyone to follow the LOW Competiion route if you want to earn with adsense.
It's another story if you try monetize with a CPA or a content lock.

I am also in similar situation. i guess i need to take help from some CPA pros here

 

[Nexusx2]

there will be lots of relevant ads showing on your site, as there are lots in line to be shown.

I did not know this, thank you.

This was a good guide. Much like a movie that ends and you don't want it too. I was waiting for the next portion

 

[blackhatchampion]

Thanks for share great keywords research.