please help me - confusing in seo keyword research

That niche is tough because most “free proxy” terms are saturated and low tier traffic. Long tails show zero volume but still bring real clicks, I’d ignore ahrefs in this case sometimes small terms just don’t register.
 
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First, your website’s offer needs to be strong enough to generate natural word-of-mouth referrals. In the proxy industry, repeat customers make up a significant share of revenue, so your strategy should focus on retention, customer satisfaction, and long-term value rather than one-time sales.
 
kingsley0617 said:
Hello, good day to you all.
I am currently working on the SEO for my project. It is a website where users can register and gain access to short-term residential proxies. Users earn credits by watching rewarded ads, and they can then use those credits to unlock proxy access.
The platform is already completed, and I am now searching for the right keywords to target on my landing page. I discovered that the most popular keywords in this niche are:
  • "Free Residential Proxy List"
  • "Free Residential Proxy Trial"
However, when I use Ahrefs to search for other similar keywords I would like to target, it often shows no search volume. I asked an AI tool about this, and I was told it is because people are not searching for those terms.

The keywords I want to target are very similar to the popular ones, but the popular ones are highly competitive and difficult to rank for. I became frustrated because I wasn’t sure what other keywords I should search for or use. I even considered targeting:

"Free Residential Proxy List - Unlock with Ads"
But I was told that doing this could hurt my SEO performance.
At this point, I honestly don’t know what the best approach is.
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First, create a list of suggested keywords. Next, use the Google Keyword Planner tool to expand your list and find additional relevant keywords. You can also gather keyword ideas by analyzing competitor websites. The Google Keyword Planner provides search volume data, which you can use to evaluate and finalize the most effective keywords for your strategy.
 
People search problems, not brands:


Examples:


  • “how to scrape websites without getting blocked”
  • “how to avoid IP ban”
  • “proxy for sneaker bots free”
  • “proxy for social media automation”
  • “proxy for web scraping beginners”

Then inside the article → introduce your platform as the solution.
 
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Hi,


You can easily collect the right keywords through competitor analysis. Gather 10–20 competitors and analyze which keywords they’re ranking for. You can then cluster those keywords as well to structure your content and pages more effectively.
 
kingsley0617 said:
Hello, good day to you all.
I am currently working on the SEO for my project. It is a website where users can register and gain access to short-term residential proxies. Users earn credits by watching rewarded ads, and they can then use those credits to unlock proxy access.
The platform is already completed, and I am now searching for the right keywords to target on my landing page. I discovered that the most popular keywords in this niche are:
  • "Free Residential Proxy List"
  • "Free Residential Proxy Trial"
However, when I use Ahrefs to search for other similar keywords I would like to target, it often shows no search volume. I asked an AI tool about this, and I was told it is because people are not searching for those terms.

The keywords I want to target are very similar to the popular ones, but the popular ones are highly competitive and difficult to rank for. I became frustrated because I wasn’t sure what other keywords I should search for or use. I even considered targeting:

"Free Residential Proxy List - Unlock with Ads"
But I was told that doing this could hurt my SEO performance.
At this point, I honestly don’t know what the best approach is.
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Hello,

You’re on the right track, but the problem is search intent.

Keywords like “unlock with ads” have no real search demand, so don’t use them as primary keywords. Instead:

  • Target main terms like “free residential proxy trial”
  • Explain your ads/credits system naturally in the content
Also try lower-competition keywords:

  • free proxy for scraping
  • temporary residential proxies
  • proxy without payment
Don’t rely only on Ahrefs — this niche gets traffic from forums and tutorials too.

Focus on value first, then keywords.

Good luck
 
i think targeting "free residential proxy list" could bring the wrong visitors if you're actually offering temporary access after watching ads. i'd focus on describing what the service really does. also zero search volume in ahrefs doesn't necessarily mean nobody searches for those terms.
 
ignore the zero volume ones at first lol, go for low competition keywords you can actually rank for and build up from there tbh
 
Those estimates aren’t always accurate especially with niche keywords. start by looking at the actual search intent behind terms like free residential proxies and residential proxy access.
 
I'm still learning SEO myself, and honestly, keyword research sometimes feels like solving a puzzle without knowing the picture. I'm trying to understand how to find low-competition keywords with decent search volume.

Hopefully, Google will be kind to me someday!
 
Stop asking chatgpt for keyword advice, it has no access to real live SERP data. Just plug the top 3 ranking sites for "free residential proxy" into Ahrefs and steal whatever low KD keywords are bringing them traffic right now.
 
Before you optimize for this, check where the ips come from. free residential proxies funded by ads usually rely on devices people never clearly agreed to share, and that’s the part that tends to end these projects. if it’s opt-in and paid, say so openly, that’s the version that lasts
 
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