blackbeans
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- Nov 29, 2008
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Here's a safe technique that works for me and many people in this forum: type in the main keyword for your target niche into Keyword Shitter, a free online tool you can find in Google.
I'm not going to link to it in this post for obvious reasons.
There are other tools like it that scrape Google autocomplete.
Once you have all those keywords, enter them into an SEO tool such as Semrush or Ahrefs, it doesn't matter.
When you get the results, scratch-off from your list the ones that have a monthly search volume or keyword difficulty rating; just get rid of them.
What's left are keywords that are "under the radar."
The next step is crucial.
Slowly and carefully go through each keyword and ask yourself honestly whether the keyword is related to your target sub-niche.
If the answer is no, you know what to do.
Also, cluster closely related keywords.
Once you're done, you are staring at a piece of gold.
Why? Your competitors are not going to screw around that list.
They're not stupid, so they're aware of it.
But they also believe in return on effort.
In their minds, since the keywords are invisible, there's no telling how much traffic they're going to get assuming they get substantial traffic at all.
But you have one big thing going for you.
While you may be shooting in the dark in terms of traffic volume, it is equally true that Google suggested these keywords.
In other words, people are searching using these keywords.
These are not theoretical or speculative keywords that exist in a vacuum.
They're not empty projections; they're real.
Once you start building your blog around these keywords, you lock in these non-competitive terms because nobody else is building content for them.
And once you start dominating as many of these terms as possible, your domain authority rises.
At this point, you can already start targeting more competitive words.
This is how you beat Google by going through the backdoor instead of upfront.
Good luck with going head to head with your bigger and more established competitors.
Expect to stay in the guts of Google rankings for months, if not years on end.
It won't be a happy journey. I can tell you that.
I'm not going to link to it in this post for obvious reasons.
There are other tools like it that scrape Google autocomplete.
Once you have all those keywords, enter them into an SEO tool such as Semrush or Ahrefs, it doesn't matter.
When you get the results, scratch-off from your list the ones that have a monthly search volume or keyword difficulty rating; just get rid of them.
What's left are keywords that are "under the radar."
The next step is crucial.
Slowly and carefully go through each keyword and ask yourself honestly whether the keyword is related to your target sub-niche.
If the answer is no, you know what to do.
Also, cluster closely related keywords.
Once you're done, you are staring at a piece of gold.
Why? Your competitors are not going to screw around that list.
They're not stupid, so they're aware of it.
But they also believe in return on effort.
In their minds, since the keywords are invisible, there's no telling how much traffic they're going to get assuming they get substantial traffic at all.
But you have one big thing going for you.
While you may be shooting in the dark in terms of traffic volume, it is equally true that Google suggested these keywords.
In other words, people are searching using these keywords.
These are not theoretical or speculative keywords that exist in a vacuum.
They're not empty projections; they're real.
Once you start building your blog around these keywords, you lock in these non-competitive terms because nobody else is building content for them.
And once you start dominating as many of these terms as possible, your domain authority rises.
At this point, you can already start targeting more competitive words.
This is how you beat Google by going through the backdoor instead of upfront.
Good luck with going head to head with your bigger and more established competitors.
Expect to stay in the guts of Google rankings for months, if not years on end.
It won't be a happy journey. I can tell you that.