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KGR - Keyword Golden Ratio
It is a technique of keyword research developed by Doug Connington. KGR technique claims to rank a blog in as little as 48 hours. He also has a YouTube channel. In one of his videos, as you can see below, many people agree that they got success within a short time span.
KGR Method:
In the KGR method, Doug suggests finding a keyword with a monthly search volume of less than or equal to 250
and no. of search results for the same keyword in Google with 'allintitle' command which should be less than 63.
Allintitle command shows you the blogs in search results that have the same keyword in their title. But this title may contain more additional keywords. You should not add quotes (" ") to your keyword when search with 'allintitle' because it will then show only those blogs that contain exact same keyword in the title and no additional words. Which will reduce the no. of search results that appear in Google, hence our calculation will be wrong.
Now divide the no. of search results that appear in the 'allintitle' search and divide with the monthly search volume of the keyword.
Here in this case: 5/90 = 0.05
The result comes is the KGR value of the keyword.
To rank higher in Google within a short time with a new website, Doug suggests choosing keyword with KGR value less than or equal to 0.25.
Range from 0.25 to 1.00 can work for older sites with some authority. KGR value greater than 1 means, a lot of competition.
If you choose a keyword of more than 250 MSV. Your post will go in Google sandbox and it will take time to rank. Also, the 'allintitle' results should not be more than 63 in any case. (ignore KW with more than 63 'allintitle' results)
This is it. According to Doug, the method ends here.
The method works for some people, with low competition niche sites. Choose a sub-niche, create 30-50 articles and apply for amazon affiliate.
However, many people don't find this guide super helpful. They tried it and it didn't work for them.
Below is the guest post by Doug itself:
https://mangools.com/blog/keyword-golden-ratio/
Even he stated that only 5% of your articles will rank on page 1.
I am not in any way more knowledgeable than these industry experts but I want to add a few more factors to determine your winning KGR keyword.
The method is as follow:
On Wikipedia, you can further click on links in the content section to get more subtopics.
After getting a few ideas, sign-up for Moz pro 30-day trial and search the monthly search volume and difficulty of these keywords.
You can also look for more keyword suggestions. In the SERP analysis, you can see the PA and DA of the first three competitors.
Look for keywords with MSV less than 250 and difficulty less than 30 (25 in others like LongTailPro, KWfinder, etc.)
After finding the desired keyword, search the keyword in Google.
Look if there are any snippets or paid ads.
Look for authority websites ranking on the first page, if Wikipedia or any high authority site is there and no weak website ranking, ignore that KW.
If there is no such thing then search the keyword with the 'allintitle' command. (results should not be more than 63)
Calculate the KGR. It shouldn't be more than 0.25
Now open the first three websites in SERP and look at their post.
Check below things:
No. of words in the post (You can use 'word counter plus' chrome plugin)
No. of backlinks (any SEO tool can tell you that)
No. of internal and external links (any SEO tool can tell you that)
Copy the post, go to [https://monkeylearn.com/word-cloud]
paste the content and check which keywords are large and bold. On the right panel, you can see no. of times keyword appears in the content.
While writing your post, you should also include the same or more times these keywords.
Now go to [https://www.seoreviewtools.com/content-analysis] and paste the same post. (Do not exclude images and links. Paste in the original format and not 'paste only text'). Add 'focus keyword in the text field'
This will tell you the SEO score and all on-page SEO practice done by the writer including the alt-text of the images.
After doing all that, Create a skyscraper for your website. (skyscraper doesn't mean 4000-word article, it means 'more valuable and thorough than your competitors)
Enter the focus keyword on Quora, Reddit, Answerthepublic, Google's 'People also ask' section to add further related questions to the post.
Do the internal and external linking, create custom images in Canva. (one image after 300 words is recommended by experts)
Publish it.
Answer questions on Quora and link back.
If the post is 2000+ words. Write a summary post on Medium.
Do other practices like PBN or whatever you prefer.
Share on social media.
It is overwhelming but it will definitely work.
Add something if I missed it. Correct me if I am wrong.
It is a technique of keyword research developed by Doug Connington. KGR technique claims to rank a blog in as little as 48 hours. He also has a YouTube channel. In one of his videos, as you can see below, many people agree that they got success within a short time span.
KGR Method:
In the KGR method, Doug suggests finding a keyword with a monthly search volume of less than or equal to 250
and no. of search results for the same keyword in Google with 'allintitle' command which should be less than 63.
Allintitle command shows you the blogs in search results that have the same keyword in their title. But this title may contain more additional keywords. You should not add quotes (" ") to your keyword when search with 'allintitle' because it will then show only those blogs that contain exact same keyword in the title and no additional words. Which will reduce the no. of search results that appear in Google, hence our calculation will be wrong.
Now divide the no. of search results that appear in the 'allintitle' search and divide with the monthly search volume of the keyword.
Here in this case: 5/90 = 0.05
The result comes is the KGR value of the keyword.
To rank higher in Google within a short time with a new website, Doug suggests choosing keyword with KGR value less than or equal to 0.25.
Range from 0.25 to 1.00 can work for older sites with some authority. KGR value greater than 1 means, a lot of competition.
If you choose a keyword of more than 250 MSV. Your post will go in Google sandbox and it will take time to rank. Also, the 'allintitle' results should not be more than 63 in any case. (ignore KW with more than 63 'allintitle' results)
This is it. According to Doug, the method ends here.
The method works for some people, with low competition niche sites. Choose a sub-niche, create 30-50 articles and apply for amazon affiliate.
However, many people don't find this guide super helpful. They tried it and it didn't work for them.
Below is the guest post by Doug itself:
https://mangools.com/blog/keyword-golden-ratio/
Even he stated that only 5% of your articles will rank on page 1.
I am not in any way more knowledgeable than these industry experts but I want to add a few more factors to determine your winning KGR keyword.
The method is as follow:
- Brainstorm some seed keywords and search it on Wikipedia, Google, Reddit, Quora, Answerthepublic.
- These 5 tools by the way are the best tools for good keyword ideas.
On Wikipedia, you can further click on links in the content section to get more subtopics.
After getting a few ideas, sign-up for Moz pro 30-day trial and search the monthly search volume and difficulty of these keywords.
You can also look for more keyword suggestions. In the SERP analysis, you can see the PA and DA of the first three competitors.
Look for keywords with MSV less than 250 and difficulty less than 30 (25 in others like LongTailPro, KWfinder, etc.)
After finding the desired keyword, search the keyword in Google.
Look if there are any snippets or paid ads.
Look for authority websites ranking on the first page, if Wikipedia or any high authority site is there and no weak website ranking, ignore that KW.
If there is no such thing then search the keyword with the 'allintitle' command. (results should not be more than 63)
Calculate the KGR. It shouldn't be more than 0.25
Now open the first three websites in SERP and look at their post.
Check below things:
No. of words in the post (You can use 'word counter plus' chrome plugin)
No. of backlinks (any SEO tool can tell you that)
No. of internal and external links (any SEO tool can tell you that)
Copy the post, go to [https://monkeylearn.com/word-cloud]
paste the content and check which keywords are large and bold. On the right panel, you can see no. of times keyword appears in the content.
While writing your post, you should also include the same or more times these keywords.
Now go to [https://www.seoreviewtools.com/content-analysis] and paste the same post. (Do not exclude images and links. Paste in the original format and not 'paste only text'). Add 'focus keyword in the text field'
This will tell you the SEO score and all on-page SEO practice done by the writer including the alt-text of the images.
After doing all that, Create a skyscraper for your website. (skyscraper doesn't mean 4000-word article, it means 'more valuable and thorough than your competitors)
Enter the focus keyword on Quora, Reddit, Answerthepublic, Google's 'People also ask' section to add further related questions to the post.
Do the internal and external linking, create custom images in Canva. (one image after 300 words is recommended by experts)
Publish it.
Answer questions on Quora and link back.
If the post is 2000+ words. Write a summary post on Medium.
Do other practices like PBN or whatever you prefer.
Share on social media.
It is overwhelming but it will definitely work.
Add something if I missed it. Correct me if I am wrong.
