More Keyword Research

Hi all,

I hope that you are all finding some benefit to my little series and leaving comments. Don’t forget the Rss feed to keep apprised of what is going on.

Now we go searching for the keywords. I personally use Microniche finder as it is a massive time saver but there are plenty of free tools that you can use such as:

Googles Adwords tool

Search based keyword finder

Google Insight tool

Wordtracker

Whatever tool you use remember what it is we are looking for:

Keywords of three to six words long

Searches over a thousand per month

I won’t go into the uses of these tools as they are all pretty self explanatory so I am going to divert a little bit and explain how I use MNF.

Microniche finder uses Google to return results on a keyword that input. So far so good. These are the same keywords that the Google adwords tool will return.

Now, the thing I like best about Micronichefinder is the ability to distill the keywords down by the various filters so that you are not wasting time going backwards and forwards through the Google tool and Google search trying to find a keyword with enough searches to be profitable and does not have loads of competition.

I put in a base keyword and search for broad matches, this will return hundreds or thousands of keyword phrases, copy them to the projects file and then simply input each one on an exact match. By doing this you can gather masses of data very quickly. I then filter results with the built in parameters, over a thousand searches and minimum three keywords. This list is then put through the SOC filter. This function gives you an indication of how tough that phrase will be to crack.

Delete any that have over 50 in the SOC column and bingo! Then I export that list into my Commission Ritual file and hey,ho! I have a months work of site building, in just a couple of hours I can have a full diary.

It is entirely possible to do all the things MNF does for free but it does cost you time. I prefer to be hunting down keywords and building the sites than endlessly gathering information.

Whichever way you go about finding your keywords you will still have to find out the information in point two from a few days back:

2) Google has to require the information. I say Google but it applies to all search engines, from now on I will say Google only because it is quicker to type than all the search engines.

Tomorrow we will discuss this…see then….

Related posts:

1. Keyword Research & Page Rank
2. Keyword Research Baiting The Hook
3. Keyword Tools I Use Part 1
4. Even More Keyword Research
5. Finding The Golden Keyword