Ken McGaffin
Ken McGaffin is an experienced internet marketing consultant. He has worked for major pharmaceutical companies, advertising agencies, government bodies and non-profit organizations.
Articles by Ken McGaffin
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How Quality Newspapers Can Be A Rich Source Of Keyword Ideas by Ken McGaffin, 25 June 2008
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Using Keywords: Identify And Exploit Niche Markets by Ken McGaffin, 12 February 2008
If you want your business to succeed online, you too must find the niches that exist within your market and decide the specific ones you want to target.
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Using Keywords - A Primer. Part 2: Generate Search Engine Friendly Content by Ken McGaffin, 14 December 2007
Keyword research tells you what people are looking for on-line and therefore it is one of the best ways to find ideas for content on your website. But many people only use keyword research to polish content after it has been created. This is at best time-consuming and at worst creates roadblocks to getting your content out where people can find it. It is much more sensible to do your keyword research before you start any writing.
Read Using Keywords - A Primer. Part 2: Generate Search Engine Friendly Content
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Using Keywords - A Primer. Part 1: Optimizing Your Current Web Content by Ken McGaffin, 22 July 2007
The first quick win of doing keyword research is to get maximum value from the work you've already done - the web copy that you've published on your site. You need to make sure this is optimized and bringing you traffic before you even think about creating new content.
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Keyword Basics Part 4: Using Keywords In Website Copywriting by Ken McGaffin, 4 April 2007
So you've done all your keyword research and you've found the best keywords for your website. How do you use these keywords to improve your website copywriting so that you rank well on the search engines and attract the type of customers that you are after?
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Keyword Basics Part 3: Choosing Your Best Keywords by Ken McGaffin, 22 February 2007
You know how sometimes you make a list of say, three things and then by the time you get to the end of the list, you remember that there’s something you really must include and your list of three becomes a list of four.
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Keyword Basics Part 2: Discovering The Keyword Matrix by Ken McGaffin, 28 December 2006
A simple method for expanding your lists of profitable keywords. The secret of writing great online copy is simple: use keywords - the words people use when they search - in your copy.
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Keyword Basics Part 1: How Search Engines Work by Ken McGaffin, 24 November 2006
One of the most frequently asked questions from website owners is, "Why can't my site be found on Google?" They know it's important to appear in search engine results but they just don't know why it doesn't happen to them.
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Keyword Quality And The Wordtracker Database by Ken McGaffin, 6 October 2006
Search engines get bombarded with automated queries from ranking monitors, popularity analyzers, bid optimizers and other tools. This deluge of non-human activity distorts keywords counts and if it is not identified and eliminated will leave you with very poor keywords.
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Keyword Creativity In Web Design by Ken McGaffin, 5 October 2006
"Keyword Creativity" is the process of understanding customer behaviour through keyword research and using the insights gained to drive the creative process.
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Why Keywords Matter by Ken McGaffin, 23 November 2005
Why do some sites get a lot of traffic and others zero, the following diagrams helps to show why this happens.
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Keyword Phrases In Linking Text by Ken McGaffin, 27 October 2005
Often simple things really matter. And the use of keywords in linking text is one of those simple things that turn out to be hugely important. Linking text, sometimes called anchor text, is the clickable text that takes people to another page or resource. You need to choose that text carefully.