I have been on your email list for a few years now and have always considered it one of my most boring elist subscriptions. Please don't take offense it is just how I felt about it.
Recently though, wow, I just have to tell you that you guys are doing an awesome job.
The new newletter is filled with incredible and relevent information and the Keyword search tool is truely magnificent.
Please, don't get all big headed and stop the good work now that you have found the magic formula. You are really adding value to your services the likes of which I have never seen.
I'm confused! In this article you suggest 'chocolate gifts'. Do you mean "chocolate gifts"? And how would [chocolate gifts] be used stategically if at all?
I've tried Word Tracker a couple of times and been a bit unsure how to make effective use of it, despite being told I really needed to. Reading your newsletter is giving me small bits of information that are showing me the light! Its making me look forward to going back to try it again!
Thanks!
I feel my web-site is lacking keywords. Can you help me? We are a bed and breakfast near the ocean. We serve a three course breakfast and give a lot of amenities. I paid a lot for my web-site but I'm not sure what to do. Thanks
I'm tackling how to make an impression on the highly competitive "greeting card" search term for my new company Squashed Tomato. Your free trail wordtracker has quickly given me a valuable starting point. As a relative novice to optimisation your articles are hugely accessible and highly useful. Thank you.
What would be the best kayword for a trekking and tours agncy in Nepal
, Tibet and Bhutan for www.yalatour.com. Will you please help me?
I expect your list.
Regards
Gopal
for. Yala Tours
Sudhir
August 25, 2007 12:49
It was good to see that at least somebody in the search marketing business is giving the honest and free advice without charging anythng. What you see most of the times is the hyped merketing lingo. Kudos to you Ken.
New site, need help with effective key words.
have been going through your articles, learning.
Can you help with some effective keywords for our site.
Thanks
This is a new website and I need help with effective key words to get internet surfers to click on my website. Your assistance in this matter will very much appreciated.
Great article! I understand most of what you're saying, however I am in the very competitive market of foreclosures and have no clue of how to rank. Can you give some assistance?
My site is http://www.SaveYourHomeYourself.com
Great article! I'll use your guidelines when optimizing my company's website. THanx a lot
Swapnali
January 23, 2008 09:30
Hi, I have gone thr' the info regarding keywords. You have suggested to use popular keyword. Suppose I use saree or sarees which is popular than wedding saree but saree is very comman word anyone having relevant content can add it so how search engines make differentiate among keywords used different sites?
Is there any number limit for keywords for a particular site?
Can anybody explain with example the keywords with qulifire and niche keywords?
This subject is new to me, and I've found that I also need a title and description in addition to the key words for submission. How critical are these other items compared to key words?
My husband and I are venturing to website business to make extra money to help us for many reasons (i.e. house mortgage payment):) We just purchased a search engine website and we don't really have any experienced in running & maintaining a website. We're confused about how to submit or advertise our search engine website to pay per click companies for traffic? Which PPC co. to go? What Title is best to use? And, What Keywords,& Phrases we should choose to use with our very limited budget? We're eager to learn. We hope that you or someone will be willing to share their time, knowledge in guiding and assisting us in this matter. All help will very much appreciated.
I find the Wordtracker keyword researcher unbeatable for generating 'phrases containing the exact keyword'. If you were to devise a keyword list manually, no matter how long you spent on it, Wordtracker would always generate countless further keywords you would never have been able to compile yourself. Thanks - Ewan Kennedy.
I've been using wordtracker since 2003 but hardly been browsing into the other sections. Checked today and found that there were these useful articles so i'll definitely be spending more time checking out the info that i've been missing out on
thanks for the clarification..i was quite blur when i received the keyword analysis results..e.g.with the kei & google column..
i guess with several more tries, i should be able to reap the benefits from this tool
When I read this article first,I thought that it helped to me. But when we think more about it, I found it not help .
such as, I sell guitar amplifier ,escpcilly tube guitar amplifier, I 'm from china.
we want to look for dealers in US and canada, we don't know which words they used
"guitar amplifier" is words many people used, so we add "tube guitar amplifier", but it is words used by retailer people , They are not our customers.Do you think we can competitive with fender or marshell?
point right people ,used right words is important to SEO
pan: try some pay per click (PPC) advertising to research which terms work for your company. Before starting, use Wordtracker to find 'negative' keywords that you don't want to bid on. Once you've found some keywords of interest, go back to Wordtracker to find more similar words to target with your SEO. Also try some simple modifying words like 'trade', 'wholesale', 'import'. Good luck.
What's all the fuzz about keywords? Google is the major player in searchengine-country, and doesn't bother about the keywords
in the metatags at all. Google doesn't use the keyword metatag, you see.
Ted Visser: you are confuzzing (sic) keywords with the keywords metatag. A keyword is a word or phrase used to search. Keywords can be used in your page copy, in your page title tag and in the text of inbound links to your pages. All these places are not your keywords metatag.
A good read & very educational. I'm new to SEO and asking my hubby who is a developer is no good for me as I don't understand what he is talking about most of the time. It is pages like this which I find excellent.
Great article and advice. But with 5000 keywords, how do you choose the ones you are going to actually target, if you can only optimize a page for one primary and one secondary keyword? Thanks, Carol Harkins
I sell solar lights. I am so confused after reading all this to me it seems like I should just use solar lights as much as I can. Is it a lot more complicated then that?
I want to thank you so much for your brilliance and your willingness to share with us newbies the ways of internet marketing and SEO strategies. I love writing articles and I know this is my strongest suit, and this is the avenue I know I will pursue for traffic. But I was at a loss with the keyword thing. I spent $329 bucks for WT and it is so worth it. But I tried to use it without reading the instructions! Needless to say, I was not fully utilizing it! I love your knowledge and please keep your series coming because they really are helpful.
Shalisha: go to the home page of wordtracker.com and sign up to the Keyword Expert Newsletter with the form at the top of the right-hand side of the page.
Some great advice even for beginners. SEO and SEM is not rocket science. I think the terms SEO and SEM frighten people more than help.
Ppl heaer SEO and panic. As though its some mystery force that only the "Gurus" know.. fact is. Its just good keyword research.. and well written content.. Links will come with good content and unique site..
One of the issue confronting every keyword sleuth is what is an acceptable KEI score. Is it 2,000 or .02 or .002? To get a high KEI you may have to give up a lot. If you go for a widely used KEI (say .002) your competition is too stiff. It takes a lot of time and effort to reach a happy and profitable medium. As you indicate, a substantial amount of time has to be dedicated to finding this "divine" balance.
SEO Optimization: I would forget KEI for anything other than a glance and possible further investigation. It's mostly bogus, using searches within quotation marks. And takes no account of the quality of the competition nor its quality relative to your own site. Even more important: don't target single keywords, target groups of keywords.
I am trying to get this site to the search engines. I tried google optimizer and was total confused with it. So I am looking into this product and the same some.
We carried many hot products made in China with website www.allhookah.net. I am trying to find a better way to promote our products and website. Any suggestions? Thanks
Your articles are full of insights and useful tips especially for a beginner. With a 7-day Wordtracker free trial, I would like to put in practice what I have understood from reading your articles. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the information. Its good for keyword research for beginners with good explanation. Explain about how to choose a niche market and how to promote it.
Hi Ken, I am from Indonesia. I am making a website sort of newsportal www.shippingindonesia.com. what whould be the key words that will make it stay on top when someone clicks on this subject?
thanks,
kind regards
hariz
Darenda
December 15, 2008 14:20
I was alterted to your web site through a "how-to" article written by Nick Usborne entitled "Writing For the Web #1." This is the third article I've read from your site today. The article was informative and education but I thought that the question and answer session was equally interesting. I especially the helpful and instructive tone of the response from @wordtrackers.
Thanks, you've got another subscriber!
khaos
December 16, 2008 12:55
Looks very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Regards, khaos forum edebiyat Felsefe Blog
Great article. I have 134 pages in my website,dealing with all categories, and where to load all key words. In the home page or individual pages. Will you please enlighten me please. Thanks for everything. Kirthika PN
I like the fact that I now understand the importance of key words and how the google msn ext, works and I no it will work good for me !! Thanks for each one teach one
Mark, you wrote this article more than 2yrs ago,all I have to say is brilliant, it's still relevant. I'm now just getting started. Where do you forsee this keywords concept going in the future?
What a great website and loads of excellent advice. The articles are well written for the lay person helping to de-mystify the whole process. Thank You
The great thing of wordtracker is the KEI column which indicates the importance of a keyword to get higher ranking & traffic I did not find such a column in google keyword suggestion tool
All comments
I have been on your email list for a few years now and have always considered it one of my most boring elist subscriptions. Please don't take offense it is just how I felt about it.
Recently though, wow, I just have to tell you that you guys are doing an awesome job.
The new newletter is filled with incredible and relevent information and the Keyword search tool is truely magnificent.
Please, don't get all big headed and stop the good work now that you have found the magic formula. You are really adding value to your services the likes of which I have never seen.
Thanks for the information.
I'm confused! In this article you suggest 'chocolate gifts'. Do you mean "chocolate gifts"? And how would [chocolate gifts] be used stategically if at all?
I've tried Word Tracker a couple of times and been a bit unsure how to make effective use of it, despite being told I really needed to. Reading your newsletter is giving me small bits of information that are showing me the light! Its making me look forward to going back to try it again! Thanks!
I feel my web-site is lacking keywords. Can you help me? We are a bed and breakfast near the ocean. We serve a three course breakfast and give a lot of amenities. I paid a lot for my web-site but I'm not sure what to do. Thanks
I too am concerned about the use of chocolate gifts. How would it be used strategically if at all?
I'm tackling how to make an impression on the highly competitive "greeting card" search term for my new company Squashed Tomato. Your free trail wordtracker has quickly given me a valuable starting point. As a relative novice to optimisation your articles are hugely accessible and highly useful. Thank you.
Another great read but this is very Wordtracker oriented it would be good to explain how other tools can be used too. Off to find the next dose.
Great Article, you have really explained Wordtracker and its feaatures, I can not wait to use it. Thanks.
great, I have been looking for this information all over the web. you finally convinced me to subscribe to wordtracker. thanks again.
What would be the keywords for call centre.Can you provide me a list
Regards Anuj Saxena www.25x7services.com
Informative and well written, no doubt a Keyword expert
Thanks
What would be the best kayword for a trekking and tours agncy in Nepal , Tibet and Bhutan for www.yalatour.com. Will you please help me? I expect your list.
Regards Gopal for. Yala Tours
It was good to see that at least somebody in the search marketing business is giving the honest and free advice without charging anythng. What you see most of the times is the hyped merketing lingo. Kudos to you Ken.
Good read.
Been trying to "get" this keyword stuff for a while. I "get" most of it but there's still a lot of stuff I don't quite understand.
Still learning.
Thanks.
New site, need help with effective key words. have been going through your articles, learning. Can you help with some effective keywords for our site. Thanks
This is a new website and I need help with effective key words to get internet surfers to click on my website. Your assistance in this matter will very much appreciated.
Thanks.
Twenty minutes ago I didn't even know what a key word was but after reading your articles it was like a light bulb turned on in my mind.
Thank you so much for educating a real novice in terms I can understand!
As a newbie this has been an eye opener for me. Thanks for the hints!
Interesting read.
Wow it's rocking articles. thanx for info.
This could help me a lot! Thank you very much!
Keywords are something all webmasters or bloggers need to become educated in. Without them, your site could get buried.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. It's most appreciated.
Fabulous information. I'm going in. Going to get my first keywords. Wish me luck.
This article has opened my eyes thanks a lot!
Great article! I understand most of what you're saying, however I am in the very competitive market of foreclosures and have no clue of how to rank. Can you give some assistance? My site is http://www.SaveYourHomeYourself.com
Thanks,
Thank you for this insightful article. I believe I am finally getting on the right track!
Great article! I'll use your guidelines when optimizing my company's website. THanx a lot
Hi, I have gone thr' the info regarding keywords. You have suggested to use popular keyword. Suppose I use saree or sarees which is popular than wedding saree but saree is very comman word anyone having relevant content can add it so how search engines make differentiate among keywords used different sites? Is there any number limit for keywords for a particular site?
Can anybody explain with example the keywords with qulifire and niche keywords?
Thanks, I found some nice niche keywords thanks to following your tips.
This subject is new to me, and I've found that I also need a title and description in addition to the key words for submission. How critical are these other items compared to key words?
My husband and I are venturing to website business to make extra money to help us for many reasons (i.e. house mortgage payment):) We just purchased a search engine website and we don't really have any experienced in running & maintaining a website. We're confused about how to submit or advertise our search engine website to pay per click companies for traffic? Which PPC co. to go? What Title is best to use? And, What Keywords,& Phrases we should choose to use with our very limited budget? We're eager to learn. We hope that you or someone will be willing to share their time, knowledge in guiding and assisting us in this matter. All help will very much appreciated.
Thanks. Http://mustfind.net
I find the Wordtracker keyword researcher unbeatable for generating 'phrases containing the exact keyword'. If you were to devise a keyword list manually, no matter how long you spent on it, Wordtracker would always generate countless further keywords you would never have been able to compile yourself. Thanks - Ewan Kennedy.
Great article! This helps a ton!
Hi,
I've been using wordtracker since 2003 but hardly been browsing into the other sections. Checked today and found that there were these useful articles so i'll definitely be spending more time checking out the info that i've been missing out on
rgds Fione http://www.eOneNet.com
I gererally dont read articles but today this is my third articles that i found very interesting in your website.
Thank you very much !
thanks for the clarification..i was quite blur when i received the keyword analysis results..e.g.with the kei & google column.. i guess with several more tries, i should be able to reap the benefits from this tool
thanks for your great sharing
Good idea Thank You
When I read this article first,I thought that it helped to me. But when we think more about it, I found it not help . such as, I sell guitar amplifier ,escpcilly tube guitar amplifier, I 'm from china. we want to look for dealers in US and canada, we don't know which words they used "guitar amplifier" is words many people used, so we add "tube guitar amplifier", but it is words used by retailer people , They are not our customers.Do you think we can competitive with fender or marshell? point right people ,used right words is important to SEO
pan: try some pay per click (PPC) advertising to research which terms work for your company. Before starting, use Wordtracker to find 'negative' keywords that you don't want to bid on. Once you've found some keywords of interest, go back to Wordtracker to find more similar words to target with your SEO. Also try some simple modifying words like 'trade', 'wholesale', 'import'. Good luck.
What's all the fuzz about keywords? Google is the major player in searchengine-country, and doesn't bother about the keywords in the metatags at all. Google doesn't use the keyword metatag, you see.
Ted Visser: you are confuzzing (sic) keywords with the keywords metatag. A keyword is a word or phrase used to search. Keywords can be used in your page copy, in your page title tag and in the text of inbound links to your pages. All these places are not your keywords metatag.
Just found this site, I'm a newbie trying to find the best keyword list for my site..
Interesting read. I have placed several keywords by thorough searching, but cannot see result...
A good read & very educational. I'm new to SEO and asking my hubby who is a developer is no good for me as I don't understand what he is talking about most of the time. It is pages like this which I find excellent.
Thank You
Hello, Your three strategies is so good.but i want to know which are the best keywords?
Great job!
its really good and useful for me
Great article and advice. But with 5000 keywords, how do you choose the ones you are going to actually target, if you can only optimize a page for one primary and one secondary keyword? Thanks, Carol Harkins
I have been trying to get my blog http://www.brainthorn.blogspot.com out there.
I am a new blogger and I appreciated your article on using keywords. Thanks for the info.
Cheers and keep on truckin'.
Entropy at http://www.brainthorn.blogspot.com
I sell solar lights. I am so confused after reading all this to me it seems like I should just use solar lights as much as I can. Is it a lot more complicated then that?
Howard: put Wordtracker on your RSS reader and subscribe to the newsletter and we'll take you through the process.
Hi thats a good article i like it so much and wordtacker also very useful thanks
Thanks for the article. I'm on my way to SEO
I want to thank you so much for your brilliance and your willingness to share with us newbies the ways of internet marketing and SEO strategies. I love writing articles and I know this is my strongest suit, and this is the avenue I know I will pursue for traffic. But I was at a loss with the keyword thing. I spent $329 bucks for WT and it is so worth it. But I tried to use it without reading the instructions! Needless to say, I was not fully utilizing it! I love your knowledge and please keep your series coming because they really are helpful.
I forgot, can I please be on your email list and receive your newsletters? I would love to read more and learn from you. Thanks.
Shalisha
Shalisha: go to the home page of wordtracker.com and sign up to the Keyword Expert Newsletter with the form at the top of the right-hand side of the page.
Great article. So basically there is no maximum number. But words must be directly related to text onsite.
Some great advice even for beginners. SEO and SEM is not rocket science. I think the terms SEO and SEM frighten people more than help. Ppl heaer SEO and panic. As though its some mystery force that only the "Gurus" know.. fact is. Its just good keyword research.. and well written content.. Links will come with good content and unique site..
good luck ppl !
One of the issue confronting every keyword sleuth is what is an acceptable KEI score. Is it 2,000 or .02 or .002? To get a high KEI you may have to give up a lot. If you go for a widely used KEI (say .002) your competition is too stiff. It takes a lot of time and effort to reach a happy and profitable medium. As you indicate, a substantial amount of time has to be dedicated to finding this "divine" balance.
SEO Optimization: I would forget KEI for anything other than a glance and possible further investigation. It's mostly bogus, using searches within quotation marks. And takes no account of the quality of the competition nor its quality relative to your own site. Even more important: don't target single keywords, target groups of keywords.
I am trying to get this site to the search engines. I tried google optimizer and was total confused with it. So I am looking into this product and the same some.
We carried many hot products made in China with website www.allhookah.net. I am trying to find a better way to promote our products and website. Any suggestions? Thanks
Your articles are full of insights and useful tips especially for a beginner. With a 7-day Wordtracker free trial, I would like to put in practice what I have understood from reading your articles. Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the great information. Wordtracker is a great tool.
Thanks for the information. Its good for keyword research for beginners with good explanation. Explain about how to choose a niche market and how to promote it.
Thanks Venkat
Hi Ken, I am from Indonesia. I am making a website sort of newsportal www.shippingindonesia.com. what whould be the key words that will make it stay on top when someone clicks on this subject? thanks, kind regards hariz
I was alterted to your web site through a "how-to" article written by Nick Usborne entitled "Writing For the Web #1." This is the third article I've read from your site today. The article was informative and education but I thought that the question and answer session was equally interesting. I especially the helpful and instructive tone of the response from @wordtrackers.
Thanks, you've got another subscriber!
Looks very interesting. Thanks for sharing. Regards, khaos forum edebiyat Felsefe Blog
It took me a long time to realize the concept of 'keywords'. I'm glad i came across this info. Thanks!
Great article! I am always looking for ways to drive more traffic to my website. Thanks!
Great article. I have 134 pages in my website,dealing with all categories, and where to load all key words. In the home page or individual pages. Will you please enlighten me please. Thanks for everything. Kirthika PN
Quite useful, especially the idea of including all the high competitions keywords on the website.
I like the fact that I now understand the importance of key words and how the google msn ext, works and I no it will work good for me !! Thanks for each one teach one
You can the best keyword research onto Adword.google.com.
or pursue your competitors.
Great article series on expanding your keyword research. Thanks.
Very good and comprehensive article. I've read several articles regaring keyword research by Ken McGaffin, they all rocks :)
Does anyone can answer the question what is better and gives more "true" results Wordtracker or Google Adwords?
"John Alexander and Robin Nobles explain the approach in detail in this excellent article - An Ingenious Way to Use Wordtracker."
the article link is broken!
thanks for free info
chris filipek: thanks. Link fixed.
Mark, you wrote this article more than 2yrs ago,all I have to say is brilliant, it's still relevant. I'm now just getting started. Where do you forsee this keywords concept going in the future?
What a great website and loads of excellent advice. The articles are well written for the lay person helping to de-mystify the whole process. Thank You
I should have read this before i started my blog a few months ago. excellent article.
i am sure this article will be a reference for more years to come. good job and i am expecting more superb posts. thanks
Great Post, wordtracker is good tool to get uncovered niches also I use google keyword tool with it ti get all info about any keyword list
The great thing of wordtracker is the KEI column which indicates the importance of a keyword to get higher ranking & traffic I did not find such a column in google keyword suggestion tool
Your free wordtracker tool is great. I usually use it for keyword research. Thanks!