Category: Keyword Research
Learn about keyword research best practices and how to improve your keyword strategy.
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Is 11k-30k search traffic too high for a small blog with low domain authority to compete for? Is competition all that matters?
Write the post. Get a couple of links into it. Look at where the competitors got their links into their competing page. Try to duplicate their best links. Go after the primary keyword. Give it your best shot. You might not rank on the first page after the first month. But, give it a year... and if your content is really better, I believe that you might move up. ** We can definitely write better content.** If your content is really better I think you will move up. If you are targeting a high traffic, big money keyword, there will be lots of traffic and lots of money changing hands. You will get long tail traffic and long tail money. In time you might hit the big time. It is a mistake not to try this a few times. You only need one to connect.
| EGOL1 -
Changed from www to non-www lost all rank. Will it return?
Any chance you would be willing to share the URL so I can run some diagnostics? A few things to look at: 1. Insuring that 301 redirects are in place to redirect non www to www and http to https 2. Google Search Console for any 404's that have popped up since the move. You'll want to redirect those too 3. Submitting your XMl sitemap to both Google and Bing via Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools 4. Making sure that you've updated your prefences in analytics to https in both property settings and view settings
| JohnSammon0 -
International Keyword Research
Yes that is right if you go to your keyword explorer and research the term Manzanas you will get this results Difficulty 40 Organic CTR 41% Priority 19 Hope this info answers your question and if my answer were useful do not forget to mark it as a Good Answer.....Regards Have a nice day
| Roman-Delcarmen1 -
How much keyword difficulty score i accept when website is new?
Keyword difficulty should be based upon the skills of the author and how good of a job that you can do against the content of the competition. If you can beat their content, go after them. Do not fear competition, because where there is competition there is plenty of traffic and plenty of money changing hands. Even if you do not rank at #1 right away there is still long tail traffic and searchers going onto the second page. The greatest risk that you have by taking the advice above is if you are not honest with yourself about your abilities. If you go challenge a battleship with a potato gun then even God will not be able to help you.
| EGOL0 -
Webmaster Rankings vs. Moz Rankings
Good call on filtering by target country. This gets the rankings a little closer to what Moz & Ahrefs are telling me. Thanks.
| smithcorona0 -
Disparity between new and old keyword planner
Yes Brandon, we are also seeing the same thing on our end. Looking for a workaround now as updates to our keyword research on the old tool look wildly different from the numbers we prospected.
| chimaeralabs0 -
Keyword Difficulty difference between Moz and SEM rush
Whenever using SEO tools, use any one tool constantly so that you will not get confused. Each of the seo tools have different algorithms.
| ibalachandar0 -
Should we target Outsource and Offshore on same page?
Generally, you shouldn't target more than 2-4 keywords per page. While solid content can eventually rank in several hundred different keywords when creating a post or page on your website you should do so with no more than 4 keywords when theming the content around a thesis or focal point. So if the two keywords you're inquiring about are within a similar category, it would be best to make one page for both.
| TucsonAZWebDesign0 -
UK vs. United Kingdom, which to use in URL?
Thank you! Very helpful. The page is one specifically targeting users in the UK vs. the US.
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What should my key words be for home page?
Hello there, I have a bit more different opinion than others I would choose to include the city as part of your keyword, the reason is simple, do a Google search with and without city from the keyword, which one do you think it's more relevant? Don't forget your longer tail keyword (/w city name) also included your general keyword as well (/wo city name), so there's basically no harm I can think of to include your city name. But of course, make sure you also use the properly structured data as well. Some would also suggest that your homepage shouldn't be optimized for keywords, but I don't think there's one-rule-for-all in SEO, especially if you aren't a big brand and just starting out in SEO, your homepage is generally your most linked page with the highest ranking chance. So I would not waste the opportunity to rank keywords with my homepage.
| Seenlyst0 -
Different audiences with same keywords
Hello, For example, the venue owners might search for something like "Restroom Trailers for event organizer" or "Portable toilet for event organizer". Of course, this is just an example maybe people search differently or they don't even search like this, that is why I still think you can just offer a special offer or partnership for venue owners in your page. Here's an example as a CRM software company HubSpot is offer partnership program for agencies, https://www.hubspot.com/partners Hope this helps. Joseph Yap
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Is there a software to find surrounding words to a keyword
Hello there, If I understand correctly you want to know the cloud of keywords, and the first thing that comes up to my mind is Ahrefs Keyword explorer. It shows you keywords that are similar or related to your keywords, there's also a beta features that try to tell what is the parent topic (keyword). Take a look at the screenshot, I wanted know keyword that surrounding "coffee machine" it then shows me thousands of other similar keywords and its parent topic "coffee maker" You can also check out the "organic keyword" from the top ranking results of a keyword to see what keyword they're also ranking for, so you get an idea of similar keywords. Ahref isn't free but you can try out with the trial which cost you much less. Regards, Joseph Yap cSMxX1j.png
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Very relevant (perhaps only) original content disappears/doing very bad on google search
Hi glj Maybe I can help. When you search 'Dell G3 15 3579 review' the new review page is 6th When you search 'Dell G3 3579 review' the older page comes up at position 1 So you essentially have two different (albeit closely related) keywords. One with the 15 in and one without. Dell G3 3579 review is sixth because you have very similar content on the Dell G3 15 3579 page. You are cannibalizing/diluting the page strength of this content with the new review. If you really must have this page: https://www.glj.io/dell-g7-g5-g3-gaming-laptops-whats-really-the-difference/ (which has '3579' 31 times in the HTML! ) - then make just one reference to Dell G3 3579 and use that as an anchor to link to the new page. Also use the shorter keyword 'Dell G3 3579 review' with and without the word 'review' on that new page + an Alt in an image. You will then strengthen that page for the shorter search. It is quite common for blogs to duplicate content in this way. You just need to be aware that mentioning the Dell G3 3579 one page has an effect on the other. I hope this help, Regards Nigel
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Keyword Research for Low Volume Keywords
Very helpful, I've never explored the lexical similarity within keyword suggestions. Also – very much enjoyed your recent Whiteboard Friday on profiting as an agency. Thanks Russ!
| brooksmanley0