I'm about to begin building a keyword list. My process is this: 1.I use an SEO toolz keyword program and Google Keyword tool to discover my list of keywords. I usually pick about 200. 2.Then I use the free wordtracker tool from sitebuildit's searchit tool to determine each keyword's popularity (number of searches). 3.When that is done I search each keyword in google with quotations to see my true competition (number of sites). 4.Then I view the page rank of the top 10 websites on google for each keyword (to make sure they're not all ranked 5 or higher). After I go through this process I choose the top keywords for my content site. I've spent a lot of time absorbing as much information about keyword researching and building sites as possible. I'm considering buying SBI. I just signed up for their trial period and the keyword research they suggest differs from mine. My question is: Is my keyword research process efficient, reliable and effective enough? Are there others that are more effective? Thanks in advance for any responses...
Hi, Your method is ok as far as I am concerned, However I would do a bit more research on the competition to identify the real opportunities. In order to have a better idea of the competition, I would also have a look at the Average CPC for position 1 on Google Adwords ( Use the traffic estimator tool). If it is quite high more than $3.5,you will have certainly a lot of competition. The number of indexed pages give you a good snapshot, and the fact that you look for the Page Rank of top 10 site is also a good idea. On top of that you could as well measure the level of optimisation for the search phrase you choose. For example: does the phrase appear in the title tag and description tag of the top pages. If yes, it will be harder (just an hypothesis) to rank first. If not it will be probably quite easy. Another important thing as well it your keyword selection process, which will determine most of the results, but you did not mention it... Good luck with this,
OK,This is the right method for selecting a keywords. always keep in mind 2 things for keywords:non-competitive and relevant you can check on digital point and adwords suggestion tools.