hello all im new in seo . my website hotsmusic.com about video mp3 lyrics image search and download. is only 1 month old site . still not have page rank. now i put at title at my homepage 'free music downloads' but google not rank with this keyword . pls any body here help me how to choose a keyword suitable with my webpage and how to get first page in google. and another one is only sub domain i make article pdf ebook search engine http://articles.hotsmusic.com/ . and the problem is same. i dont know how to rank and choose keyword to rank at google. my site now its has 700 - 1000 visitor per day. but not from google. pls anybody guide me. p/s sorry my english is not pretty well
You to think about who is your target audience, and what the primary focus of your website will be in order to chose your keywords. You can as well use some keywords tools like wordtracker keywords or others.
Use the google adwords tool to find longtails that have less search volume, but an amount that's still useful - for example - free music downloads has a global monthy search volume of 2,740,000 free downloadable music - 90,500 free music downloading - 74,000 free downloads of music - 18,100 free music downloads online - 12,100 etc etc https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal when you've picked out a few that look promising, search for them on google and see what ones are coming up as 'accidental' longtails - i.e. come up at the top because established sites have them in the body of their content, as opposed to which ones are being actively optimised as domain names and page titles. Pick out your competitors and use something like http://www.backlinkwatch.com/ (doesn't work on I.E., use Firefox) and see what they're using as anchor texts.
Choosing keywords for the site depends upon the searching how people are searching for the particular site, so this will depedns upon the search criteria of users.
you must be patient and if you want to rank for "free music downloads" you must be very patient and get tons of links to your homepage with that keyword phrase.
Your inputs/suggestions have always been simple yet very effective. I am sure OP even though a newbie, would not find it tough, going about the procedure as suggested by you.... +rep. added for your efforts.... Regards, RightMan
you can try combining different high ranking keywords, like free music download online, its a perfect example of long tailed keyword.
Good info, but it doesn't tell you average search volume like the adwords tool. I prefer Google adwords tool as it is easy to use and gives a lot of info and the best part is that it is free.
Initially it might be a good idea to start by focusing your link building effort and optimizing towards less competitive keywords. As your site grows, then divert your strategy towards more competitive keywords but pay better.