How to refine your keywords? It's really hard

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by annua, Sep 3, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hey all, when doing keywords research, I always thought there is no one on the earth query exactly same keywords as others, i.e. when 100 ppl query keywords containing "free dog", they may input "how to get dog images for free", "free dog food", "free the dog, stop eat them", and thus in Google's keywords tool the "free dog" will show 100 search volume, and an idiot will setup a site around "how to get a free dog", then get nothing. And therefore, my question would be, how do you target a proper keyword which neither has multi-means nor too vague too general.


    Below is a live case, please tell me your choice, and why

    Keywords related to term(s) entered - sorted by relevance
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    hair school 1 - 3 $2.72 74,000
    beauty school 1 - 3 $3.40 201,000
    cosmetology school 1 - 3 $3.44 90,500
    hair styling school 1 - 3 $3.11 720
    hair stylist school 1 - 3 $4.47 720
    hair salon school 1 - 3 $2.58 880
    hair beauty school 1 - 3 $3.09 2,400
    hair design school 1 - 3 $2.24 18,100
    aveda hair school 1 - 3 $3.77 880
    hair dressing school 1 - 3 $2.02 390
    school for hair 1 - 3 $2.34 6,600
    hair cutting school 1 - 3 $4.25 590
    beauty school grants 1 - 3 $2.92 720
    dudley's beauty school 1 - 3 $1.87 320
    cost of beauty school 1 - 3 $3.31 210
    beauty school dallas 1 - 3 $1.94 590
    hair school dallas 1 - 3 $3.20 320
    empire beauty school pittsburgh 1 - 3 $9.23 140
    martins school of hair design 1 - 3 $0.05 58
    beauty school com 1 - 3 $4.61 880
    beauty school la 1 - 3 $3.09 1,000
    online beauty school 1 - 3 $4.19 590
    hair school utah 1 - 3 $2.21 260
    beauty school cost 1 - 3 $3.33 590
    the hair design school 1 - 3 $2.68 1,600
    school of hair design 1 - 3 $1.78 14,800
    jean madeline beauty school 1 - 3 $9.52 73
    hair design school louisville 1 - 3 $2.21 590
    concorde school of hair design 1 - 3 $3.00 210
    school of beauty 1 - 3 $2.41 27,100
    central beauty school 1 - 3 $2.35 320
    hair school nyc 1 - 3 $7.36 210
    la james beauty school 1 - 3 $2.05 170
    beauty school san antonio 1 - 3 $3.79 480
    virginia school of hair design 1 - 3 $2.57 320
    blaine hair school 1 - 3 $2.15 720
    dudley beauty school 1 - 3 $2.07 590
    ogle hair school 1 - 3 $1.05 3,600
    paul mitchell beauty school 1 - 3 $2.61 2,900
    vogue school of beauty 1 - 3 $0.05 110
    artistic beauty school 1 - 3 $5.43 590
    aveda school of cosmetology 1 - 3 $2.40 140
    aveda cosmetology school 1 - 3 $2.68 720
    empire beauty school 1 - 3 $8.00 18,100
    capri beauty school 1 - 3 $2.92 720
    gene juarez beauty school 1 - 3 $4.02 390
    libs beauty school 1 - 3 $5.03 590
    dudleys beauty school 1 - 3 $1.26 91
    pierre's school of beauty 1 - 3 $2.42 46
    scot lewis beauty school 1 - 3 $1.89 140
    ogle cosmetology school 1 - 3 $0.93 170
    dudley cosmetology school 1 - 3 $1.68 260
    capri cosmetology school 1 - 3 $4.05 140
    empire beauty school atlanta 1 - 3 $4.85 110
    cosmetology beauty school 1 - 3 $3.93 880
    empire beauty school pa 1 - 3 $14.11 880
    grabber school of hair design 1 - 3 $1.72 480
    beauty school scholarships 1 - 3 $2.31 320
    paris beauty school 1 - 3 $2.55 390
     
    annua, Sep 3, 2008 IP
  2. Adpubster

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    What's wrong with having a site about free dog food? People searching for Free and Dog are going to find it won't they? Personally I'm not interested in Free Dogs or Hair Schools so I have websites about what I'm really interested in. Because of that I can put a lot of energy into original research which then provides me with unique content and has turned them into Authority Sites.

    Thus I get natural interested traffic and in the long run may make more just by volume of non-hpk clicks because I have interest in the site and can keep building it. Other people, however, will soon tire of hair schools and lose interest in the site, they won't be able to compete for the traffic as well, either.
     
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  3. annua

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    hi, Adpubster, as a sem ppl, I have to jump from on niche to another
     
    annua, Sep 3, 2008 IP
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    atulperx Banned

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    Main thing is that do you know anything about niche , i know that forex and finance pays better but i am not writing on it because i cant update them daily . People visit your blog for more info about that niche and the information need to be update time to time . So create blog in those niche which you like the most and update it daily .
     
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    If you're targeting organic traffic like everybody else, then prepare to update your site/blog more often. Again, update your site with only quality content. You will be benefited not only from the spiders but also from viral marketing side. People talk to their friends and if they love your site so much, they will link to your site and thereby increasing your visibility.
     
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    ok, first, make sure your keyword is [popular] but not too popular till its impossible to compete. cancel out those low traffic keywords.

    second, make sure those keywords are [profitable]. i usually target $7 and above but $5 should be alright. if you don't want penny ads, you have to do this right.

    third, well you need to know [how many google ads] are targeting those keywords. this is a big one, cos if there's only 1 or 0 ads in your keyword then you're gone. i use a keyword software to do this.

    fourth, have some [relevance between your keywords], i.e dog training, dog online training, online obedience training. these are better than trying to cover a bigger scope such as dog food, dog shampoo, dog training.
     
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    ...and a "sem ppl" is a what?
     
    Adpubster, Sep 4, 2008 IP
  8. annua

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    webwimp , informative and thank you
    Adpubster , its SEMer
    I just suddenly realize my mistake, this topic should be end. Thanks all DP friends your best
     
    annua, Sep 4, 2008 IP