John Cow dot COM: Best Keywords for Blog Posts via KeywordCorral
SuiteJ
· 1 year ago
Ok, I'm going to check out the Corral.
I have a couple questions. What's your take on bolding the keyword several times? I've read many people saying they are both for and against it.
From a perspective of a reader, it annoys me when the same phrase is bold several times throughout an article, but as an IMer, I do it myself on niche content sites. lol
At the end of your video, you mentioned to notice that "Best Keywords" BEGINS the title. How much difference does that make as opposed to having it in the "middle of the title", like "Find The Best Kewyords Using Keyword Corral" Know what I mean? Or is it a case of "many small things together in one post" will add up to a big impact?
Actually i went a little overboard in this post on purpose... just for some fun.
You should only use bold when you specifically want to highlight certain points. If you bold the keyword once.. you should try to have it in a phrase as it can make your post look a little spammy.
As for the keyword position in the title... from my personal experiments it does appear that having the keyword in the first four words of the title gives it a bit of a bump... but the most important thing is to make sure the title attracts the readers attention. No use having a keyword perfect title that looks like crap and does nothing to get the readers attention.
Your last point is a good one, as it is true that many things add up but there is the 80/20 rule where 20% of the things make up for 80% of the results. To me the the 20% things are...
1. keyword in start of title 2. keyword in start of description 3. keyword in the first sentence 4. keyword at least three more times in the content 5. Keyword bold or italicized once
IMPORTANT --> all these things are done after the post is written. First write the post for the reader and then try to optimize it without losing any of the quality.
Make sense?
SuiteJ
· 1 year ago
Makes perfect sense, and thanks for outlining it so well.
The final "Important" tip is a crucial one that everyone should try to apply. It defeats the purpose to gain visitors by optimizing the page for search engines if the visitors are annoyed when they get there and bounce in 3 seconds.
Thanks again for the solid reply. It's appreciated.
No offence, well some offence... but I really HATE the very idea of the tool. Stuffing keywords into a post title and then into the post for me takes away what blogging should be about.
No offense.. well some offense back but personally I think that is an absolute load of crap.
I want my blogs to rank in the search engines and knowing what keywords I can use to help that helps me achieve my goals. That does not mean you spam the content... but if you can use the keywords then why would you not?
But hey.. everyone is allowed their opinions and I respect yours... don't agree with it... but respect it.
PS --> "what blogging should be about" --> in that case no one should have ads, affiliate mentions, opt ins and everything else monetized on the majority of blog.
Ryan McLean
· 1 year ago
@ Suite Jay - You are taking over me and now you are in 37 places at once...I am not the top dog when it comes to commenting anymore....lucky I have a new system I am working on to drive loads of traffic to my site
Thanks God , i won't have to see all those irrelevant comments at the top on every blog around (by just replying the top commentators for nothing relevant)
Normal Joe
· 1 year ago
OH snap, that was hardcore right there man! I'll plead the fifth on that comment though :mrgreen:
@ Ryan, looking forward to see what you new system has in place. And reading your blog the other day, I had no idea you'd been blogging for so long! Good deal man.
I personally think there is no such thing as the best keyword in the internet. Even there is one there is no guarantee that, that so called best keywords is a profitable keyword. Unless somebody can prove me wrong I will stick to my opinion. :twisted:
You are absolutely right... there is no way to know until you put the word to use. That is why I like to use PPC data for determining my keywords for my products and other affiliate products that i promote. You will get no argueing for me and thanks for fitting best keywords in your comment for me :twisted:
sunduvan
· 1 year ago
Well..I know that your keyword in this post is best keywords. I have been trying to put many good keyword to use but until now there is no sign of any positive return. I found one blog with only single short post, 2 comment actually 3 including my comment in his blog, just created several days ago and his is getting 2/10 PR. How the hell did he do that? if you are interested to know which blog I am talking about visit my blog. I just made a post about it. That is why I am wondering of whether your best keyword is actually worth a try. :twisted:
Well, how about that I am already on page one, less then 20 hours later for that keyword phrase:)
You can not just use the keyword in the post, you have to do some link building as well. I submitted the post and then went out and did some link building using that keyword using TrafficKahuna and whamooo... page 1 ;)
I updated the post up top with the screenshot
Frankie
· 1 year ago
Great tool, just wondering is their anyway to download the keywords in a csv file once the research in complete so you will have this information to look at later.
Andy Bailey
· 1 year ago
I must have been reading about how to use the best keywords or how to generate sales using popular keywords probably since I started on the internet but, I've never used any kind of keyword tool to improve my posts ever!
should I feel ashamed? :oops:
@sunduvan: I have had this on quite a few of my pages. One thing I do is make a splash page with plenty of info relating to my subject and then do the usual linking to it in posts, sidebars and other places.
it gets to PR2 and then I build the blog around that.
my CommentLuv site had an EMPTY blog on it for maybe 2 months but, because I had to linked to it in articles about commentluv, about plugins, about wordpress and had one way links coming in, it got a PR2 with nothing on it except a theme with no posts (actually it had the default hello world post showing)
the site you see now maybe isn't the site that got PR2.
I'd like to say I found this out because I'm clever but it's because I have a habit of starting things and not
Well Keyword Corral is free and uses the Google tools data. You can not really compare them because KC just helps you manage and filter data that google provides.
Ben - frogstr.com
· 1 year ago
Well, this is an interesting tool and might give it a try. I've never been a big fan of writing posts with specific keywords, but I must admit that it's usually working very well for traffic when I do so. Thanks for sharing that cow.
Thanks Jason. The video is so clear about using Keyword Corral to get more web site traffic that's likely to convert better. Way to go! Geoff. :grin: Au
Yeah boyeeeeeeeeeee. KC was already cool in my opinion, knowing that it is being supported and updated makes it even better. I think I am turning into a JC junkie...all the tools I've used from you so far seem to be top notch :)
I agree with everyone else, and with what you said. The best keyword for me, may not be the same for you, it depends on the site, the content, and the goal of targeting that keyword.
However, it doesn't hurt to have tools like this on hand, maybe I should start using them more for my regular blog and not just niche sites lol.
It may be hard to fit certain keywords in, especially when you don't have a specific targeted phrase.
I do like to pick up on stuff from GA, my man suiteJ was talking about it the other day. Seeing what you already rank for, and going forward. Matter of fact, didn't you say something about that as well?
Well put and remember this tool can be used for numerous things... I just used the example of a keywod for a blg post because it was an easy example. You can do this if looking for a keyword for links to use, keyword for affiliate pages, tags, categories for your blog and more.
steve
· 1 year ago
Hey, I could have got a lot more out of the video if it wasn't so darn blurry. I hate that black screen highlight tool when it is used so much. Annoying and blurry.
I might take the time to use your tool if the video quality were a little better so I could plainly follow the actions without squinting.
John Cow
· 1 year ago
But the 2 questions I have are... did you like the video and could you tell me how you really feel :shock: :twisted:
steve
· 1 year ago
No I did not like the video. It is out of focus. I might as well be listening to a podcast. The audio was perfect. You can do better.
Mr Javo
· 1 year ago
What a great video-tutorial, it's very well explained. Certainly this tool is perfect to be expose on search engines and hopefully get new loyal readers, in case if you manage a blog.
Hey we must be kindred spirits or something, because I too wrote a post on keywords and a free tool I discovered, although I didn't really promote the tool. I wrote the post for newbies who have no idea how to do any of this stuff. But, I love your video tutorial, it certainly puts your post on a different level.
I've been using some other keyword tools when writing blog posts and have managed to score P1 for a couple of them. I'm always looking for new tools though so I'll be checking this out. I think there is a fine line between using a strong keyword in your title, post to ensure people actually find it via google and over stuffing the post so your copy becomes rubbish and you upset your regular readers.
Thanks for linking to and pointing out more of the specifics on how to not only find the best keyword but how to get ranked on google with the best keyword!
Barbara
· 1 year ago
:?: :?: :?: Can anybody explain, what is the difference between Traffic Travis and Keword Corral? Thanks
John Cow
· 1 year ago
keyword corral only uses the google traffic estimator data and does not analyze any ppc data. They are very different tools.
Joey
· 1 year ago
Hi guys and thanks for the KC tool- I'm enjoying it alot.
I do have a question though about why the competition numbers there and in Google don't match up.
You're using the allintitle numbers but in your sample word file..the terms advertising website show 35,000 pages blogging software show 21,700 pages
but search allintitle:advertising website shows 170,000
allintitle:blogging software shows 38,200
Since these numbers are vastly different...can anyone explain this to me....
many thanks everyone!
Max@Viliat-Blog
· 1 year ago
Niches are so competitive these days, it's becoming harder to rank well for keywords with 2 or even 3 words. I see 70%+ traffic to my niche blogs coming from keyword combination you'd never guess, and these keywords are 4 and more words. I usually optimize content after analyzing keyword stats on the blogs.
maximum return on keywords
· 7 months ago
thanks for the great resources using good strong keywords is definitely the way to go if you want to succeed.
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I have a couple questions. What's your take on bolding the keyword several times? I've read many people saying they are both for and against it.
From a perspective of a reader, it annoys me when the same phrase is bold several times throughout an article, but as an IMer, I do it myself on niche content sites. lol
At the end of your video, you mentioned to notice that "Best Keywords" BEGINS the title.
How much difference does that make as opposed to having it in the "middle of the title", like "Find The Best Kewyords Using Keyword Corral"
Know what I mean? Or is it a case of "many small things together in one post" will add up to a big impact?
Let me know CowMan!
Cheers!
Jay
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You should only use bold when you specifically want to highlight certain points. If you bold the keyword once.. you should try to have it in a phrase as it can make your post look a little spammy.
As for the keyword position in the title... from my personal experiments it does appear that having the keyword in the first four words of the title gives it a bit of a bump... but the most important thing is to make sure the title attracts the readers attention. No use having a keyword perfect title that looks like crap and does nothing to get the readers attention.
Your last point is a good one, as it is true that many things add up but there is the 80/20 rule where 20% of the things make up for 80% of the results. To me the the 20% things are...
1. keyword in start of title
2. keyword in start of description
3. keyword in the first sentence
4. keyword at least three more times in the content
5. Keyword bold or italicized once
IMPORTANT --> all these things are done after the post is written. First write the post for the reader and then try to optimize it without losing any of the quality.
Make sense?
The final "Important" tip is a crucial one that everyone should try to apply. It defeats the purpose to gain visitors by optimizing the page for search engines if the visitors are annoyed when they get there and bounce in 3 seconds.
Thanks again for the solid reply. It's appreciated.
Cheers!
Jay
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I want my blogs to rank in the search engines and knowing what keywords I can use to help that helps me achieve my goals. That does not mean you spam the content... but if you can use the keywords then why would you not?
But hey.. everyone is allowed their opinions and I respect yours... don't agree with it... but respect it.
PS --> "what blogging should be about" --> in that case no one should have ads, affiliate mentions, opt ins and everything else monetized on the majority of blog.
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You can not just use the keyword in the post, you have to do some link building as well. I submitted the post and then went out and did some link building using that keyword using TrafficKahuna and whamooo... page 1 ;)
I updated the post up top with the screenshot
should I feel ashamed? :oops:
@sunduvan: I have had this on quite a few of my pages. One thing I do is make a splash page with plenty of info relating to my subject and then do the usual linking to it in posts, sidebars and other places.
it gets to PR2 and then I build the blog around that.
my CommentLuv site had an EMPTY blog on it for maybe 2 months but, because I had to linked to it in articles about commentluv, about plugins, about wordpress and had one way links coming in, it got a PR2 with nothing on it except a theme with no posts (actually it had the default hello world post showing)
the site you see now maybe isn't the site that got PR2.
I'd like to say I found this out because I'm clever but it's because I have a habit of starting things and not
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I agree with everyone else, and with what you said. The best keyword for me, may not be the same for you, it depends on the site, the content, and the goal of targeting that keyword.
However, it doesn't hurt to have tools like this on hand, maybe I should start using them more for my regular blog and not just niche sites lol.
It may be hard to fit certain keywords in, especially when you don't have a specific targeted phrase.
I do like to pick up on stuff from GA, my man suiteJ was talking about it the other day. Seeing what you already rank for, and going forward. Matter of fact, didn't you say something about that as well?
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I might take the time to use your tool if the video quality were a little better so I could plainly follow the actions without squinting.
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Thanks
I do have a question though about why the competition numbers there and in Google don't match up.
You're using the allintitle numbers but in your sample word file..the terms
advertising website show 35,000 pages
blogging software show 21,700 pages
but search allintitle:advertising website shows 170,000
allintitle:blogging software shows 38,200
Since these numbers are vastly different...can anyone explain this to me....
many thanks everyone!