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SEOmoz | 10 Steps to Advanced Keyword Research

2009-07-20T13:23:00.000-07:00

"10 Steps to Advanced Keyword Research"

Good overview of steps and tools for Keyword Research.

Putting Your Keywords & Content to the Best Use | Caroline Middlebrook

2008-10-30T11:38:00.000-07:00

"Most people don’t really stop to think about where they will use their keywords. They simply identify keywords that they want to rank for and then pimp out their site SEO-wise to try and target that keyword as effectively as possible. But stopping to think about where you use your keywords will reveal the kinds of content you need to create, and where you don’t need content at all."

Excellent article on where you use your keywords.

FacilSEO » Blog Archive » Keyword Management Tools

2008-09-22T20:45:00.000-07:00

"So what do you do after you’ve researched a massive list of keywords? You manage that list with a tool that keeps it organized a little bit better than Excel does. Ann Smarty reviews Traffic Travis and Web CEO, two desktop apps that do just that."

There are more and more tools for managing keywords - Ann Smarty reviews two.

Why Is Keyword Research Important For Your Website | UK Web Hosting | Linux Windows Server Tutorials | PHP MySQL Service

2008-08-25T17:01:00.000-07:00

"Keyword research is the lifeline of any website optimization."

Nothing new, but well written article on keyword research.

Simple Adsense Journal: The Fundamental of Keyword Research

2008-07-27T13:00:00.000-07:00

"Keyword research is one of the most important stages of developing a website - especially if the purpose of the site is to generate money and business. Your first step is deciding exactly what you will be selling on your site - is it a product, service or information?"

Keyword basics - done well.

Tools to Find Your Competitors Keyword Rankings

2008-06-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

"Before I start reviewing available tools showing which keywords your competitors rank high in Google, let me describe how you can use this information: ..."

Good review of valuable tools.

What Are Long Tail Keywords Phrases : Blue Collar SEO

2008-06-09T04:09:00.000-07:00

"Long tail keywords are a type of keyword phrase that has at leas three, and some times as many as five words in the phrase."

More on the long tail and keywords.

3 Unconventional Keyword Research Tools to Improve Conversions | Gonzo SEO

2008-06-07T13:27:00.000-07:00

"... You are forced to turn to other methods of keyword research. Here are my favorite ways to figure out what the hell the customer is thinking when they are looking for my customer’s product/service."

Some unconventional keyword research tools.

Keyword Research - The Foundation of Your SEO Strategy (Back To the Basics Series) | SearchRank Blog

2008-05-31T02:55:00.000-07:00

"Like any good marketing strategy, SEO needs to have a solid foundation and that foundation is keyword research."

The basics of keyword research.

Small Business Mavericks » Blog Archive » Keyword Sniping: Effective SEO?

2008-05-30T12:52:00.000-07:00

"There are companies out there trying to sell their “keyword sniping” services as a cure-all for SEO diseases and headaches. But is it really all that?"

Find about keyword sniping and whether it is right for you.

How to Use Social Media for Keyword Research

2008-05-22T12:06:00.000-07:00

"But what if we could use social media to explore your niche and learn more about your audience?"

New ideas in keyword research ... wonderful.

Search Engine Optimization - Keyword List:

2008-05-05T17:37:00.000-07:00

"One of the first things that you will want to determine is the keywords that you are going to target."

A clear overview of picking keywords.

Should You Target Competitive Keywords, The Long-Tail or Both? | SEO Design Solutions SEO Blog

2008-04-14T18:24:00.000-07:00

"Should your SEO strategy (1) tackle the most competitive vertical keywords (2) pluck the low hanging fruit of the long-tail or (3) employ a combination of both?"

Why You Are Selling Your Keyword Research Short Because You Have a Poor Research Strategy | The Adventures of PPC Hero

2008-04-14T18:04:00.000-07:00

"Welcome to day one of our week-long series on keyword research! Let me sum up the theme of our series: Keyword research is the foundation upon which you build your search marketing campaigns."

Content Ad Campaign Keyword Strategy Revisited - Search Engine Watch

2008-04-14T17:59:00.000-07:00

"The keywords you choose for content ads play a different role than they do for search ads; a point that's often tough for search advertisers to grasp. In traditional search advertising, keywords are intended to match search queries that are usually related to the advertiser's products and services. The keywords in a content ad group should describe the types of pages and sites where you want your ads to appear."

Keyword Research and Analysis - The Art of Internet Marketing | MT-Soft Website Development

2008-04-03T01:20:00.000-07:00

"Do you know what your target audience wants and how they are looking online? As an Internet Marketing Consultant I am often surprised that many website owners don’t know who their market is, and how to target them with web copy and SEO.

Keywords are the words that web surfers enter in search engines to find websites about their search terms. If you want to get in front of your potential audience, it’s important your website has good search engine rankings for your keywords that are related to the theme of your website."

What’s the Best Use of Keyphrases?

2008-03-12T09:31:00.000-07:00

"There has been a debate about the use of keywords for years. Many SEO copywriters will tell you that using keyphrases in their entirety is the best practice for getting high rankings. Others insist it really doesn’t matter — that as long as all the individual words within the phrase are used, your copy will do its job."

Work Media Introduces Keyword Relative Value: A Simplified Way of Measuring Search Engine Visibility

2008-03-11T19:07:00.000-07:00

"Work Media has developed a new way of measuring a web site's visibility, using a mathematical formula that derives a value called Keyword Relative Value. The technique results in a single number that represents the value of a web site's search engine rankings for a particular set of keywords in a specific search engine. This value can then be compared to the value for competing sites to easily gauge search engine visibility."

Internet Mastery Center » Blog Archive » The difference between market and keyword research.

2008-03-06T16:57:00.000-08:00

"What’s the difference between market and keyword research? Market research explores and digs out keywords related to an industry or niche. Keyword research examines the monetary value and search performance of EACH keyword."

This article has some good thinking on the difference of market research and keyword research. I think brain storming sessions are excellent techniques to do market research.

Using Differentiators in Keyphrases: What Every Search Engine Optimization Company Needs to Know - Search Engine Guide Blog

2008-03-06T15:42:00.000-08:00

"As any good search engine optimization company knows, in search, more so than any other medium, you have a very short window of opportunity in which to engage your prospect."

Microsoft adCenter Keyword Research Tool Review

2008-02-27T17:52:00.000-08:00

"When Jay got back from the Vegas PubCon conference in December he said, 'You should see the new Microsoft keyword research tool that was demo'd'. I know for a fact that he's seen and tested a lot of keyword tools, so I was impressed by how impressed he was. He also mentioned that it has a really long name - AdCenter Add-in Beta for Excel 2007 with Ad Intelligence - and he wasn't joking."

A review of the new Microsoft Keyword tool.

SEO software you should start using! | The Invesp Blog

2008-02-23T01:13:00.000-08:00

"I know that every online site spends quite a bit of time trying to improve their ranking for site keywords. Of course, one of the first things everyone does is figuring out where the site ranks for these keywords. That generally involved using different tools that will help place a keyword and check your site ranking through these tools....

Sheerseo solves each of these problems."

Keyword Tool: Tracking

Market Research (or finding a profitable niche market) has NOTHING to do with Keyword Research!

2008-02-22T17:28:00.000-08:00

"Keyword research is what you do AFTER you have confirmed that you have found a thriving marketplace through a few certain criteria that tells you sales are strong, the commerce being moved shows some stability and, yes, there may be a little stiff competition which is actually a good indication."

Interesting ideas on Market Research and Keyword Research.

'Tagging' gives Web a human meaning | CNET News.com

2008-02-21T00:49:00.000-08:00

"Tags, meanwhile, are the searchable keywords the individuals can assign to either their own images or to those of nearly anyone else that say something about the information--the defining characteristic of Flickr and a growing number of other online services."

An good overview to tagging.

Keyword Research for Bloggers: A Comprehensive Guide | Copyblogger

2008-02-20T13:48:00.000-08:00

"Keyword research, at its essence, is market research. It tells you what people are interested in, and in what relative numbers. Better yet, it reveals the actual language people are using when they think about those topics, which provides you with insight on how to converse with them via your blog."