Keyword Research Taking it to the Next Level Kate Morris

KWR is Sexy Too … And impacts your goals!

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Social Media

Understand the Buzz for Social Search

Capture the Top Trends http://trendsmap.com

Write the Content and Link Use the keyword ;)

External Marketing

19% 5% of Holiday Shoppers chose an online retailer because of an email of retailers were chosen because of Social Media What Marketing Channel influenced your search-to-sales last year? http://dis.tl/iXzgiE Email is not Dead.

Influence Using External Campaigns Special K did it using Television Rand said this too!

Just Ask Them

Competitive Research

http://dis.tl/lhPzeS Investigate but don’t copy mistakes There is a fine line, but knowledge is power. Justin talked about this yesterday

Scrape for Optimized Places The key is to focus on what sites use to optimize the page. Title Tag Keywords Alt Tags Italics Bolded H Tags

Site Navigation

Choices, Choices, Choices 1 2 3 4

First, faceted navigation, do what? Put simply, it allows people to search for a product with filters Because we all hate falling in love with a dress to find out it’s not in our size, right?

How Low Do You Go? Remember that for the best indexation, you have to focus on the most important pages Best Practice: Staying within three levels if possible Not always necessary to index But what variations do you index?

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Check Out your Top Pages (you’ll need to filter) Getting a feel for your top content getting traffic. Sorry, can’t give the whole cow away. Ducks are better anyway.

Compare that with Internal Site Search This will give you a look at what people can’t find. Focus on those top searches that do not have a specific focus page. Then check those for traffic and if your competitors have those pages.

They Listened …

Example: Nordstrom Jackets - http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/baby-view-all/jackets Sleepwear - http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/baby-view-all/pajama Size 9m - http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/baby-view-all?size=9m (canonical) Black - http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/baby-view-all?color=black (canonical) Occasion Dresswear - http://shop.nordstrom.com/c/baby-view-all/occasion-dresswear Notice the use of keywords (sometimes different than title) and only the main variations are indexed

Use the Google Keyword Tool to scrape the page or just take a glance The top results might be too generic, use your instincts to identify the best target with the most traffic.

Boys shirts Girls dresses

Recommendation: Special Occasion

And make a Christening and Baptism Gowns page What is ranking right now is just one product, and products go away. That’s position 22 … no bueno.

Content

http://dis.tl/jeEezT You read my posts right? … Right?

Content Shortcomings Hey, watch the short jokes …

Finding the Needle in the Long Tail Haystack The post that just keeps on giving.

Excel for SEOs Two Months Live Top Content on Distilled Almost 25k Unique Views 8 Minutes Avg. Time on Page 913+ Tweets, 118 Likes

How Do You Find These Topics?

Bright Edge SEO X-Ray Keyword Opportunity Analysis This is a list of keywords your competitors are ranking for but you are not.

SpyFu Kombat Cheaper version http://www.spyfu.com/Kombat/ Also available for PPC terms (those help as well!)

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Download Use eHow http://dis.tl/klgKgN The Answer is 25

Let eHow do the leg work for you … This can be applied to any content specialist site.

Google Docs are Awesome Shout out to Ben and Tom! Please make your own copy before playing.

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Using the logic that they have done the research already! This isn’t perfect but can give you ideas for a direction.

Example: Hot Sauce Because some like it hot … Remember to sign in to Google or the script won’t work.

Don’t copy the content, rewrite, make it better Get the traffic that your competitors are paying for

What about Distilled? Ummm …. cough … Keyword Research? How to Conduct an Effective Keyword Research Campaign http://www.ehow.com/how_2003157_keyword-search-campaign.html How to Use Google AdWords for SEO Keyword Research http://www.ehow.com/how_5149355_use-adwords-seo-keyword-research.html How to Do Free Keyword Research For Articles http://www.ehow.com/how_5854520_do-keyword-research-ehow-articles.html How to Do Great Keyword Research For FREE - Tips For Newbies ... http://www.ehow.com/how_5115206_do-keyword-research-tips-newbies.html

Get the Focus of Each Article with Google Keyword Tool Pay attention to use exact match, check country, and input the website URL Don’t go for head terms, we are focusing on long tail effective keyword research google keyword research keyword research free free keyword research tool

Develop New Post Ideas or Edit Old Ones We didn’t rank for any of those terms … effective keyword research Effective Keyword Research: The Foundational Key google keyword research Is Using Google for Keyword Research the Only Way? keyword research free Is Keyword Research Ever Really Free? free keyword research tool Doing Keyword Research for Free: The Tools and Methods When using keyword research tools to write, always look at the intent of the keyword.

Taking Keyword Research Home … Capture the RSS Feed of Google Trends. Use the feed to write one post a month. Use an external campaign to drive searches, own your niche. Investigate your competitors for keyword ideas. Check keyword use for your top category page. Develop one new blog idea from eHow.

Kate Morris Now to the firing squad … Got questions? Go!