4. Why Is Keyword Research
Important?
Keyword research is one of the
most important, valuable, and
high return activities in SEO.
It’s not just about getting
visitors to your site, but about
getting the right kind of
visitors.
5. Why Is Keyword Research
Important?
A website that is well-optimised
for search “speaks the same
language” as it’s potential
visitor. Too often, keyword
research is conducted like this…
11. Keyword Keg
Good for:
• Finding primary and secondary keywords for
category/service pages
• Quickly analysing your competition and SEO
difficulty
• Handy Chrome plugin for in-SERP data
17. Keyword Keg
We can then use this data to
start mapping keywords against
specific category pages.
By mapping your keywords, you
can keep a lid on any
cannibalisation.
18.
19. Tool Number Two: Answer the
Public
Good for:
• Finding longtail keywords for blog
content
• Content ideation
• Pulls in search volume data from
Keyword Keg
https://answerthepublic
20.
21. Answer the Public
There is going to be a lot of
irrelevant and downright
weird questions popping up in
here…
…but as you scroll through,
you’ll start to notice some
themes emerging…
23. Answer the Public
- Why is SEO important?
- Why is SEO audit
important?
- Why SEO is important
for online business?
- Why SEO is essential
- Why SEO is still
important
24. Answer the Public
Group together these questions
by theme, and you suddenly have
a whole load of topics for blog
content…
25. Data Nerd?
Download your ATP research as a
CSV
Copy the keywords and paste it
in to the Keyword Keg bulk
uploader…
29. Keyword Research: SEMrush
Keyword Magic Tool
Good for:
• Advanced keyword research for all keyword types
• Quickly analysing keyword themes and groups
• Discovering keywords phrases you can target for
featured snippets
https://www.semrush.com/features/keyword-
magic-tool/
Today, I’ve been forced to talk to you about keyword research…
So I’m going to share three of the tools that have helped make my life easier, and will hopefully help you, too…
Before we get started, I wanted to touch on why keyword research is so important…
Come up with a few keywords that you think people might use
Drop them in Google Keyword Planner or Google them
Pick your keywords based on gut feelings rather than figures and facts
But there’s no guarantee that the way you refer to your products and services will be the same as the way your customers do.
In order to be there for your customers, you need to speak their language
This means you’re not second-guessing what customers are searching for
If you’re second guessing, it’s like you’re saying that you want to help, but you just don’t want to…
Optimising for terms you think are right won’t deliver you the benefits that you expect
Likewise there’s no point spending time optimising for a keyword that doesn’t convert, or isn’t what you’re actually offering.
Keyword research is about choosing the RIGHT keywords, not necessarily the most popular ones.
Tools!
Today I’m going to share with you three of our favourites
They’re suitable for a range of keyword types (primary, secondary, and longtail)
So, without further ado…
Tool Number one.
Keyword Keg is one of the faster keyword research tools available. You’ll need a pro account to enjoy all the goodness, but you can still get around 50 keywords worth of data on the free plan
Keyword keg is great for finding primary and secondary keywords for category or service pages
Quickly analysing your competition and SEO difficulty
There’s also a handy Chrome plug-in for in-SERP data (which also suggests related and topical keywords, too!)
Keyword keg is incredibly simple to use
Start with a broad seed keyword relating to the topic, products, or services, that you’re interested in optimising for
Select the country, language, API and result type that you’re interested in gathering data about, and hit GO!
You’ll often get around 1000+ keywords with a whole bunch of data including Average Search Volume, CTR, SEO Difficulty, Total Words
To make this easier to filter through, export this data to an excel spreadsheet
Like so!
CTRL + A, CTRL + L, “OK”
Hide any data you’re not interested in (I usually hide CPC and competition as well as seasonal data all the way down to knowledge graphs to make things a little easier to dig through.
Apply conditional formatting to your remaining columns with figures in them
Volume = Green > Red
SEO Difficulty = Red > Green
Keyword Power = Green > Red
What you then end up with is a page that looks like this
You can then further filter this by searching for “bed” in the search results column to give you only results that include the word “bed”
What we’re trying to identify are keywords that have a decent level of traffic (green-yellow) which aren’t too hard to rank for (green-yellow) and are likely to convert well (green-yellow) which you can then map against particular pages on your site.
Easy, right?
This allows us to see the keywords we’re trying to target and prevents us from cannibalising ourselves by trying to target the same keywords on multiple pages.
The next tool that makes my life easier actually comes in the form of a grumpy older man…
This is the Seeker
He belongs to Answer the Public
ATP uses auto-suggest data from Google and Bing to deliver you a whole bunch of popular, searched-for, questions and queries.
- To help you gather ideas for blog content (or even product description content) to attract traffic, begin by typing in a really broad search term.
“Powerpoint Presentation” 91 questions, 118 prepositions, 63 comparisons, 519 alphabetic pre and suffixes, and 20 related queries
“Internal Doors” 66 questions, 119 prepositions, 25 comparisons, 506 alphabetical pre and suffixes, 20 related
“SEO” 189 questions, 130 prepositions, 99 comparisons, 519 alphabetical pre and suffixes, and 20 related
These are things that people are actively searching for
If you’ve got keyword keg turned on, you’ll also be able to see rough traffic estimates, too! (Remember: pinch of salt!)
Some of the weirder ones I’ve spotted in my time include… “can new Zealand rabbits eat grass” (they can!)
Keyword Keg > Tools > Import Keywords
Keyword Keg > Tools > Import Keywords
Download and analyse as before – yummy!
The final tool that I wanted to share with you comes from SEMrush…
The Keyword Magic Tool merges the best of both worlds; primary and longtail
It’s great for advanced keyword research, but makes it easy to understand
Does the hard work for you by grouping keywords by theme
Helps you discover keyword phrases that you can try and rank in position 0 for – featured snippets!
Start with your seed keyword, let’s say, archaeology!
Hit “search”
When it’s finished collecting all of it’s data, you’ll be presented with a page like this.
You have your total search volume, as well as average monthly search volume, monthly trends, competition, whether there are featured snippets for that keyword
And then that little column on the left is a huge time-saver
Unlike Keyword Keg and ATP, KWM groups your keywords by theme for you!
Select your keywords, and then add them to the keyword analyser
Abracadbra
More delicious data to dig in to (if you’ve paid your bills… we haven’t!)
Including what group they belong to, average monthly search volume, trend, keyword difficultly featured snippets, click potential and top competitors
Export this data
Format as you did with keyword keg, and dig away!
More delicious data to dig in to (if you’ve paid your bills… we haven’t!)
Including what group they belong to, average monthly search volume, trend, keyword difficultly featured snippets, click potential and top competitors
Export this data
Format as you did with keyword keg, and dig away!