Organic Keyword Selection and Targeting Presented by: Craig Paddock Plaza Digital Slide 1 of 217
Keyphrase Research = Popularity Click-thru rate Quality - Conversion rate or engagement Competitiveness Current Ranking
Keyphrase Expanders/Modifiers- best / online / buy / cheap / discount / wholesale / accessories / supplies / abbreviations (ex. STATE) Higher conversion rate
Keyphrase Expanders/Modifiers-
Keyphrase Expanders/Variations-
Google Instant/Suggest Check your top keyphrases using Google Suggest
Google Instant/Suggest
Google Instant/Suggest
Google Keyword Tool Sept 24 th 2010 updated to NOT include partner Search data Use “exact match” Significantly more accurate
Microsoft Ad Intelligence
Yahoo Clues
5MinuteSite.com
1,538 keyphrases 325 cities nearby 560 nearby zipcodes Ordered by proximity! 5MinuteSite.com
YouTube Keyphrase Tool
Keyphrase Selection- What keyphrases are important to you? Let your customers decide!!!
PPC campaign data Start Adwords even if just for data Impressions ~ queries Use exact [keyword] in setup No daily limit and on 1st page. Impression, click-thru, conversion data
Click-thru & Quality Quality = Conversion rate (Rev/Visitor) or engagement Engagement* = T.O.S, Pages/Visit, Bounce Rate
CTR – Google Preview
Competitiveness
Blekko – Origin of Links
Current Ranking Proven keyphrase Easiest to improve Take advantage of “clustering”
Turn off Personalization Logging out not adequate &pws=0 Turn Google Instant Off
Clustering Host Crowding 2 pages listed from the same domain on the same page #1 and #9 result will be clustered as #1 & #2 #1 and #14 will not be clustered
Keyphrase Data
Turn Off Google Instant
Keyphrase Targeting Primary company site Video (YouTube), Images, News Social Media Sites – Twitter, LinkedIn 3 rd party positive content
Summary Use PPC data to guide your organic campaign Keyphrase research is more than keyphrase popularity Promote more than just your primary website Craig Paddock