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June 30, 2005
KEI Observations for things related to "control"
Welcome to the KEI Observation Deck for June 30, 2005
How has your keyword research been coming along? Have you tried picking a random topic to use in Wordtracker's comprehensive search feature? What's behind the strength of this awesome tool? The simple right and left word stemming that has the effect of drilling down on people's topics of interest and indeed, revealing right down to the exact phrases they are using within real time on the major search engines in the last 60 days.
What's that you say? That's right you heard correctly. Wordtracker's data is fresh within the last 60 days. It's updated weekly on a rolling 8 week cycle. It still only a small percentage of the searching activity on the Web and yet those three hundred and fifty million (plus) results are a huge, enormous window on your buying audiences searching behaviour. Wordtracker is your window on the world's "search behaviour" and with a little touch of magic, you can discover "trails of gold" based upon the freshest trends left behind from those searches on the major search engines.
Tips to remember:
Wordtracker says that a "good phrase" has a KEI of about 100 and that an excellent phrase has a KEI of 400. So let's start at the top with phrases at 400 KEI and quickly extract a few much higher phrases.
Rule of thumb: The higher the KEI, the bigger the window of opportunity. We are after important phrases that are fair to high usage (really being used in searches) that also possess extremely low compete counts. The higher the KEI value, the bigger the gap and the less hard you have to labor at optimization.
You've heard me say it before and I'll say it again, rather than labouring after first level phrases and competing with millions of pages, why not go after the niche money phrases. I still believe in doing hard work, but let your work be focused on creating original, high quality content that is genuinely useful to your visitors. Create content you can be proud of that actually serves some purpose and merits value.
You can still compete for those competitive phrase if you wish. It just means you'll need to work a little harder. Sure you can do it, but why not grab the gold that is just laying around that is much easier to grab "low hanging fruit?" It's good business and you can focus all of your energy on creating original top quality content and then with some mild optimization, it's yours.
Okay, on with today's topic of possible high performance, niche phrases with KEI (Keyword Effectiveness Index) values of at least 400 or higher.
Here we go: the topic is anything to do with "control."
"morse throttle controls and hardware" KEI 625.0
"amc emission controls" KEI 784.0
"training instrumentation and controls" KEI 1083.0
"supplychain audit controls" KEI 1764.0
Remember I mentioned to keep an open mind on researching the searcher's interest in all matters of politics and religeon etc:
"internal controls and church" KEI 1936.0
Or how about "electronics" type controls:
"economizer controls sharp" KEI 4096.0
"marine engine controls remote" KEI 29241.0
When we think of a word like "control" we might think of a similar related term in some aspect of lateral thinking. For example an "instrument control" could also be though of as an "instrument console" so I decided to dip in with this root to see what potential there is for consoles.
There were no extraordinarily high KEI values but each of the following phrases had zero competition for example:
"aluminum boat steering consoles" KEI 169
(zero competition for this exact phrase)
"Robert-Morton consoles" KEI 144.0
(zero competition for this exact phrase)
"small fiberglass Boat Consoles" KEI 144.0
(zero competition for this exact phrase)
"pickup truck contractor consoles" KEI 121.0
(zero competition for this exact phrase)
"truck shifter consoles" KEI 121.0
(zero competition for this exact phrase)
I hope you enjoyed todays KEI Observation Deck posts and be sure to come back soon for loads more ideas, observations and topics.
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June 28, 2005
KEI Observation Deck June 28 "Blogs"
Yes, you've stumbled upon the KEI Observation Deck. This is it, the place where we dip into Wordtracker members data and quickly extract high KEI value keyword phrases and post them here for all to read.
What is so special about Wordtracker you ask? Is it not just a tool for researching keywords, like all the other tools you say?
Actually, Wordtracker is your key to success in search engine optimization but not just for the keyword research alone. Wordtracker has much greater depth than probably 98% of most Webmasters even realize. Wordtracker is truly a "window on the world" of searching behavior. Once you understand what your audience is truly looking for, you can eliminate guess work and create exactly the solution for that niche. Take time to let it all sink in. Wordtracker reveals extraordinary trends based on your buying audiences trends. Does it sound confusing? It's not confusing at all if you can get your mind out of keyword research mode. I explain these principles in Wordtracker Magic here.
Okay, let's get on with a few interesting high KEI valued phrases today. Here are some 30 second observations:
"art teacher blogs" KEI 256.0
"event tickets blogs" KEI 361.0
"how to design a blogskin" KEI 529.0
"neopet blogs" KEI 917.5
"Spoleto Festival blogs" KEI 2304.0
Now totally off the topic of "blogs" but who would have thought there was even a nice easy niche for:
"cake slice containers" KEI 841.0
and now on to a few observations for affiliate marketers. If you are struggling trying to sell "rocking chairs" which is still a good market for folks who have newborn baby's, but traditional phrases are pretty competitive.
But here are a few outdoor phrases that should be much easier to grab than "porch rockers" with 11,000 competing pages:
"upholstered rattan rockers" KEI 324.0 (currently zero competition)
"double rockers for outdoors" KEI 625.0 (currently zero competition)
"outdoor resin rockers" KEI 2025.0 (currently zero competition)
Are you looking for more keyword phrases for your own specific industry? Hop over to Wordtracker and sign up for a day or a week of members access. Apply a little magic and you'll be pulling up many more great keyword phrases in just minutes.
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June 27, 2005
KEI Observation Deck June 27
"shirred tab top curtains" KEI 841.0
"Robot Light Curtains" KEI 1849.0
"leopard decor for bathrooms" KEI 196.0
"art pictures for bathrooms" KEI 225.0
"vintage accessories for baby's bathrooms" KEI 324.0
"cleaning marble bathrooms" KEI 441.0
"mid century bathrooms" KEI 484.0
Visit the KEI Observation Deck again soon. Are you looking for faster ways to find your own high KEI keyword combinations?
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June 24, 2005
KEI Observation Deck : Wordtracker Chat Transcript
Welcome to the KEI Observation Deck for June 24
The subject today is relating to "photography." But instead of merely posting a few photographic related keywords, I'd like to share with you a little instructional chat that was conducted yesterday.
These live instructional chats are conducted weekly on a variety of SEO related topics and access to attend the live chats comes with the purchase of any one of our SEO training courses at Online Web Training. Anyway, I hope you enjoy today's chat transcript from yesterday's conversation.
Read on...
Jalexander has entered Advanced Chats
Jalexander says Today, we'll spend some time exploring alternative ways of attracting traffic to a photography related Web site.
Jalexander says Of course the techniqies I am sharing to find some appropriate keyword phrases are in line with my series of Wordtracker Magic audio tips. If you have not listened to this series of short 3 minute tips, you can find them right here for free.
Jalexander says The key is not in testing the exact keyword phrase you may have in mind, but you need to use Wordtracker as a "tool of exploration" in order to identify the best niche phrases. Ideally you want to find phrases that relate to the traditional photography enthusuiast and the question I like to ask myself, is this...
What are the the conditions and interests that surround your ideal target audience (which we assume are photographers) when they do business with you?
For the sake of this exercise we'll avoid the most commomn phrases that deal with photography and we'll try to drill down to the "interests" of photographers.
Jalexander says Of course there are amateur photographers and there are professionals. I like to start by identifing those keyword niche phrases that are actually being used but have low competition.
By now you'll probably recognize that these are phrases with high KEI (Keyword Effectiveness Index) values of at least 100. But always remember, that the lower KEI phrases are good game too (if you are having trouble finding higher values.)
Jalexander says The only difference between a high KEI value of 100 or higher....and a lower KEI value of under 100...is that the lower KEI phrase will require much more work to obtain the high ranking for. But it still can be done. You just need to work a little harder and use more influences to get there.
We want to explore terms that are not really related to keywords which are already in our minds, but we want to explore interests of "photographers" (either amateur or professional)
Jalexander says Let's take it a step further. Could you possibly create a tutorial or provide articles in relation to any of the following ideas?
Jalexander says Please remember that as I write this, I am not a photographer myself, but I'll throw in just a few suggestions which might be researched further using Wordtrackers powerful comprehensive search.
Why comprehensive search? I like it because of it's capability to left and right word stemming..In other words, we can put a single word in and determine how that word is being used in the best phrase combinations....but best of all, it's fairly quick.
Jalexander says We'll talk about photography in just a second....but here's a couple of thoughts to understand.
Jalexander says Where does the "magic" really exist in these "Wordtracker magic" research strategies? I'll explain.
There are really 2 important elements that make all the difference.
1. Being able to quickly explore thousands of potential phrases based on a specific root word and then let Wordtracker instantly sort that mess out and bring the highest KEI phrases to the top of the list.
2. But the real magic, is in how you think and explore your "buying audiences" searching behavior.
Jalexander says Lateral thinking or to think wholy about your ideal buying audience and their needs and interests.
Ask yourself if you can identify any trends that already exists?
IMPORTANT: When you currently make "photography related sales" on your Web site, think about what conditions exist in the life of your user in order for them to make that purchase? Once you understand what those conditions might be....are their other needs that might logically fall into order.
Jalexander says Here are a few questions related to photography that might trigger specific "root words" in your mind. Just suggestions for a starting place.
Jalexander says I don't want you to answer me on these questions....just let them stir up your thinking.
Do "professional" photographers still develop their own photos?
If they do, you might consider doing some searches on the correct or brand names for those chemicals used for development.
Jalexander says What niche interests are there for specific types of photographers? From Wild life to still life to commercial arts to beginners courses there are many types of interests, right?
What solutions do photographers need that they currently are having a difficult time finding online?
Are some photographers interested in "How to create special effects?" Or what about other topics related to proper "lighting" or perhaps for example "romantic lighting" for wedding photographers. What types of charts or resources might a photo enthusiast find useful?
The magic is in putting on your photographers hat and thinking like they think, when you use Wordtracker to go exploring their search interests and trends.
Just a few quick observations from Wordtracker now and a few tips....
These are just quick observations from Wordtracker which may or may not be ideas for content that could feed the need...
Halloween is coming up so think about building some top ranking pages now to be in position for October as well as other seasonal interests...
This may not be perfect...but just an example...
The keyword phrase "Scary Optical Illusions" on Google has KEI 407.2
The term according to Wordtracker's database, has been searched for 529 times within the last 60 days. My guess is it will pull much more traffic for 30 days in October.
How can you make it relate? Are their people that would be interested in learning effects photography...? No sure, but could be worth a try.
Then there are ideas around accessories or relating to how to use accessories...
Photographic terms such as:
"digital camera cable release" only has 15 competing pages for that exact phrase on Google. Not a high KEI but probably could be easy to work with.
What about photographers who "know" exactly what they are looking for...
"fuji s7000 3x telephoto lens" KEI 169 only one competing page on Google
I can hear someone say...I don't sell that product? But why not start an affiliate program and take a commission from someone who will sell it and ship it for you. Check out http://www.cj.com
I have no idea what some of these are, but someone knows what they're looking for...
"panasonic telephoto fz20" KEI 112.5 only 2 competing pages on Google
Okay and here's another one for the accessories department that looks good...
"SLR hand strap" KEI 225
Maybe someone doing some price comparrisons? Not sure, but might be worth testing..."cannon slr EF prices" KEI 169
Those are just a few suggestions extracted from Wordtracker's comprehensive search. With a little more lateral thinking you could come up with many more interests, but one other suggestion or tip you might try....
If you have a glossary of photographic terms (everyday jargon used by the photo enthusiast) you could aso explore these in Wordtracker's comprehensive search as individual root words. I expect you'd find loads more phrases to help you determine where everyone's interests may be.
Jalexander says If you make a list of certain types of high tech accessories, batteries and also consider those niche areas of information that could also be used as a resource to photographers.
There are always more opportunities to discover in Wordtracker if you can put on a photographer's hat and think like they think.
Jalexander says Use Wordtracker to focus in on those narrow niches and then create content that feeds those needs of those searchers.
I hope that makes good sense and I hope you find these tips helpful. Wordtracker is like a window on the world of searching behavior.
mariposa says thanks for the great tips John
bphoto says Yes, thanks John!
Thank you for coming to chat today, I wish you all the very best of success. Remember to listen in on these Wordtracker Magic tips at:
http://www.searchengineworkshops.com/articles/audiomagic.html
John Alexander says I'll look forward to seeing you all next time.
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June 21, 2005
Keyword Observations about "needs" on June 21
Welcome to the KEI Observation Deck. Before we look at a few keyword phrases today, let's review what defines a good keyword phrase.
According to Wordtracker, a good keyword phrase has a KEI (Keyword Effectiveness Index) of at least 100.
A Phrase with a KEI value of 400 is considered excellent.
The higher the KEI value, the better the window of opportunity is generally for that phrase. So our emphasis is on finding phrases that are in fair to high use BUT that also have lower compete counts.
Okay, on with a few observations around the topic of "needs."
"evangelical needs analysis" KEI 441.0
"Special Needs Trust Template" KEI 529.0
"job interview curriculum for special needs" KEI 529.0
"what are global needs" KEI 529.0
"a mission statement that needs to create customers" KEI 676.0
"demographics and Childcare needs in Los Angeles County" KEI 784.0
"examples of needs assessment healthcare" KEI 1296.0
"Deaf Special Needs Research" KEI 1521.0
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June 20, 2005
KEI Observations Deck for June 20
Robin and I returned from our SEO Workshop last week in Atlanta and we had a wonderful time with our attending students.
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It's time once again to dig into Wordtracker for a few high KEI value keyphrase observations.
Here we go then:
"Reviews of Power Drill Presses" KEI 1512.5
"what are the different learning processes" KEI 361
"camshaft manufacturing processes" KEI 2760.3
"manufacturing assembly integration processes" KEI 8764.0
"contagious stage of colds" KEI 676.0
"pre-owned dodge magnum" KEI 676.0
"missing children prevention items" KEI 577.0
"online dollar items" KEI 1225.1
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June 11, 2005
KEI Observations for used engines
Lot's of nice niche opportunity here if you are in the used car engine business. Don't forget to go into Wordtracker and check out the other details on some of these. Very impressive.
"nissan used engines" KEI 7919.5 (plural)
"used nissan engine" KEI 15,865.0
"honda engine used" KEI 22,502.8
"nissan used engine" KEI 22,656.1 (singular)
Plus there's more for you to discover. Some of these terms are extremely low hanging fruit with excellent potential to pull.
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KEI Observations Deck - Quick look at lifts
"yale lifts" KEI 215.2
"used big joe lifts" KEI 2116.0
"aerial work lifts" KEI 227.7
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June 10, 2005
KEI Observations from KEI 100 and up....for Wigs
Have you got a costume shop or halloween related affiliate program?
Now's the time to get those pages in place for October madness...
Here are a few ideas for niches of interest:
"shake n go wigs" KEI 145.8
"best synthetic wigs" KEI 178.0
"mens full wigs" KEI 178.8
"female impersonator wigs" KEI 242.0
"Drawing of Evil Monsters" KEI 576.0
"Halloween Slipknot Masks" KEI 184.0
"Halloween party theme pinatas" KEI 1216.0
"halloween as girl" KEI 1521.0
"Cool Names for Vampires" KEI 522.0
There are many more areas to explore using Wordtracker.com.
Come on back for more KEI observations soon.
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June 09, 2005
June 10 - Recent Wordtracker Questions & Answers
Wordtracker related Question:
I have a quick WT question - hope you don't mind...
If I want to do a search for keywords to optimize a site that sells Acupuncture, Oriental Medicine and Chinese herbology books, how would you do that search most efficiently?
I tried to save some time by entering the following keyword phrases in the Comprehensive Search keyword text-entry box and changing the pulldown from 100 to 500 - but all I got back was the below.
-acupuncture books Count 6 Predict 5
-acupuncture books australia Count 3 Predict 3
-Acupuncture Books Count 2 Predict 2
I tried entering the following instead and got more results, but the results didn't seem relevant.
-acupuncture
-oriental medicine
-chinese herbology
I thought that if anyone would have some wisdom on this to share, you would - can you please let me know your thoughts on this?
ANSWER: John Alexander replies:
The key to improving on your Wordtracker research, is to move out of the realm of a "keyword hunting" and move more into the realm of behavioral research. This means that you want to think laterally at least two or three levels beyond the more obvious terms that involve "acupuncture" as a root.
What you need to do is explore the term involving the "benefits" of what acupuncture can accomplish! Does that make sense?
Expand your lateral thinking to research several topics for example like the relief of pain, or how to quit smoking or weight loss or in other words, focus on finding a high KEI valued phrase related to a "solution to the affliction" or perhaps the dealing with the affliction itself.
Does your acupuncturist have treatment for spinal afflictions?
Does he have an interesting spinal diagram he could display of the nervous system?
Here's just one quick example:
Example:
"Nervous System Spinal Diagram" KEI 840.5
It's not acupuncture related, but it could be (if acupuncture can help a back condition.)
Does acupuncture help people with relief from various addictions?
Example:
"addictions-therapy" KEI 481.08
Could you have some pages dealing with various symptoms that can be helped through acupuncture?
"Symptoms for Medical Conditions" KEI 656.1
In other words, stop focusing on what it is that you have to sell (like a oriental medicine book, or a chinese herbology book, or an acupuncture book.)
Instead, I would make a "list of solutions" that your acupuncture book might deal with or assist with and then research the afflictions or the conditions. From that point, once the reader lands on your page, you can introduce the acupuncture book as a resource offering THE solution to the readers trouble.
WORDTRACKER QUESTION:
I've often been tempted to do WT searches with multiple words - to save time or to get some sense out of the most valuable keyword phrases across more than one query string entered. But I never feel like I understand the results - or feel that the results are truly valuable and usable.
ANSWER: John Alexander replies:
There is a good reason why you feel like you're not finding great phrases and why you may be missing millions of great opportunities that would otherwise be revealed.
The ultimate way to "save time" is by following the exact process that I teach in Wordtracker Magic. Instead of working with phrases, or lists multiple words (which ultimately won't save you time if you can't find good results in the end) and instead, try narrowing down to a single "root word" and the beauty of Wordtracker is, that it can show you every instance of that single term AND EVEN MORE importantly, exactly how that term is being used within all phrase combinations existing within the millions of terms in the database. Finally, Wordtracker will easily sort out the mess and bring the best windows of opportunity to the top. This is extremely powerful.
I would say that where some people make a major mistake is in trying to find a way to "save time" by working with multiple words instead of working with a single, behaviorally related root word.
As far as "saving time" goes, by following Wordtracker Magic's technique, I can pull up more high KEI pure gold in 10 minutes of focused research (lateral thought plus exploring behavior) than many people would find in hundreds of hours of research, simply by letting Wordtracker do the really tough work for you.
There are always huge opportunities to be discovered if we can just get out of the keyword hunting mindest and really focus on the solutions being provided. My expectation is you should come up with a load of great ideas once you focus on the benefits, instead of the main keyword that is pre-programmed into our minds. It's not really about "acupuncture" it's about what acupuncture can do for you. It's not about herbal medicines, it's about what they can do for you.
I should also say that, you can still optimize for low KEI phrases or what ever you want. You'll just need to work much harder to gain the rankings, that's all. But it can be done.
I hope this is helps give you many new things to explore in Wordtracker.
Highest regards
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June 08, 2005
Nice High KEI phrases - the ideal components. June 9
Welcome to the KEI Observation Deck on Wednesday June 9. Our topic of observation today revolves around the "root" of "components." We'll dig into Wordtracker's member area and see how many KEI values of 400 or higher we can discover within 60 seconds, using a little bit of magic here and there.
Okay, here we go:
"swivel chair components" KEI 400.1 (with only 6 competing pages for this exact phrase)
"kitchen furniture components" KEI 698.4
"Contract furniture components" KEI 789.0
"investor relations components" KEI 866.4
"modular assembly components welding" KEI 1764.0
"slatwall components" KEI 2208.2
Remember the article I recently wrote about the big impact in little phrase variations? Compare the above phrase ( "slatwall components" KEI 2208.2) with the one below:
"custom slatwall components" KEI 7968.0
Plus one last quick observation for affiliate marketers or businesses who are selling bathroom furniture:
"bath furniture components" KEI 2264.1
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June 07, 2005
KEI Observation Deck June 7
Greetings,
A few odds and ends for keyword phrases observed today in Wordtracker.
"Chains for Striping Lawns" KEI 529.0
"PTHC BBS Message Board" KEI 4050.6
"natural wax pillar candles" KEI 802.0
"faux hand made food candles" KEI 542.1
On the topic of things that change...
"Idea Reauthorization Key Changes" KEI 729.0
"changes in employment patterns in drafting industry" KEI 484.0
"broken hip elderly psychological changes" KEI 484.0
"water demand changes and land use transitions" KEI 441.0
"fictional stories about severe weather changes" KEI 361.0
Drop by again soon for more high KEI phrase observations.
Have yourself a fantastic day.
We'll hope to see you again real soon.
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John Alexander
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June 06, 2005
KEI Observations posted on technology related topics
Welcome back to the KEI Observation Deck on June 6.
Let's have a look at a few topical phrases with KEI values above 400 or higher. The topic today...technology.
"print inspection technology" KEI 576.0
"32mm technology" KEI 833.0
"32mm fastening technology" KEI 10,241.0
"portuguese legal technical translator" 14,210.6
Plus check out a few of these phrases:
"electrospinning machinery" KEI 625.0
and one interesting tidbit for bike shops or affiliate marketers:
"motorcycle turn signal mirrors" KEI 1280
Question: John, where do you find these keyword phrases?
Answer: I use an extraordinary tool called Wordtracker.
Question: How do you find these niche phrases with high potential yet such low competition?
Answer: I like to use Wordtracker to research human search behaviors. Instead of just doing "keyword research" I like to literally use Wordtracker as a tool for exploring search behaviors and niche searching interests.
Question: Don't you think that eventually you may run out of effective keyword combinations? Won't everyone eventually all be searching for the exact same phrases?
Answer: Actually, the magic is in getting outside of the "keyword hunt" mindset. Everytime someone does a search on a search engine, there are often trends that are left behind for you to discover. That's the beauty of Wordtracker. There are literally trails of gold laying all over just waiting for you to discover. Many of these opportunities are just laying about undisturbed, because most Webmasters limit themselves to the traditional hunt for keywords. Keyword research is essential to do when we begin to study SEO. To the same degree, behavioral research is even a greater eye-opener and very telling about the needs of your ideal buying audience(s).
Question: Is Wordtracker not just a tool for researching keywords for Web page optimization?
Answer: Wordtracker is NOT merely a "keyword research" tool.
Sure it can be used very effectively used for keyword research for SEO. But with practice, it can also be used as your window on literally the world's "searching behavior."
Once people realize this, it increases the scope and value of Wordtracker by at least 1000 times to every kind of marketing professional. After all, why not use Wordtracker to begin doing research for your next media release or press release to go out through the major news feeds?
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June 04, 2005
KEI Observation Deck June 4
"discount steel buildings michigan" KEI 1176.0
"discount steel buildings arizona" KEI 1008.0
"discount steel buildings nevada" KEI 784.0
"lincoln towers buildings" KEI 440.9
"rhino buildings" KEI 685
Drop by again real soon.
John
Posted by John at 07:31 AM | Comments (0)
June 02, 2005
KEI Observation Deck - keywords involving ranches
Welcome back for more awesome keyword phrase observations (thanks to Wordtracker.com). Today, we want to have a look at just a few of the keyword phrases that might be helpful to those of you REALTORS who have various ranch properties foe sale.
Okay, we'll begin by bringing some of those high KEI phrases to surface in the next 60 seconds. Here we go...starting with:
"canadian dude ranches" KEI 614.0
"ranches for sale in old mexico" KEI 625.0
"hunting ranches for sale in oregon" KEI 729.0
"Nevada cattle ranches for sale" KEI 1152.0
Now we'll step it up a bit to a much richer KEI and a better window of opportunity for you.
Check this out:
"quarterhorse ranches" KEI 4485.3
and
"deer hunt ranches in texas" KEI 9409.0 (excellent)
Now that was refreshing now, wasn't it?
Do you need some help learning how to quickly locate the best phrases in Wordtrackers member area? Just apply a little magic and you'll be extracting those phrases very quickly. If you don't want to purchase an e-book, listen to a few of these short little instructional audio tips, where I explain some alternative ways to get the best information out of Wordtracker very fast.
Finally, here are 12 Tips to help you build a firm foundation for a new SEO career.
Have you tried out the Turbo10 Meta Search Engine?
http://turbo10.com
The Turbo10 Metasearch Engine has a uniquely designed interface
that significantly reduces browsing time for users searching the
Internet. Do you like performing deep searches?
Consider a few of these features.
NO SCROLLING:
Turbo10 has removed the scroll bar out of searching and replacing
it with a "Search-o-Meter": a tool that enables users to move
quickly through each of the 10 results per page.
FASTER MOVEMENT THROUGH PAGES OF RESULTS:
Turbo10 searchers use forward and backward control buttons built
into the Turbo10 interface to quickly flick through the search
results. The Turbo10 Search-o-Meter also graphically shows
searchers how far they have progressed through the results
and enables searchers to instantly jump anywhere within the
result pages.
NO WAITING FOR SLOWER ENGINES TO DISPLAY RESULTS
Instead of waiting until all the target engines respond Turbo10
immediately displays results as they arrive at the browser.
Turbo10's Metasearch Engine returns results much quicker than you
might expect. Traditional Metasearch Engines are usually somewhat
slower than normal Search Engines (as they have to wait for the
slowest engine to respond before showing the results).
Depending on your connection speed, Turbo10 can sometimes display
results slightly faster than searching on certain engines. This is
apparently accomplished by "compressing the size of the results in
transit,".
GIVE IT A WHIRL!
If you enjoy using Metasearch engines give it a try
at http://turbo10.com
Turbo10 Metasearch Engine is operated by Fleetfoot Internet
Solutions Limited, a privately owned company specializing in
search engine technology. Fleetfoot Internet Solutions is a
company based in London, United Kingdom.
Drop by the KEI Observation Deck again soon for more high KEI phrases picked fresh just for you.
Here's wishing you great success on all your projects.
Best regards until next time,
John Alexander
john@searchengineworkshops.com
http://www.searchengineworkshops.com
Posted by John at 10:24 PM | Comments (0)
KEI Observation Deck - Boating, fishing and more June 2
A few quick KEI observations today on June 2. Starting with a topic of boats and progressing for the topic of fishing, let's see if we can find some huge niche phrases based on what people want to know about boats or fishing.
"make small nylon sails" KEI 432
"charter boats on lake erie" KEI 732.7
Okay, here we go. We know these folks have got some interests in fishing and some huge KEI values that you could take advantadge of if you wanted to.
Reminder about KEI (Keyword effectiveness index)
According to Wordtracker,
-a KEI value of at least 100 is a good phrase to work with.
-a KEI value of 400 is considered and excellent phrase to work with.
Basically, for those of you new to this blog, the higher the KEI
value for a keyword phrase, the more potential it has in terms of
being a "window of opportunity." The higher the KEI the bigger the
window of opportunity. In other words, we're looking for a phrase
that is in fair to high use by online searchers, but a phrase that
has a fairly low compete count.
Visit the Wordtracker Academy for more details.
Okay, on with the fishing related keywords I just spotted using a little bit of magic.
"lake erie smallmouth bass fishing" KEI 109.5
"old florida fly fishing" KEI 153.2
"lake erie fishing guide" KEI 164.2
Does anyone have an affiliate program for:
"lake erie fishing guides" KEI 256.9
or would you be able to write some fishing tips for:
"Michigan Walleye fishing" KEI 365.7
or
"perch fishing lake erie" KEI 378.2
The competition counts on the phrases above are all pretty well under 500 and even a beginning SEO could be taking advantage, but let's dip in to some a few even greater windows of opportunity.
Check out the phrase:
"ice fishing lake erie" KEI 543.9 (with only 233 competitors)
"Lake huron salmon fishing" KEI 887.7
or how about writing an article on the topic of:
"lake huron walleye fishing" KEI 2354.9
This phrase has a compete count of only 137 competing pages!
It has the potential of attracting a possible 170 very targeted visitors every 24 hours with a top 10 placement!
I'm not a fisherman, but if I was, I'd sure be digging into some of these and creating some awesome tutorials, guides, articles and advice columns.
Want more keyword phrases with high potential?
Visit Wordtracker and sign up to their members database today.
Do you want to learn how to extract the most powerful keyword combinations out of Wordtrackers member area in just minutes or like I do in just seconds?
Try a little Wordtracker Magic.
Reminder: Come join Robin Nobles and I on June 13-17 for our 5-Day SEO Mastery Workshop which begins in less than 2 weeks. We'll teach you our favourite SEO methods and help teach you how you can build your Web site's visibility up to maximum prominence in just 5-Days of personal, private, hands-on training.
Register for the Atlanta Workshop now
We'll look forward to meeting you and working on building your skills.
Here's our 5 day agenda:
http://www.searchengineworkshops.com/workshop_agenda.html
Thanks for dropping by to vist the KEI Observation Deck today. Come on back anytime for many more quick observations on people's searching behavior.
Best regards
John Alexander
john@searchengineworkshops.com
Posted by John at 09:05 AM | Comments (0)
June 01, 2005
KEI Observation Deck June 1 tips on tubes
A variety of interest in "tubes" of all sorts.
"signal generators and tube radios" KEI 1764
"psp clipart tubes" KEI 882
In the example above, most of you have probably figured out that PSP is an acronym for "Paint Shop Pro" a software program by jasc.com
If you ever get stuck trying to determine what a strange sounding acronym really means, try using www.acronymfinder.com
Okay so people also want to know about:
"cleaning heat exchanger tubes" KEI 796.6
A couple quick observations on the topic of "lighting:"
"retro hanging lights" KEI 3521.2
"Safety Lights for runners" KEI 5244.0
"discount fluorescent bulbs" KEI 536.3
Drop by for more high KEI Observations from the friendly folks at Wordtracker.com.
Listen to some free Wordtracker magic audio tips which will explain how to tap into some excellent keyword potential very quickly in just minutes. Each audio tip is sent by e-mail every week. They are short and sweet 3 minute explanations that you can listen to right on your computer: (The audio tips are free) http://www.searchengineworkshops.com/articles/audiomagic.html
Or you can purchase my e-book Wordtracker Magic for $29.95
Come back again soon for some more high KEI Observations write here at the KEI Observation Deck.
Highest regards
John Alexander
john@searchengineworkshops.com
Posted by John at 09:56 AM | Comments (0)