I mentioned previously where to put chosen keywords within a post and here is an example of how to choose the right keywords.
You need the right words, which people are going to search for, and there are several free Keyword Suggestion Tools about to help with this. Some are also described as Keyword Popularity Tools - the one at Free Web Submission is such an example.
I entered the words 'make money' into their tool and they came up with the following keywords in order of popularity of what people are searching for:
make money online
make a craft money tree
how to make money
how much money do you have to make to file taxes
bail bonds make money
make money at home
ways for kids to make money
how much money does a zoologist make
how to make money online
how much money does an archaeologist make
make money from home
make money fast free
ways to make money
This, therefore, is a ready made list of keywords / phrases I can choose from plus some of them can also be used as ideas for subject matter for future posts.
This works for must niches. I use it with my celebrity blogs to find out what people are searching about a particular celeb.
For instance, I considerably boosted the traffic on one of my Squidoo lenses called Everything Perry which wasn't performing particularly well. The lens, as the title suggests, is about absolutely anything to do with Perry, i.e. my surname.
I have one section on the lens for celebs called Perry. I fed in one of the names - Suzi Perry (a UK television presenter) - and two of the top five keyword phrases were 'Suzi Perry ill' and 'Suzy Perry Illness'.I had no idea she was, or had been, ill but I did some quick research, found out the details and added these to the lens. I wish her well soon.
The result has been hundreds of referrals a day from Google. So a lens that wasn't doing too well improved greatly.
Okay I know some will immediately say something negative about this, but that's okay because I'm happy with the result and that's what matters.
I stick by the mantra that all traffic is good traffic.
Good luck,
Mike.
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