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Finding the competition!
On the post, New Internet Publisher… Smack asked, “Bob, how do you find out what are low competition keywords?”
The best method in finding the competition for a specific keyword is by using Google… of course! The following is the method I use “every time” I’m checking out a new keyword to use for a site topic.
- Open your browser then go to Google.com.
- Type in your keyword in Google search. For example, “Carnivorous Plant”.
- Look on the top right corner at “Results 1 – 10 of about 920,000 for Carnivorous Plant.” The 920,000 are your competition for that keyword.
- Now, close your browser… Your done!
If your search has fewer than 1,000,000 of competition for a specific keyword, it’s a good keyword in my opinion. Keep in mind there are other factures when selecting a good keyword. This is only showing you how to find a specific keyword’s competition.
It is very easy process. Also remember I’ve had the problem with Google showing incorrect results in the competition before. I like to call it a “Google hick up”. So… Before you choose the keyword, give it a few days and recheck the competition to confirm your results.
March 16th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Thanks!
March 16th, 2007 at 11:31 am
You can use this (http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/) to find out how many searches a word/phrase gets too. No idea how accurate it is though.
Carnivorous Plant - 5341 searches
Lots of searches and low search engine results is the key to success .. to bad I can never find any.
March 16th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
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March 16th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
whoa, 1,000,000. I think thats way to many for “a search like this”
I always target less than 200,000 that way I KNOW within a month I can get top 10
I have found stuff that gets searched for a couple thousand times a day with only 560 sites competing though