I like to start my searches with Google and after finding keyword phrases people are searching for on Google go to Keyword tools to find out whether my phrases are high ranking keyword phrases.
Today I want to use Google search engine and WA keyword tool to find a good ranking keyword/phrase.
Say, I am interested in Gardening, and I want to find a high ranking keyword in the area of gardening.I know “gardening” is too broad a word so, without wasting time I know that I need a subset of Gardening to start my search.Alphabet soup technique is a good tool for finding phrases.
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Berny W
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Please Terenzia - I am only just learning myself, but our training teaches us that Jaaxy/keyword tool shows the true competition, Google will show all relevant competition even for keywords within your keywords, i.e. "gardening with", "gardening as", "gardening is", "garden". etc. etc. Jaaxy/keyword tool shows true competition which is what we need. Go search for your keyword within Jaaxy/keyword tool and that will give you true competition. So Google may show you 2.5 million searches, but your competition is a hell of a lot less for your exact keyword. Please someone tell me if I am wrong?
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MmmmBalf
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Berny you are exactly right. :)
The competition are sites that target the keyword phrase. That is they have it as a keyword or heading on the site. If you just type the same phrase into Google it pulls up every site that has any single word of what you've searched for anywhere within the entire text on the site.
To use a specific example, a phrase at random (and nothing to do with my niche) "eco friendly building material". Jaaxy or the keyword tool will tell you this has a competition of 317 sites. Type that phrase into Google you get 6.7 million hits. What has google given you? Every single site that has the word friendly. Every single site that has the word building. Every single site that has the word material. Anywhere on the site.
Your competition are sites that use that exact phrase as a keyword, not just random words within the text that could be related to any number of things.
The competition are sites that target the keyword phrase. That is they have it as a keyword or heading on the site. If you just type the same phrase into Google it pulls up every site that has any single word of what you've searched for anywhere within the entire text on the site.
To use a specific example, a phrase at random (and nothing to do with my niche) "eco friendly building material". Jaaxy or the keyword tool will tell you this has a competition of 317 sites. Type that phrase into Google you get 6.7 million hits. What has google given you? Every single site that has the word friendly. Every single site that has the word building. Every single site that has the word material. Anywhere on the site.
Your competition are sites that use that exact phrase as a keyword, not just random words within the text that could be related to any number of things.
