You have likely heard the term "keyword research". This is the act of finding keyword phrases that are relevant to your niche and deciding whether or not it is appropriate to build content around that particular keyword.
Keywords are going to be the “root” of all your SEO success.
First Off, WHAT IS A KEYWORD?
A keyword is simply a word or phrase that people search for in the search engines. Every time you do a google search you are entering a "keyword" into the search box.
For example, here is an example search I did in Google.
The "calorie based diet" input is a keyword. I searched for something that I was looking for and Google is going to provide me with the most relevant results (see below).
When I click on one of these results, I am taken to a website that has been "ranked" in Google. If I purchase something from that page or click an ad, that website owner will make money as a result.
With your SEO and your keyword research efforts, your goal is going to be to building a list of relevant keywords to your niche, and then working to rank them in Google just like this.
There are literally MILLIONS of keywords in every niche, leading to incredible potential. And by being a member at Wealthy Affiliate and what you are going to learn here about proper "ranking techniques", you are going to have the competitive edge over your competition.
In this lesson you are going to be tasked to come up with a few "keywords" relevant to your website and your niche.
Each Post You Create Will Be Targeting a Keyword...
Moving forward, you are going to be building content on your website. Each page of content that you create will target a brand new keyword (and we will be showing you how).
This means that every page/post will have the opportunity to rank under that given keyword in Google and lead to you getting traffic.
100 posts = 100 target keywords = 100+ potential Google rankings.
This can and will lead to mass amounts of traffic and those that follow along with this training are going to see their traffic continue to go up with every "keyword targeted" page or post that they create on their website.
Remember, Google and other search engines exist because of CONTENT and if you can deliver quality content (that targets low competition keywords), you will be able to get great rankings!
I have created a video walk-through of this lesson called "Keyword Mastery - Keywords are the Foundation of Your Content" and I suggest you watch on keyword mastery. It is going to increase your comfort level with keywords by 100 fold!
Task 1: Perform 5 different searches using Jaaxy
Your next task is going to be performing 5 searches relevant to your niche using the Jaaxy Keyword Tool.
To access Jaaxy, you are going to simply click the "Research" tab within the top menu, as shown below.
This will open up the entire Jaaxy platform, which is a highly sophisticated research platform that you have access to here at Wealthy Affiliate.
To access the keyword research platform, you will do so through the "Keywords" tab once inside Jaaxy (as shown below). 
My suggestion with your initial searches is to start broad with a few of your searches (ie. two or three word searches). For example if your niche was "calorie based diets", you might want to start with the search terms:
- calorie counting
- calorie diets
- how to count calories
- etc
Here is an example search that I did using the "calorie counting" as the search phrase.
As you can see there are several columns of "keyword data". These are all very important when it comes to choosing keywords that are going to be useful to you.
- Keyword. This is the search phrase that the data to the right of it is representing.
- Avg. This is the overall monthly traffic this search term gets, globally.
- Traffic. This is the estimated amount of traffic you will get if you rank on the first page of Google under this term.
- QSR. Known as Quoted Search Results, this is the exact number of results in Google that you are competing with under this search phrase. In other words, this is how much competition you have.
- KQI (Keyword Quality Indicator). This is a quick indicator on the keyword viability and quality based on all of the combined metrics.
If you do a search and you don't see the full data, you simply need to click the "Get QSR" link and it will fetch the data for you. You will see that if that particular keyword has never been searched before.
**Note: If you are a Premium Plus+ member, you have access to Jaaxy Enterprise which provides INSTANT QSR results.
Next, I want to discuss how to "choose" appropriate keywords for your content. This is critical in terms of getting ranked in Google and being the most efficient with your time. Don't worry though, it isn't all that complex. :)
The Rules of a Quality Keyword
There are a few rules that you need to follow
Rule #1: More than 30 monthly searches. You want your far left "Avg" column to ideally be greater than 30. Sometimes it is OK to go with a search volume less than this, but over 30 searches per month is ideal.
Rule #2: Less than 100 QSR (Competition). You want to keep your competition below 100 pages in Google, the lower the better though obviously. You will likely come across many terms with less than 100 QSR when doing your research, and that is even better!
As you progress with your website, under 200 is perfectly fine as you will be gaining more authority and better ranks in search engines.
Rule #3: Keyword must make sense. This is critically important. If the keyword doesn't make grammatical sense, don't use it. Do another search on the keyword that makes sense as that will likely give you different data and that is the data you want to measure.
An example of this is "best tips lose belly fat" which doesn't make grammatical sense (it is missing the "to"). I would do another search on this but this time "best tips to lose belly fat".
Do this exact process within your niche to come up with 5 Keywords. If you have any questions about the keyword research proces, please leave them in the comments below. :)
Important Note: As a Premium member here you not only get access UNLIMITED keyword searches using Jaaxy, you get many more features that are available within Jaaxy. These include more SiteRank scans, faster results, domain search affiliate program search and much more. Jaaxy Lite is 100% Included when you upgrade to Premium.
Go Premium and Get Jaaxy Lite (& Unlimited Searches)!
Those who just joined the Wealthy Affiliate program, take advantage of a variety of topics available on this platform. Along with your Training, you can also access Classes by clicking on the top bar of the main page where you can find valuable information such as Classes series/Content-Creation/the Basics of the Content Creation and more presented by the expert Jay. Today I attended the above lesson which clear up all the doubts.
Cheers,
Teresa
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Well if you are serious about building an online business, it is no brainer to upgrade to a premium.
You can learn loads absolutely. For the first seven days you can test drive the Wealthy Affiliate platform limited premium access to see if it fits with your business needs and objectives.
As ask as many questions as you like to get clarifications exactly like what you are doing right now.
Other options are available too, you could remain a Wealthy Affiliate starter indefinitely and your siterubix subdomain remains valid for six months from day signing up to the platform, giving you time to build content.
However the learning curve would be steeper as communications with the Wealthy Affiliate platform ceases up in 7 days from time signing up, you will not have access to coaching and sound advice.
As and when you decide to become a Wealthy Affiliate Premium, your first month would be $19 then $49 monthly afterwards
Or $49 first month then $99 monthly afterwards for premium plus +
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If you have absolutely no knowledge of building a website, writing content that converts to sales, and affiliate marketing, then it is practically impossible to make any money from the free membership.
One of the biggest hindrances to success is the lack of ability to communicate after your first 7 days, to ask questions and you have no access to Technical Support either if you have a problem with your website. Basically, you are on your own and will have to research everything yourself.
And another drawback that is not often mentioned, is that the free website you are given is limited to 1,000 visitors per month. That is nowhere near enough to make a sustainable, decent income.
As a premium member, you have unlimited support, and access to hundreds of lessons and hundreds of webinars. However, that alone is not enough to guarantee success.
The business model as taught here is not a "set it and forget it" plan. You will have to be prepared to write as much original content as you can on your chosen niche subject, with nothing copied. Every single week, even in years to come. Eventually, you will have written hundreds of articles for your website.
Most people give up after 3 months, maybe 6 months, as even with the premium membership, you are unlikely to see any income before then. Google needs to see you are in this for the long term and that you have established yourself as an authority on your subject.
Sorry, I have rambled on a bit! But what it boils down to, is the question of are you prepared to write article after article for the foreseeable future?
Remember the definition of F.E.A.R. (False Evidence Appearing Real).
There’s really no need to fear. Though, there is a need to work hard at anything, if you want to succeed.
Do you know of any successful businesses that were built overnight, or in one month, or three months, or even in a year? On average it takes at least five years to build a solid business foundation. In other words, every business takes time to succeed. For success is not a destination, it’s a daily process. The more you proceed to build your business, the more successful you become. It’s when you allow negative thoughts to intervene and block your success, is when you fail.
Remember too, I can’t and you can’t and nobody I know can spell success without a “u.” So, decide to dedicate yourself to a daily successful busy by setting daily goals, plugging into the WA trainings daily, and writing posts daily and, I’ll meet you on the other side of success!
Blessings to you & yours,
Kathy🦋
The real purpose for the Free Starter training is to let you try the Paid premium membership so you know what it offers without investing first. It also gives you an idea of who this works and if it is something you wish to pursue further.
How soon you earn money is dependent upon may factors. For someone starring with no experience it usually takes longer but then it also depends on how easily the training is understood and applied to your online business.
It takes work and doesn't happen magically.
Since you are still within your first 7 days, click on some of the menu tabs. see what's in them Do a search on some terms and see what comes up. There is both formal training and one weekly webinar by Jay, the WA training.
Until recently, now Premium Plus membership also exists with more training from those WA members who are Super Achievers, this is the learning system that we all have used. Many have made over one mullion already. Do a menu bar search "success stories" . There is no way to predict how you will, but the training, tools and support needed are here.
I am new and cero experience within the affiliate marketing world. I understand your fear, I feel the same way some time.
This is the think, the $49 per month will be less than the monthly subscription of a gym membership. This will be like an investment for your future business.
If you don't expect unrealistic quick results you must likely won't be disappointed. I think we need to be patience. Realistically it will take time.
I wish you well and best of luck.
There’s really no need to fear. Though, there is a need to work hard at anything, if you want to succeed.
Do you know of any successful businesses that were built overnight, or in one month, or three months, or even in a year? On average it takes at least five years to build a solid business foundation. In other words, every business takes time to succeed. For success is not a destination, it’s a daily process. The more you proceed to build your business, the more successful you become. It’s when you allow negative thoughts to intervene and block your success, is when you fail.
Remember too, I can’t and you can’t and nobody I know can spell success without a “u.” So, decide to dedicate yourself to a daily successful busy by setting daily no goals, plugging into the WA trainings daily, and writing posts daily and, I’ll meet you on the other side of success!
Blessings to you & yours,
Kathy🦋
I am on Lesson One and about to start Task Three. I just wanted to jump over to the chat area and say Hi to everybody. I am loving it here already. Seems to be a very caring and supportive group of folks. Great environment to learn in.
......Okay.....Heading back to training now. ;)
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I would start with the free siterubix.com subdomain first because if you decide you don't like it you can delete it and start over. Many times people buy a dot com and change their mind but once a dot com is purchases you own it for a year at which time you can renew it,
When buying a dot com domain name .avoid dashes in it and brand names..
Nowadays domains are not so affected by SEO vs writing quality rich content with good choice of keywords, latter of which would rank you in the search engines.
Naming it can be relevant and at the same time, not. For example Apple dot com doesn't sell apples vs tech gear.
You can use leandomainsearch dot com, you input a word and it gives you another
And a godaddy valuation tool to find a memorable name.
I'd also use this site namecheckr.com
I would always go for a dot com domain name vs dot net or dot org as people's perceptions when they start typing they would typically assume it is a dot com. And make sure it is spelled correctly as it cannot be edited once purchased.
I would not include dashes and check if the domain is copyrighted, trademarked and ' or registered to an established business.
And absolutely, you do not want to build a business and few years down the line there's an issue. Just in case, better to be safe than sorry!
Kindly let us know when you need help? or have further questions.
Example
Gym workouts for beginners
In the first instance, I'd ask myself
Am I passionate and genuinely interested in my chosen niche, as I I'd be expected to write lots of content, it would motivate me to update blog with succinct original content worthy my visitors week in week out.
Would I be writing about it in a years time or two or more
Who would be my target audience, who would benefit most from what I have to offer. A Niche is A Group of People Looking for Stuff
Do you have experience with this?
Some other questions you can ask yourself.
Do you have any hobbies? Sports? Problems you've solved? Problems you are looking to find solutions for? Products that are amazingly helpful? Something you talk a lot about? Something you wished you had learned earlier in life? Job skill?
You will be writing posts for people to read on your website - who would be the audience you wish to write for and help? You will be writing both informational posts and product reviews. What kind of questions would people be asking about your niche that you can help them with as well? Your informational posts are important to grow your traffic.
Promote tab top menu
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/affiliate-programs
Or
You can do a google search
Your niche + affiliate programs
Your niche + affiliate programs + location
and see what results you get
