search engine optimization tools
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The most popular search engine is Google.
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It is thought that Google is responsible for 50-80% of search engine traffic globally.
From a search engine optimization perspective, every web page should be optimized around one keyword.
From a web design point of view, we need to consider three types of web pages:
- Pages that are required to cover the theme of the website but are based
on keywords that are so competitive that they are unlikely to achieve top
page positioning.
- A holiday accommodation advertising website may produce an excellent page on "Italy". If it provides useful information, it will be appreciated by visitors who arrive on the website. High positioning on the SERPs for "Italy" is unlikely, however much effort you put into it, and this page will not bring visitors from the search engines.
- Pages that are required to cover the theme of the website and are based on niche keywords and may bring visitors to the website - in practice there are unlikely to be many of these.
- Pages that are not obviously required to cover the theme of the website but are developed around relevant niche keywords from a list of keywords initially generated by a keyword suggestion tool. The difficulty here is separating out the niche keywords from the full list. We need to focus our precious time and SEO efforts on the niche keywords where we can successfully compete.
Keywords and SEO
Articles by Author
(David A Viniker MD FRCOG)
- Defining Niche Keywords & Keyword Difficulty - Development of a New Essential and Unique SEO Tool
- A Revolution in Keyword Research and Search Engine Optimization
How do we define a niche keyword?
Surprisingly, there does not appear to have been even one serious attempt at a definition of a "niche keyword".
The following definition was developed and is recommended:
A niche keyword is defined as having an above threshold search volume for the targeted locality of a website with potential for top ten positioning on the search engine results page (SERP) for that locality (country).
Threshold Search Volume
The threshold search volume that is acceptable for a website is dependant on its purpose.
- A website seeking clients within a locality might consider the return on investment acceptable for developing a web page on a keyword with potential to attract even one additional client a month.
- A global information website might choose a relatively high threshold search volume of a thousand searches per month before it would consider creating a web page focused on a keyword.
Locality
Although websites remain reachable from any location, the vast majority of websites are targeted at visitors within a country, state/county/provnce, or city/town. Only a minority of websites aim to provide information universally or seek sales internationally. Locality orientated searches form the fastest growing sector on the Internet - currently estimated at 12%. A search that includes a locality has a better chance of converting on e-commerce and e-marketing websites.
When we seek niche keywords for locality based websites, we need data on the number of searches conducted for that locality and an assessment of the competition for the country specific search engines. The most popular search engine is Google. Examples of Google country specific search engines are google.co.uk, google.ca (Canada), google.fr (France) and google.jp (Japan). In addition to having the largest search database, and being free of charge, the google keyword research tool (adwords.google.com/select/KeywordTool) has the advantage of providing both global and country specific monthly search volumes.
Top 10 Positioning on Search Engine Results Pages
Few searchers click on web pages positioned below the top ten on SERPs.
- Whereas 42% of searchers click on the number one positioned web page for a search,
- only 0.7% of searchers will click on the 11th positioned web page and
- 0.07% for the forty first positioned web page.
Put another way,
- if the number one web page for a keyword receives 600 visitors,
- the 11th web page will receive 10 visitors
- and there will be just one click on the 41st.
From an SEO point of view, a web page that cannot be positioned within the top ten positions for a keyword on the SERP will fail to bring much traffic.
Competition
Traditionally competition has been evaluated mainly by the number of 'results' which is the number of competing web pages. The Keyword Effectiveness Index - KEI - is the most popular formula for identifying "effective" keywords. It incorporates keyword popularity data (P = number of searches) and the competition (C). The formula is P2/C.
Invariably a search will show at least hundreds of competing web pages (results) and often millions. Whilst the number of results will provide some indication of keyword difficulty, it is the strength of the top ten web pages compared to the potential strength of the page we can build on our website that will determine if our page can reach the top ten. The competitive strength of the top ten competing web pages for a keyword is not a direct function of the total number of competing web pages. The strength of the competition of the top 10 competing web pages for a keyword with only 10 thousand competitors will be far greater than 1,000th of the strength of the competition for a keyword with 10 million competitors.
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"How can I get my web pages to the top on the search engine results pages for my keywords?"
This is the most common question asked by web site owners and search engine optimizers.
My Advice May Surprise You! - Take Out The "How"
You are left with the most important question web site owners and search engine optimizers should be asking:-
"Can I get my web pages to the top on the search engine results pages for my keywords?"
The Development of Keyword SEO Pro
Over several years, I have read many books and Internet articles by the leading search engine optimizers.
I have bought and tried many programs each promising to provide every website owner's dream - top placement on the search engine results pages.
After endless failures, I took a new approach and asked the second question.
"Can I get my web pages to the top on the search engine results pages for my keywords?"
Many books, articles and search engine optimizers stressed the importance of identifying "niche keywords" as this is fundamental in our quest to attract visitors to a website. There are many keyword suggestion tools that claim to find niche keywords but in practice they generate lists of keywords without any useful practical means or guidance for separating out the niche keywords for us. In this discussion "keywords" includes keyword phrases.
How do we find the niche keywords from a list of keywords initially generated by a keyword suggestion tool?
In 2004, it was estimated that Google included 200 factors in its positioning algorithm. By 2009, many search optimization optimizers believe Google has increased this to 300 factors. It is unlikely that each of these factors carry equal weighting.
- Using retro-analysis of the top ten positioned web pages for numerous keyword searches, the author looked at all the commonly accepted factors in search engine positioning used in search engine optimization.
- Surprisingly, the importance of one factor (D-Factor-I) appeared to have been underestimated and it proved to be almost completely dominant. It then became apparent that a second factor (D-Factor-II) could at times (D-Factor-I) prove to be the exception that proved the rule.
Having recognized the importance of D-Factor-I, identification of niche keywords by manual evaluation of a list of keywords generated by my favourite keyword suggestion tool proved to be prohibitively time consuming.
For a list of 50 keywords, the D-Factor-I must be determined for each of the top 10 web pages - 500 evaluations.
I required a program that would examine a list of keywords and indicate which ones were potential niche keywords using the definition: -
A niche keyword is defined as having an above threshold search volume for the targeted locality of a website with potential for top ten positioning on the search engine results page (SERP) for that locality (country).
A unique, purpose built program - Keyword SEO Pro - has been commissioned.
Keyword SEO Pro and Search Engine Optimization
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the application of techniques for improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" ("organic") search results for keywords.
The three fundamental elements of SEO are:
- 1. Finding relevant niche keywords.
- 2. Developing web pages optimized for your niche keywords once you have found them.
- 3. Off page optimization.
- 99% of websites fail because they target the wrong keywords.
It is estimated that search engines such as Google and Yahoo provide 80% of traffic to websites. Google alone is responsible for 50-80% of search engine traffic depending on country.
Keyword Seo Pro is focused on Google as this is the search engine that generates most visits.
Positioning on Search Engine Results Pages
Keyword Seo Pro provides an unequalled insight into search engine positioning.
Keyword research is:-
- The fundamental and most vitally important aspect of your search engine optimization campaign.
- The science of discovering the appropriate niche keywords for your website.
There are many keyword research tools. They can be classified as:
- Keyword suggestion tools.
- Keyword analysis tools.
Table 1
| Observation | Question | |
| 1 | A few of my web pages have high positioning on Google but most are failing. I have applied the same SEO to all the pages. | Why are some of my pages succeeding whereas others are failing? |
| 2 | Many SEO research tools claim to provide hundreds of "niche keywords". | How do we define a "niche keyword"? |
| 3 | In Tables 2 and 3 below, the top 10 positioned web pages for two keyword phrases - Holiday apartment Monteriggioni Italy and Employment Law Solicitor - are presented. | Can you explain how these pages achieve their high positioning? |
| 4 | "Holiday apartment Monteriggioni Italy" is a long-tail keyword. | How easy would it be to compete for this keyword? |
| 5 | I have a list of keywords provided by my keyword research tool. | Can I get my web pages to the top on the search engine results pages for any of these keywords? |
| 6 | "There are a number of sites in every niche, whatever content they publish they rank well whether or not the content is optimized, has any inbound links and without really trying too hard." Quotation from a forum. | Can you explain this? |
| 7 | "The keyword research tool I use promised so much." | Why does it deliver so little? |
| 8 | Expert Search Engine Optimizers traditionally recommend on page optimization, on site optimization and off site optimization. | What is the place of the traditional SEO techniques for increasing visitors and potential clients to my website? |
| 9 | My website is designed to increase my business locally. | How can I apply SEO to my website to improve my business? |
| 10 | Internet Business Promoter (IBP), amongst others, strongly recommends that your main website keywords should be included in your domain name. | How important is this? |
| 7 Answers available on purchase of access to Keyword SEO Pro |
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Table 2 Google.co.UK - Keyword phrase = "Holiday apartment Monteriggioni Italy"
Global Monthly Search volume on Google <12/month and 10,500 Results (Competition Pages)
Several experts and advertisements for keyword suggestion tools advocate finding long-tail keywords with little competition to bring "swarms" of visitors.
This keyword phrase has little competition. Nevertheless, Keyword Seo Pro will demonstrate that the quality of the competition is high and top positioning is unlikely.
| 1 | http://www.holidaylets.net/properties/22939 |
| 2 | http://www.travel-library.com/apartments/europe/italy/monteriggioni/ |
| 3 |
www.travel-library.com/cottages/europe/italy/monteriggioni/villa_il_pozzo_ |
| 4 | www.agriturismo.net/tuscany/siena/monteriggioni/ |
| 5 | www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p415529?uni_id=1013028 |
| 6 | www.holiday-rentals.co.uk/p407369 |
| 7 | www.bbplanet.com/accommodations/monteriggioni/p2_en.htm |
| 8 | www.ownersdirect.co.uk/monteriggioni.htm |
| 9 | www.vrbo.com/61633 |
| 10 | www.holidaylettings.co.uk/tuscany |
Table 3 Google.com - Keyword phrase = "Employment Law Solicitor"
Global Monthly Search volume on Google 74,000 and 180,000,000 Results (Competition Pages)
Position |
Employment Law Solicitor |
| 1 | www.employment-solicitors.co.uk/ |
| 2 | www.got-the-boot.com |
| 3 | www.lawsociety.org.uk/choosingandusing/findasolicitor.law |
| 4 | www.roydens.co.uk/ |
| 5 | www.thompsons.law.co.uk/employment-rights/your-employment-rights.htm |
| 6 | www.advantageemploymentlaw.co.uk/ |
| 7 |
www.martinkaye.co.uk/services/employment/employment-law-solicitor- |
| 8 | www.pjhlaw.co.uk |
| 9 | www.lblaw.co.uk/practice%20areas/Individual/Employment%20Law.aspx |
| 10 | www.contactlaw.co.uk/employment |
Can you explain how the 10 web pages above achieved high positioning?
- Understanding why the top web pages are successful is the key to SEO.
- Even when you understand how the top pages are so successful, you will need Keyword Seo Pro to highlight those niche keywords in a list of keywords generated by your favoured keyword suggestion tool, to ensure that you can focus your SEO knowledge on those pages where you can successfully compete.
- Keyword Seo Pro will demonstrate arguably the most important factor in web page positioning.
- It will also reveal some exceptions to the rule and provide explanations for the exceptions demonstrating its additional benefit in keyword research.
- You will then appreciate how Keyword Seo Pro will be an invaluable tool in sorting out those keywords that will attract the desired visitors to your website.







