Google AdWords may seem like a great way to get traffic to
your site but will this pay-per-click marketing system end up costing you a lot
of money without making you any? Have
you thought of all the ins and outs of it?
If you want to know the key to success with AdWords check out this
article. It’s in 2 parts. Welcome back to part 2. Let me know how useful you find it with a
comment below.
AdWords Tips:
All About Keywords – Part 2
By: Ryan
Cole
Okay, so now you know the basics of how keywords work in AdWords and how
Google charges you for clicks. What's next? Keyword research. The best way to
go about this is to use WordTracker. I won't get really specific about how
WordTracker works, because they've got a ton of information right there on the
site - just go do some reading there when you finish this article. Basically,
though, WordTracker will help you find the best keywords to use in your AdWords
campaign. You type in any word, and you'll get up to 300 related terms, which
you can then click on to find a few hundred variations of that term. The terms
you'll get are all terms from WordTracker's search query database, which uses
metacrawlers to compile information (again, they explain it on their site if
you're really interested). So you know that all the words you find there are
real terms that people are actually searching for. Even better, you get a
prediction of how many searches to expect per day for any keyword, how many
times it shows up in their database, and a KEI value to determine your best
words (KEI stands for Keyword Effectiveness Index, which you can also read
about on the site). You can get a free trial, or you can sign up for a single
day to test it out with all the features included (a day's membership is just a
few bucks).
There are some free keyword research tools you can use, but I recommend these
only for absolute newcomers who have no budget to start out with. Overture's
Keyword Inventory is a good, free resource, but there's a catch: it shows
results only for searches done through www.yahoo.com. If you're marketing with
Google AdWords, you should know that Google accounts for at least twice as many
searches as Yahoo!, in some cases three or four times as many. (Though reports
vary, Google usually receives credit for about 50-60% of all searches, while
Yahoo! gets about 20-30% - but this is based on all searches, and results for
individual searches may vary widely.) You may find other "free" tools
or downloadable programs that claim to help you with keyword research, but I
say don't bother with them. You get what you pay for. Most of them just pull
their results directly from other free online tools, and they don't offer
anything in the way of features unless you buy the "full version." If
you're out to get one for free, just use Overture. (Google's own traffic
estimator is decent, but it doesn't give you an exact count for searches within
a given period; you just get status bars, which are hard to interpret. Google's
bid and position estimates are also usually way off.)
But third-party tools, even if they're very good, won't do your keyword
research for you. You'll have to pick through your web site (or your
affiliate's sales letter) for words and phrases that you can use. Then, using
those words, see if you can think of similar words or concepts that people
might be searching for. There's no real trick to this; you've just got to do a
lot of brainstorming. Once you've got a good core list, take that over to
WordTracker to beef it up. (Hint: If you see any words that don't directly
relate to your product, service, or niche, add them as negative matches.)
Now you should have a lean but healthy keyword list. This is your first step to
beating out your competition on Google AdWords.
Author Bio
Ryan Cole runs The Internet Marketing Blog, a free resource for those who need help with Google AdWords, affiliate marketing, SEO, PPC, or any other online marketing topics. Visit for more info on keywords, WordTracker, and Google AdWords.
Ryan Cole runs The Internet Marketing Blog, a free resource for those who need help with Google AdWords, affiliate marketing, SEO, PPC, or any other online marketing topics. Visit for more info on keywords, WordTracker, and Google AdWords.
Article Source: http://www.ArticleGeek.com - Free Website Content
Source: By Ryan Cole

No comments:
Post a Comment