What Constitutes a Good Keyword Phrase for Search Engine Optimization?

How many times has a friend or colleague told you their Website is ranked in the number one position on Google for a particular keyword phrase? Top ranking must mean they receive tons of visitor traffic to their Website, right?  Well, as Search Marketing Specialists we hear this all of the time, so what do we do?  The first step is to determine if people are in fact searching the keyword phrase.  99% of the time, we discover NO ONE is searching the keyword phrase, so even though their Website may be ranked in the number one position, no visits to their Website will occur.

The chart below lists 5 keyword phrases, 2 of which have no search activity whatsoever.  This means, companies with top ranking under those 2 phrases will not generate any visitor traffic.   Our goal as Search Engine marketing Specialists is to uncover highly searched, targeted keyword phrases that have a  low number of competing Websites vying for top ranking.  The more Websites vying for top ranking, the more difficult it is to achieve top ranking.

Keyword	# of Searches in 24Hrs	# of Competing Web Pages
metal distributor	2	263000
scrap metal buyers	8	975000
scrap metal pricing	18	2050000
surplus metals	0
selling surplus metals	0

SEO Is Still Critical For Businesses Today

The major Search Engines Google, Bing and Yahoo will continue with their offline and online “slug-fests” to gain attention and subsequently, greater market share. One critical fact remains – if you hope to turn your website into a profit center, you must still have the right SEO elements in place to bring your website into the coveted  search results that will drive visitor traffic to your website.

An interesting article from Brafton.com explains why SEO remains so important for businesses today. It doesn’t matter whether Google, Bing or Yahoo’s share of search increases or decreases, you want your business website to be found, ranked on the first page of the SERP’s (Search Engine Results Pages) where visitors are more likely to click. Once they arrive at your site, good design and visitor friendly navigation will encourage a purchase or action and repeat business.

To read the article visit Brafton.com

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