How can I find the perfect keywords to rank for?

When I started targeting long-tail keywords, I increased my search engine organic traffic to 173,336 visitors per month. You’re missing out on a lot of search traffic, if you’re not creating blog posts around longer search queries.

I encourage you to go after long-tail keywords, because they’re easier and more profitable to target. For most of them, you won’t face any significant competition.

Go to Google AdWords Keywords Planner. After logging in, input your main keyword (e.g., mobile friendly site). Then, scroll down the page to click the “Get Ideas” button:

ii). Second step: Click the “keywords” tab to reveal all of the keywords in each group:

iii). Third step: Pick your long-tail keywords from the results list, by identifying keywords with 4 or more words.

Alternatively, you can use Ubersuggest

. Copy one of the keywords (e.g., from the screenshot, make website mobile friendly), plug it in to Ubersuggest and click the “suggest” tab.

Here are the longer variations returned for our example:

1). Best long-tail keywords research tools: With so many options available, it’s important to avoid wasting time and to choose wisely.

I strongly believe that one or two SEO tools

that can generate long-tail search queries is all that you need. A commonly used keyword search tool is Long Tail Pro. It’s quick and easy and to use.

I’ve already talked about Ubersuggest, which is a great tool for finding long-tail search terms. Of course, Google AdWords Keywords Planner is my top choice, but there are others that I’ve found helpful in the past:

HitTail

: This tool will suggest long-tail keywords for you, based on a short or seed search query. This service is not free, but it’s worth the investment, if you’re serious about SEO.

KeywordTool.io

: If you want to generate hundreds of long-tail keywords from a single head term, this keyword tool is what you need. It’s 100% free and unlike Google’s own tool where you could wind up spending a lot of time pursuing results, it only requires a single click.

On the homepage, type in your main keyword (e.g., Apple smart watch), then click the red search icon:

After clicking the search icon, you’ll find hundreds of variations of your seed keyword that you can use as the basis for new long tail keyword content:

In conclusion, keyword research is a lot more than simply typing in a keyword into the Keyword Planner and downloading the results.

While digging into less competitive keywords is difficult and will take some time and practice to do, good keyword research will make your life much easier down the road.

You will get search engine traffic faster and with less effort (building backlinks) when you target the right keywords.

These keyword research methods will help you find these keywords and put your content strategy on a successful path.

How do I get 100k real visitors daily for a new website?

 

Choose a topic, keywords and target market that has the depth

How do I get 100k real visitors daily for a new website?

Choose a topic, keywords and target market that has the depth

The very first thing you need to do if you want to have a good SEO strategy is knowing what keywords you are going after and what target market you are trying to tap into. Focus on long-tail keywords- less competition and utilize a great keyword tool called SERP Empire.

Too often I see blogs that have a very generalized topic which leads to a lot of fragmented content, an unresponsive mailing list and not a lot of success.

When researching your topic, please make sure you know what you want to talk about and how your blog is going to be different from all the others out there. It is very important that you think about deliberate ways that your topic is going to stand out.

When researching keywords, it’s a good idea to know who your competition is and how saturated the market is. There are some niches that are very, very hard to compete in. The main worry, however, is a niche with not enough traffic.

Get your own domain name

Google gives a much higher weighting to websites and blogs that have their own domain name and host because it is a pretty basic signal that that website is going to be taking itself more seriously – hence better quality. Here’s a quick video explaining my preferred setup.

WordPress SEO by Yoast

Now you’ll want to get a little more advanced and install a plugin that has been specifically designed for improving your WordPress blog’s search engine performance. The most popular and well respected is WordPress SEO by Yoast.

Create strategic content based around keywords, value, and point of difference

If you really pay attention to what is appearing at the top of Google these days you’ll notice that there is a mix of local stuff, videos, long-form content, aged content, fresh content, photos, etc.

So instead of just attempting to write something “quality”, what we need to do is really dig deep into the niche and figure out what we can create that is not only useful but different. How can I make something that will get attention?

Write a one brilliant post of at least 3,500 words (include links to big bloggers in your niche, graphics, photos, etc.) based around one strategic keyword set and a point of difference. Find another blog to give it away to as a guest post.

This is something that I notice a lot of bloggers still really struggle to do. When it comes to getting traffic from Google a lot of it really starts with getting your name out there and building links by building up your brand awareness. And that can be done really simple with some good guest posting.

 

FOOTBALL: Europa League. Arsenal eliminated, Villarreal to face Man Utd in final

 

This year’s Europa League final will be played between Villarreal and Manchester United.

Villarreal progressed with a 2-1 aggregate win over Arsenal.

The LaLiga side, now coached by former Gunners boss Unai Emery, came to London with the 2-1 win in Spain and played out a 0-0 draw at the Emirates.

Although captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck the post twice, Mikel Arteta’s men could not score the crucial goal that would have seen them qualify.

Manchester United lost 3-2 to Roma in Italy, but already made sure of their progress, thanks to a 6-2 win at Old Trafford.

The final will be played May 26 in Gdansk.

NEWS: Police arrest 48 suspects over Mile 12 crisis in Lagos

 

The Police Command in Lagos has announced the arrest of 48 suspects in connection with the Thursday morning disturbances around the Mile 12 area of the state.

NAN reports that Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, its Public Relations Officer, in a statement, said that normalcy had been restored to the area.

Adejobi said those arrested would be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others.

“Investigation suggests that one Aliyu Shuaibu of Gengere community stabbed Mr Sadiq Oloyo, a co-resident, with Oloyo dying before help could reach him.

“Hoodlums consequently went on rampage in reprisal and caused commotion in the area.

“The Police Command and other security agencies are on 24-hour surveillance of the area.

“We’ll remain there until all the culprits involved in the disturbances are arrested and normalcy restored,” the statement said.

The statement also quoted the Police commissioner as warning that the command would not tolerate acts of violence and lawlessness in the state.

 

NigeriaSat-2: Nigeria has successfully launched two Earth observation satellites which could be used to monitor weather in a region seasonally ravaged by disasters.

 

 

The NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X spacecraft were lofted into orbit aboard a Russian Dnepr rocket from a launch pad in the town of Yasny, southern Russia.

Nigeria collaborated with UK engineers on the project, and the satellites are being monitored from control stations in Guildford, UK, and Abuja in Nigeria.

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan praised the successful launch.

Mr Jonathan called the event "another milestone in our nation's effort to solve national problems through space technology".

The imaging satellites could have a variety of applications, including the monitoring of disaster-prone areas.

Nigerian territory stretches into Africa's Sahel, a belt of land on the Sahara Desert's southern fringe that sees extreme weather conditions.

The Sahel experiences severe droughts in the dry season and devastating rainfall in the wet season. Floods last year displaced about 500,000 people nationwide, with most of them in the Sahel region.

The satellites could also provide Nigeria with the ability to enhance food security through monthly crop monitoring, assist with burgeoning urban planning demands and, through the development of engineering skills, advance the country's technological capability.

Both satellites were built at Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) in Guildford, under contract with the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA).

But 26 Nigerian engineers worked alongside SSTL engineers in Guildford to assemble the 100kg NigeriaSat-X satellite.

Dr S O Mohammed, the head of NASRDA, commented: "NigeriaSat-2 will significantly boost African capabilities for remote sensing applications, specifically for natural resource management.

"This high resolution satellite will also greatly enhance image data available to the Disaster Monitoring Constellation. Through a comprehensive training programme, Nigerian engineers have worked on the design and build of NigeriaSat-X, benefiting Nigeria's growing space industry and inspiring development of new technologies."

NIGCOMSAT: Nigerian satellite battery dead, not lost in space

 

ABUJA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria’s government said on Wednesday that its $340 million communications satellite was not lost in space, as reported by the local media, but that it was simply suffering from a flat battery.

The Nigerian Communication Satellite, or NIGCOMSAT-1, blasted off from a launch pad in China in May 2007 to great fanfare, with Nigeria hoping it would offer advanced telecoms, broadcasting and broadband multimedia services for 15 years.

Minister of state for Science and Technology Alhassan Zaku said engineers at ground stations in Abuja and China had noticed the satellite’s solar-powered battery was not recharging and feared it could smash into other satellites if left unrepaired.

“After looking at the options we decided that the best thing to do was to park it, like you park a car,” Zaku said.

“If it wasn’t parked and it lost all its power there would be no energy to even move it ... and it would be like a loose cannon and would keep rolling about and hit other satellites in the orbit,” he told reporters.

Nigerian newspapers had reported NIGCOMSAT-1 was missing from orbit.

The satellite was supposed to make Africa’s most populous nation a technological hub, saving broadband users and phone users hundreds of millions of dollars a year and enabling Internet access to remote rural villages.

Critics say the project, estimated to have cost the government 40 billion naira ($340 million), has done little to improve communications, with Internet connections notoriously unreliable and among the most expensive in the region.

Zaku said the satellite was insured and that it would be replaced if it could not be repaired. He said customers had been assured that television, radio and Internet services affected by the problem would be re-routed.

Nigerian Internet users have already been battling with service problems after damage to the South Atlantic Terminal III (SAT-3) underwater cable, the main gateway to the country for international calls and Internet connections.

Nigeria's formerly state-owned telecoms firm Nitel said last month it had invited foreign firms to help it fix the cable. (For full Reuters Africa coverage and to have your say on the top issues, visit: africa.reuters.com/ ) (Writing by Nick Tattersall)

BIAFRA NEWS: Gunmen kidnap Abia Varsity students, other travellers in Imo

 

Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums have kidnapped an unspecified number of students of the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), and other travellers along Okigwe, Imo State.

 gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday evening when the students ran into a yet to be identified gang of hoodlums operating along the Okigwe-Uturu Road.

Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu who confirmed the incident on Thursday, said the victims were inside a van when they ran into the gunmen who whisked them to a forest.

While urging the university community to remain calm, the Commissioner noted that the state government is working with its Imo counterpart and relevant security agencies to ensure their release.

He said two of the students were able to escape from their abductors while others are still in captivity.

“We are working with the government of Imo State and relevant security agencies in both states to ensure the rescue of the abducted students and others.

“Members of the public and ABSU community are advised to remain calm as we will spare no resource in ensuring the safety of the victims.

“No criminal operating within our environment will be allowed to escape justice as we take the job of protecting lives and property of Abians and visitors to the State very seriously”, the Commissioner added.