How to do Proper Keyword Research for Organic SEO

By | October 15, 2014

How to do Proper Keyword Research as Pro Blogger for Organic SEO – How to find Best long tail Keyword to get rank fast in 2014.

We all know the benefit of SEO. We write article for visitors as well as search engine satisfaction. We spend a lot of time while doing seo of a article, sometime we get good results and sometimes we flop to get high ranking against a specific keyword. DID we ever notice why we didn’t get rank on those keyword? Mostly never :( . This is the big mistake in the life of a blogger or webmaster.

Whenever you think about “where you make mistake” you deep analysis always pointed to Keyword Research. Yes it is true according to the top webmaster in the world all are satisfied on this quote that “almost 50% work for getting a article on top of SERP (Search Engine Rank Position) is done in a proper keyword research“. Me also 100% agreed on this statement because in my own experience whenever i do good Keyword Research, I got rank on the keyword very fast without doing any OFF- PAGE SEO.

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In 2014 latest seo strategies you just need to do Proper keyword research and ON-PAGE seo and you will get rank. Not always on top but on the first page of search engine. So in this article we will learn how to do Proper Keyword Research for long tail keyword as a pro blogger so that we got rank fast :) .

I know a question will be arising in your mind that how would we get rank without doing any of-page? Answer is quite simple. I always suggest not become a part of any link building strategy because google is EVIL and he is too much fast then you. When google caught you he will penalized your blog or website forever and remember it is kinda difficult to recover from google penalty. If you have good and high quality contents off-page seo covered itself :) .

 

How to do Proper long tail Keyword Research for fast ranking results in 2014 [howpk.com]

How to do Proper long tail Keyword Research for fast ranking results in 2014 [howpk.com]

Let’s come to the point! But first i will suggest you always go for long tail keyword instead of short tail or short term. It is little bit easy to get rank on long tail. A keyword which have more then 3 word is knows as link tail keyword. If you got good rank in long tail after some time you will automatically get ranked for short tail.  :) . Remember Now a days long tails Keywords become the root of success in Organic SEO for 2014 and afterwards. From the graph attached bellow you will better understand the difference b/w short tails and long tail. Also never under estimate the power of high quality contents. Most recommended article to read how to write high quality articles as Pro content Writer.

 

How to do Proper Keyword Research for Organic SEO [howpk.com]

How to do Proper Keyword Research for Organic SEO [howpk.com]

Different ways to do Proper Keyword Research as Pro Blogger in 2014 :

Bellow are some method for free KW research. Many top blogger including me :P use these method for research :) .

1: Google Keyword Planner (Google official free tool) :

Google Keyword Planner some times known as google adwords Keyword Suggestion tool is a free tool which will help us to find details about a keyword i.e keyword monthly search volume, Average CPC (cost per click), Advertising competition and month wise search graph. All these thing are the part of keyword research and help us a lot in selecting a good keyword. It is very easy to use. After sign in it will ask you what would you like to do? Click on first one and enter the keyword which you want to do research. there are many other option to customize your research i.e search in specific country, search KW for specific Search volume as well as CPC. For me i want to target United States with a keyword “love Quotes“. Remember it is not exact keyword which i want to rank. It is a short term KW and definitely it has so much competition. Now click on Get ideas, you will see the list of related Keyword ideas for that. For me it show me list like bellow.

 

How to do Proper Keyword Research in Google Keyword Planner [howpk.com]

How to do Proper Keyword Research in Google Keyword Planner [howpk.com]

As i told the more Monthly Search Volume a keyword have means the more competition so try to go inner and inner for low competitions well as long tail keyword.

2: Google instant Search :

Surprise!! Yeah, it is a great way to find long tail keyword which has a decent google organic searches as well as low competition. Let’s see how it works :) .

First open google and search for your desire keyword. In my case i will again work on ” Love Quotes” . and see the results which google gives you. Stop! Stop! Stop! here is the secret factor to find a competition of a keyword :) . For checking competition just put your Keyword in Double Quotes and see the results. you will see a big conflict in both cases. this is the exact competition (SEO Competition). No one will told you this secret to find exact Competition. Now come back to the search results again as we are here to find the best KW. Drag down the page you will see the label names as Searches Related to “your Keyword”.

 

How to do Proper Keyword Research by suing google Instant Search [howpk.com]

How to do Proper Keyword Research by suing google Instant Search [howpk.com]

3: Google Trends :

Google Trends is also used for Keyword research. We use it to check latest or hot trend. We also use it to check Keyword Trend in specific Country as well as Word Wide. You can also use it to see what is hot and most trending searches in any country. it don’t just tell us about trend of any keyword, it also tells from which country or State most searches come :) . It shows us a graph of percentage from 0 to 100. the more percentage means the more searches it has :) . As like google instant searches it also gives more KW ideas in terms or related searches. See the image bellow for most understanding. You my interested to read What is blog, Blogging, Who are Blogger – Advance Guide.

 

How to do Proper Keyword Research by using google trends [howpk.com]

How to do Proper Keyword Research by using google trends [howpk.com]

4: Some Third Party Tools (paid tools) :

Above 3 methods are free and proudly used by me :) . Third party methods of find long tail Keywords are paid. They provide more inner research facilities. These tools use some 3rd party gateways to provide exact competitions well as search volume. “Long Tail Pro, Moz Keyword Research,  Word Tracker, SEMrush and Keyword Spy”. All of these are paid and provide more facility to check exact competitions. It is good and best practice to use above 3 method for keyword research.

Best of Luck !

Final Words :

In order to get good search results we do SEO. In SEO Keyword research is the main and major part which takes time as well as cost. Without doing proper Keyword Research you can never get success in blogging. Key tips: Never go for short term Keywords Always try to get long tail Keyword which have decent search volume s well as CPC and the most important low Competition. Keep in mind the competition shown in Google KW planner is not SEO Competition. It is the advertiser competition, the SEO competition can only be checked by paid tools or exact match searches (Keyword in Double quotes) .

Thanks for reading, I hope this guide will definitely helpful for you. Please share it with all other blogger. If you have any problem or question regarding How to do Proper Keyword Research like a Pro blogger in 2014 then feel free to comment. we are always here for your assistance. you may also like to read How to Get targeted traffic on my website free.

Author: Tanvir Zafar

Tanvir Zafar is a internet Entrepreneur and owner of this site and many others as well. He is student in GCUF doing BS Software Engineering. :)