Golden Rule #1: How to Find Relevant Keywords
Video Transcript
In this lesson we’ll be exploring the process of Keyword Research. Specifically we’ll be looking at:
(1) Understanding the keyword research process
(2) The Four Golden Rules of keyword research
(3) How to use Market Samurai to generate a list of relevant keywords
Understanding the keyword research process
A great way to understand the process of keyword research is to compare it with the process of panning for gold. In the days of the Gold Rush, prospectors would take their gold pans down to a river and scoop up a collection of rocks, dirt, and sand.
Initially they would discard the large rocks that were clearly not relevant and then they would swirl their pan to separate out the heavy gold from the lighter sediment. At the end of this filtering process, they would hopefully be left with a few nuggets of gold at the bottom of their pan.
The process of keyword research is very similar.
You begin by selecting a niche to explore which is the equivalent of choosing a river to prospect.
You then generate a large number of keywords relating to your niche which is like scooping up a collection of rocks, dirt and sand.
Then you can use a tool such as Market Samurai to filter out the good keywords from the bad.
At the end of this process you will hopefully be left with a few ‘gold nugget’ keywords.
The obvious question then becomes - What are the characteristics of a gold nugget keyword?
Our analysis has led us to develop four golden rules for identifying the best keywords to target in your online business.
The Four Golden Rules of Keyword Research
The four golden rules are:
(1) Relevance
(2) Traffic
(3) Competition
(4) Commerciality
A gold nugget keyword is highly relevant to the content on your website, it has a good level of traffic, it has acceptable levels of competition and has a high level of commerciality.
We’ll be exploring each of these in more detail, but for now, let’s take a look at the first golden rule - Relevance.
The First Golden Rule - Relevance
Relevance is something that many people often overlook in their excitement to get their business up and running as quickly as possible.
The fact of the matter is that if you target irrelevant keywords, you may obtain a top ranking in Google, and you may even generate a lot of traffic to your website.
However, if the content of your website is not relevant to the keywords you’ve targeted, then the people who visit your site will probably not be interested in what they find.
In this scenario, you may end up with a lot of traffic and a big bill from your hosting company, but very few sales.
It’s important to realize that the secret to online success is not just ‘Traffic’
The real secret is ‘Targeted Traffic’
So, according to the first golden rule of keyword research, you should always start by identifying the keywords that are most relevant to the content on your website.
Let’s take a moment now to see how this works in the real world using Market Samurai.
Create project
In this example I’d like to show you how to generate a list of keywords relating to a niche and how to refine your list to make it as relevant as possible to the content on your website.
To begin I’ll create a new project and I’ll use the well worn Internet marketing example of ‘dog training’
Select Keyword Research module
Now because I want to generate a list of keywords relating to my niche I’ll select the Keyword Research module.
Click Generate Keywords button
And to generate my initial list of keywords, all I have to do is come over here and click the ‘Generate Keywords’ button.
Generating Keywords
Market Samurai then generates a list of keywords relating to my seed keyword ‘dog training’.
Going back to our prospecting analogy, this is the equivalent of scooping up a pan containing rocks, dirt, sand and hopefully some gold nugget keywords.
Turn Off Filters
By default, Market Samurai will apply the Golden Rules filter. For this tutorial, I'm going to turn off this default filter so that we can look at each of the filter settings in greater detail.
In order to turn off the Golden Rules filter I first have to come down here and click the Keyword Analysis button.
Turn Off Filters
Then I'm going to click on the filter drop-down box, and select "No Filters".
Finally, I'll click the Keyword Generation buton to return to my list of keywords.
Review keyword list
Now as I mentioned, the first golden rule of keyword research is relevance.
Market Samurai provides you with several ways to improve the relevance of your keyword list.
Remove irrelevant keywords
The simplest way to eliminate irrelevant keywords is to scroll through the list and if there is a keyword that is clearly not relevant to you, just click on the cross icon to remove it from your phrase list.
For example the phrase ‘crate training’ is probably not going to be relevant to my dog training website so I’ll click the cross and eliminate that keyword.
Negative keywords
You can also use negative keywords to eliminate all phrases containing a particular word that you’re not interested in.
For example, let’s imagine that I’m not interested in dog collars. All I have to do is
(1) Click on the word ‘collar’ (You’ll notice that the program underlines the word to show that it’s selected)
(2) Click on the cross icon
The word ‘collar’ is now listed in the negative keyword area and all keyword phrases that include the word ‘collar’ have been filtered out of my list. In this case 28 extra phrases have been removed.
One thing I should point out is that if you want to eliminate the words ‘collar’ and ‘collars’ with an ‘s’, you will need to add them as two separate negative keywords.
And now, with 'collar' and 'collars' selected, I've filtered out 54 phrases.
Show Removed
If you ever want to see the phrases that have been removed, you can come down here and click the Show Removed option.
Positive keywords
The second way to improve the relevance of your keyword list is to identify positive keyword phrases.
This will eliminate all phrases except those containing a particular word.
For example, imagine that I was only interested in keyword phrases containing the word 'behaviour'.
All I have to do is
(1) Select the keyword ‘behaviour’
(2) Click the tick icon.
The word ‘behavior’ is added to my positive keyword list and you can see that Market Samurai has now filtered out all of the keyword phrases except those that contain the keyword behavior.
Clearing filters
Now I don’t actually want to use these filters at the moment so I’ll just click the ‘Clear’ button here and here to remove my positive and negative keyword filters.
Phrase length filter
Now the next way to improve the relevance of my keyword list is to use the phrase length filter.
Let’s say for example that I’m only interested in targeting phrases that contain three or more keywords.
All I have to do is change the phrase length filter from 1 to 3 and you can now see that I’ve filtered out 56 keywords and all my phrases now contain at least 3 keywords.
For the sake of this example, I’ll just reset this to 1 for now.
Manually adding keywords
The next way I can modify my keyword list is to add keywords manually.
To add a keyword, all I have to do is type it into the Add Keywords area and click the ‘Add Keywords’ button.
Click the Analyze Keywords button
Having generated a list of keywords and eliminated the keywords that are not specifically relevant to my website, I can now come down here and click the ‘Keyword Analysis’ button.
Access the Analysis panel
This takes me to the Analysis panel. If I ever want to return to the Generate Keywords screen, all I have to do is click the 'Keyword Generation' button.
Phrase to Broad Match Ratio
We’ll be exploring this panel in much more detail in future videos but for now I want to focus on the final aspect of Relevance which is the Phrase To Broad Match ratio or PBR.
Example of misleading keyword phrase
Google generally does a pretty good job in returning keywords that are relevant to our original seed keyword. However, occasionally Google returns the words in the wrong order. If I scroll down towards the bottom of this list you’ll see here that Google has returned the phrase ‘dog train’. In reality, it is much more likely that people are searching for the phrase ‘train dog’ rather than ‘dog train’
When Google returns misleading keyword phrases, the big problem is that sometimes, people can find these types of phrases and think they have found an untapped niche.
They then build an entire business focusing on a phrase like ‘dog train’ only to find that they do not obtain the results they were expecting because very few people are actually typing ‘dog train’ into the search engines.
PBR
To overcome this problem, we developed the concept of the Phrase To Broad match ratio.
In a future video we’ll go into the detail of how PBR is calculated, but for now, the important thing to understand is that PBR is a way to eliminate those misleading and dangerous keyword phrases that Google can sometimes return.
Click Phrase to Broad Checkbox
So the first thing I’ll do is come up here and make sure the 'Phrase to Broad Match' checkbox has been selected.
The lower the PBR, the more likely it is that a phrase contains words in the wrong order.
As you can see here, the term ‘dog train’ has a PBR of 1% which means that it is not really a phrase that people are typing into the search engines.
Set PBR to 15%
In our experience, we’ve found that setting a PBR filter of 15% is a great way to eliminate any misleading keyword phrases. So I’ll just:
(1) Click on the plus sign
(2) Enter 15
and then press the 'Enter' key on my keyboard.
This should now eliminate any misleading phrases and leaves us with a high quality list of keywords which we can then analyze in detail.
Summary
So, just to recap,
In this lesson we introduced the 4 golden rules of keyword research and identified that gold nugget keywords have the following characteristics: They are relevant, they have good levels of traffic, acceptable levels of competition and high levels of commerciality.
We then looked at the 1st golden rule which was relevance and found that once you’ve generated your initial list of keywords, Market Samurai provides you with several ways to improve the relevance of your keyword list.
These include:
(1) Removing irrelevant keywords
(2) Using negative keywords
(3) Using positive keywords
(4) Adding keywords manually
(5) Using the phrase length filter
And finally on the Analysis panel - Setting a Phrase to Broad match filter of 15 to eliminate any misleading keyword phrases from Google.
As you can see, using these tools within Market Samurai you can generate a list of targeted keywords that are highly relevant to the market or niche that you’re exploring.
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More Keyword Research Lessons
- Introduction to Keyword Research
- Golden Rule #1: How to Find Relevant Keywords
- Golden Rule #2: How to Find High Traffic Keywords
- Golden Rule #3: How to Assess Market Competition
- Golden Rule #4: How to Assess Commerciality
- Golden Rules Case Study
- Finding Long Tail Keywords
- Understanding Match Type Data
- How to Avoid Targeting the Wrong Keywords
- How to add your Google Adwords account details into Market Samurai
- How to Signup for a Google Adwords Account
- How to Use Preset Filters
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Thanks again!
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BTW, "crate training" IS highly relevant to "dog training." It's an important aspect of training a dog--getting them to accept being intheir crate or pen. You may want to filter it out if you want to focus on other aspects of dog training, but I would leave it in most times.
You need to learn some of the basics of a prospective niche in order to judge what is relevant or not,.
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Also enjoyed your explanation of Phrase to Broad Match.
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One item remains unclear, however. In the initial "Generate Keywords" step, why is the 'Google Search Keywords' box left unchecked?
Thanks again.
I notice that this selection method of keywords is a bit different than the process Anthony outlined in the 30-day challenge. Would this be a good addition to that 30dc process or do you think this is a shorter and more to-the-point way of finding the keywords for our niche?
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Louise
Yes good analogy!
Wouldn't it make more sense to build a website based on your keyword terms rather than build keyword terms around your website?
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Great explanation, way faster then the video for me!
1) Relevance - targeted traffic potential - "buy" words
2) As many searches as possible
3) Just a little bit competitive, not fiercely
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Lesson learned.
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This really helps me with the basics.
Thanks
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Something not covered in the training:
Removing a keyword from the negative or positive list without clearing the whole list...
1. Just click on the box "Show Removed"
2. Make sure the keyword in the main keyword list is underlined. Click on it if needed.
3. Click on the icon relevant to the action you are performing: To Remove from the Negative list, click the Cross button; to Remove from the Positive list, click the Check button. This will undo the previous action that put the keyword on the list to begin with.
For phrases, just click the icon without underlining.
If a phrase also has negative keywords within it, it will remain off the main list because of the negative keyword, even though the phrase is accepted. If this happens, make sure the keyword is also removed from the negative list.
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annelie
I find it frustrating, when I am eliminating keywords from my list based on relevancy and I accidentally emilinate one I shouldn't or change my mind later.
to have to go back and scroll through the negative keywords list is not very easy (it often skips pages and is tricky to do) but if you show removed and click the check box for that keyword all the others are eliminated.
I tried underlining it and clicking the cross, but that didn't work either. ctrl z doesn't work and no other undo function. It would be good to have a 'un-remove selected' check box next to the show removed, or something like that.
or perhaps I have missed something, if their is an easier way, please let me know.
Also I would love to see a phase to exact ratio feild to help with geographic searches
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- If you operate in a "local" market, like say, Brazil, or Germany say, could you give us some very rough ballpark notion of what benchmark values to put in for max. SEOC, SEOLC, SEOTs, etc? Because, well I assume you must prorate those values some, compared to the massive "global - english" online market right?
- PBR: This one does not make one bit of sense to me, that is the only thing I do not understand at all about this brilliant software. I often come up in my searches for the right nice, across seemingly untapped niches, with decent traffic, almost 0 competition, decent commerciability, and... those keywords seem to make a lot of sense (with words in logical sequential order, not, like "train dog") and yet they have nothing, nothing in their PBR, not even 1%? Am I really just about to embark on some doomed adventure here? Because the couple of keywords I'm telling you about make sense... Can we not use our intuition for the PBR? Should we really follow it blindly?
Anyway, otherwise, thank you very, very much, even buying the software, I feel indebtted to you guys :)
Take care.
Hello friends, my name is Alex and I'm from Brazil. I would say I am very optimistic about using this tool. I have been working with web hosting, but want to start my business as quickly as possible and exploit the niche market here in Brazil. I wonder if anyone has the material in this class to send me by email in PDF format?
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my screen is very different that what is shown. this is very frustrating, i click along and do not get the same screen and cannot look up keywords. please send me the appropriate videos
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What a greeat bargin I can not wait to get all of my business's off the ground, just need to take the plunge and start spending some time now to find those golden keywords.
Lee
Great introduction video to help users with Market Samuari. There are definitely a few areas of improvement for Market Samurai with options settings which could help the user to save time with the software.
Thanks. Very informative. very easy to follow.Excellent tutorial.
I changed the PBR to 15% but I don't have a "refresh filter" button on the version I downloaded.
How do use Market Samurai for local data. I am not marketing to the world, but rather to my town of 65k? What are the settings I should be using? Thanks very much.
Jo
@Sheri Dresser RE: Updates
Yes, we're working on updating the Dojo videos.
The later videos in the Keyword Research section also cover the new features.
@Joe RE: Refresh
The filter will refresh as soon as you change it.
I don't have a refresh button on the version I downloaded either...I figured the screen would automatically update, but I don't see any numbers changing?
Just downloaded the latest version. I spent a month or so reviewing and reading the transcripts. Now I am working my way through the transcripts and it is great. I know there are some discrepancies between the older and latest version but it is not too bad to work through. I will be happy to see the later transcripts which show the new features.
The training explanations are excellent. I can appreciate it as I used to train people in large companies on how to use software and produced my own training material.
Just three questions and I hope this is not too silly. If you remove keywords can you undo everything to get the original list back or do you have to regenerate the list? If you export the list and import it back at a later date can it be analysed or has it to be regenerated to maintain the Google link?
Is there any way you can view the keywords in a separate window or at least have a bigger area to view a longer list instead of having to scroll through small chunks? Maybe there is and I have not seen it yet. Or maybe the answer is to see it in an excel spreadsheet?
I am so glad I purchased this prog. Thanks for the marvellous tutorials.
Thank you very much for such a clear explanation in how to seek for relevant keyword. The beauty of your training is that even if one is not a computer geek, they can clearly understand what it is they are doing and for what reason as they use Market Samurai.
I also echo the need to know parameters to set for targeting a small local market. I am in Botswana and aim to market to countries in the SADC region.
Thanks for the value that I am learning and will start sharing with my audience to market Market Samurai. It's a product worth sharing
By the way how do I become an affiliate marketer?
Your video tutorials are really well done. They are clear, easy to understand, and full of helpful tips. I have learned so much already.
This is the best explanation of SEO and Keywords I've ever come across. You are clear, concise and very easy to listen to.
Thank you so much.
Best Wishes
Andy Moore
@Cindy: the result numbers don't change, but filters can affect which rows show up and which do not.
@Tania: thanks for the kind words! Once a keyword is deleted it's gone, but not difficult to put back. The keyword analysis data cannot be re-imported from an export, but it's best when it's fresh! I don't think you're missing any other views, but if you need larger print, Excel is one easy way to get it.
@Nomusa: I suggest you contact our support team, support@noblesamurai.com for the best response to your questions.
@Andy, @Rich: thanks!!
Oh, is great the new change to the tutorials.
Is a nice idea to use different sources to learn.
In my case, I prefer write information to only videos.
Congratulations!!
I actually understood this. I feel I am off to a good start to this new venture of mine.
Thanks.
Great tutorials! Unless this is covered in a future tutorial I haven't seen yet, is there a recommended setting for phrase length?
Thanks.
@Annabel - no one size fits all. It depends on your niche and your personal strategy. If you are seeking long-tail keywords you can screen out short ones, for example.
Thank you so much for these tutorials, Dr. Anthony. I love your voice...so calm and soothing. Just what is needed while listening to something new, which could be a high-stress time while trying to absorb new info. The tutorials are the best I\'ve ever seen. All the bases were covered, everything is so clearly explained, every question answered. In my humble opinion, these tutorials are absolutely PERFECT!..I am very grateful for them...Thank you. I\'m gonna sign up!
If I am target a city location should this be apart of my keyword phrase?
Thanks nB
@Herb - This could be a couple of things, but most likely an Adobe AIR issue. Can you please submit a support ticket with as much detail as possible at http://support.noblesamurai.com/home
@Nicky Black - yes it should
Hello:
Your lessons are great.
Is it possible that members can download ebooks to the taught modules.
I frankly think that the students knowledge can be reinforced through also studying the ebook materials.
Thank you, Larry Lake
@Larry - you should see a link to download a PDF version of this transcript on the right side of your screen near the top. Not quite an eBook, but I hope it helps!
This is a powerful tool. I am glad I invest in it. The investment is truly and honestly nothing compare to the value.
Just be a new member of the samurai here after found out this great tool!
Also, I would like to thank you for this great training video, it could really make me stronger in the market :)
Great video and very helpful. We were recommended your software by another blogger and have not been dissapointed yet. We're in process of developing our niche site and want to make sure to do it right :) Can't wait to watch more!
Cheers,
Pete
http://www.hecktictravels.com
This is really helpful , I'm submiting a proposal to my boss to consider buying the software , it'd be a great asset to our company.
Art Orange
http://www.tonermax.com
This software is amazing. I was looking for information to do a video for my affiliate site and found more than enough in this video.
Ken
http://www.learntodobusiness.com
I have been looking at purchasing Market Samurai for a few years now but I have never actually taken the plunge, until now its an absolute great piece of software, So I have realised that I have been wasting two years messing about doing keyword research the old way.
Regards Dave from Teeth Whitening Kits Direct
Ps. If you are on the fence thinking about buying Market Samurai - I say just buy it, you will not look back.
How to Find Relevant Keywords
Will this work for other languages except English in Market Samurai?
@yulinks - Yes, this does work in other languages: Market Samurai can analyze keywords in any language that Google support. Just make sure you've selected the language you want in the Project Settings!
Hi,
I think that some filters doesn't work correctly in other languages like spanish for example, the filter PBR. The concept of language structure in english is different that the spanish.
I have found some cases difficult of understanding for me.
http://negocioafiliados.com/
@manuel - the PBR value is based on the number of searches, so it is not affected by language at all. It can be a little inconsistent in some cases, but this is because the source numbers are estimates by the search engines rather than confirmed measurements.
PBR is a handy tool, but don't let it override your common sense! For more help please contact support@noblesamurai.com
have been trying this software for the first day, and recently trying the keyword research precess, but i have to admit that this is such an awesome software! I will definitely buy this!
http://www.bubblegamesonline.net
Can Market Samurai be used to evaluate local search marketing keywords. Lets say I want to find traffic of a specific keyword phrase in Nashville, TN area can I do that?
@Loren - Please contact support@noblesamurai.com for more information
Hello,
I am using your trial version and am trying to do some keyword research, however I keep getting messages saying that no information is available from google keyword toolbox as it may be updating the site or that the adult content is disabled?? I have gone to toolbox and checked these words and there is a lot of information coming through. What should I do. love the product by the way, just set up an online business and feel this product will be really useful. Thank you. Deirdre Bell
@Deidre - Please contact support@noblesamurai.com for more information
If I was to do all that Market Samurai does manually It would take me ages to do. This software saves me load of time and makes the keyword researching process much easier. I use this tool everyday and is a great investment.
http://intermarketingcenter.com/market-samurai-reviews
Very well explained, well done. The software is absolutely necessary. I have been trying to do the same thing with GAKT interface, what a difference. This is really easy to manage and understand.
I can't get into the section that allows me to look for "Key Words
@George
Can you please submit a ticket to our support team - they'll help you out!
http://support.noblesamurai.com/anonymous_requests/new
Hi everyone,
Do you know what means the when a keyword is marked green? Regards
@Juan
Is this in the Keyword Research module, or in another module?
For a quick reply, it's best to contact our support team via the following link:
http://noblesamurai.com/c/support
Dr. Anthony, thank you so much for these great, easy to understand and follow tutorials. Market Samurai has proven to be an indispensable tool in our Internet Marketing projects and we will continue to use it in the future!
Regards,
Nick from http://createconvertprofit.com
This information seems very helpful when it comes to our struggling rankings. Just downloaded the trial and I'm giving it a go today. I'll update my progress and continue watching these great videos. Thanks for allowing customers to watch these videos before purchasing.
Chris
www.certifiedtopmovers.com
I am a great believer in Market Samurai: I have owned the Paid version for about 2 and a half years now, but only sort of partially understand about 10 to 20 percent of the software.
Now I figured it is more than high time for me to come here and start paying some close and careful attention to these great tutorial videos, so that I can finally start learning how to use this awesome software properly and corrrectly, and more importantly to gain a proper UNDERSTANDING of it!
Gary
www.makenicemoneyonline.com
I have keyword from Market Samurai... what next ..????
Thank you..
Hi wijaya - that's a big question! I suggest you watch the rest of our videos so you can get a better idea of the full process. If you have any problems, contact our support team at http://noblesamurai.com/c/support
These are thoughtful, concise instructions. The light bulb turned on for me during this keyword training.
Thanks Anthony, very clear and concise. Been a big fan of MS for a long time and continue to refer people back to you because of the value you provide.
Awesome instructions, cant wait to get going!
Thank you for the fantastic training on your great software!
First - create a powerful, truly useful tool. Second - make it user friendly. Third - provide easy to follow tutorials eliminating excuses and providing a clear path for successful implementation of the tool.
You've done it all! I recently made the purchase and am very impressed all the way around. I look forward to Market Samurai and it's applications!
Thank you!
Don Downs
http://DownsTeam.com
Thankyou!
First for substantial content.
Second for exemplary good delivery. It was spoken CLEARLY and at a SPEED appropriate for a listener who does not see the speaker.
Very rare.
If the following videos are of equal quality you got a new customer.
Thanks, awesome video!
I just bought the paid version I can't wait to get this baby going!
Might as well drop a backlink if you don't mind, thanks :D
Very well done!
I really appreciate the clear, concise, easy to follow training. The video followed by the transcript and summary are awesome.
Can't wait to start using this software....
It was really super the guide presentation! Thank You!
I have owned the program for a few years and only now getting around to studying it properly and its really excellent. one question though on this lesson. when i attempted to add new keywords then click the 'add keywords' box, nothing happened. the keywords remained in the box but did not get added to the main list. can you tell me how to fix this? thanks, peter
Hi Peter - usually this is because the keywords are already in the list, perhaps out of view until you scroll further down. Contact support@noblesamurai.com if this doesn't do the trick!
oops - just thought I'd let you know...crate training IS relevant to dog training!
:)
The presentation is excellent. The information is clear, perfectly organized, and spoken at a pace that a beginner can hear and understand. This is the model of excellent teaching. Thank you!