How to do keyphrase research in 2017: Target topics, not just phrases

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Andy CrestodinaStrategic Director | @crestodina

Keyphrase Research Workshop

Wine & Web #73

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Which keywords are helpful?

Which links are helpful?

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Rank

Relevance Authority

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blog post

guest post

research

post on another site

keyphrase

keyphrase

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blog post

guest post

research

post on another site

keyphrase

keyphrase

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blog post

guest post

research

post on another site

keyphrase

keyphrase

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blog post

guest post

research

post on another site

keyphrase

keyphrase

Which of these links and keywords affect your rankings?

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blog post

guest post

research

post on another site

keyphrase

keyphrase

Which of these links and keywords affect your rankings?

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10x increase in traffic in 4.5 years

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source: “Determining the informational, navigational and transactional intent of Web queries” Bernard Jansen, et al

Online searches by type

Informational

Transactional

Navigational

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Online searches by type

Informational

Transactional

Navigational

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source: “Determining the informational, navigational and transactional intent of Web queries” Bernard Jansen, et al

Two types of visitors.

Two types of phrases.

Two types of pages.

Two types of conversions.

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“wedding dresses”

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“wedding dresses”

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“lace wedding dresses”

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“lace wedding dresses”

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“modern wedding dresses”

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“modern wedding dresses”

Keyphrases = Competitions

Pages = Competitors

IF YOUR AUTHORITY IS GREATER THAN THE

KEYWORD DIFFICULTY...YOU’VE GOT A CHANCE

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ONE PAGE OR TWO?Keyword targeting

within related topics

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CHOOSING KEYPHRASESDo people search for it?

Do I have a chance of ranking for it?

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1. Are people searching for it? What are they trying to find?

2. Do I have a chance of ranking for it?

3. Can I make a great page on the topic?

4. If I rank, will my search listing be visible?

Choosing keyphrases

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lead

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lead

traffic

conversions

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lead

traffic

conversions

search

email

social

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lead

traffic

conversions

search

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lead

traffic

conversions

rank

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lead

traffic

conversions

rank

content

links

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lead

traffic

conversions

rank

content

links

content

relationships

THE MINDSET OF SEARCHA few questions

to put things in context

People looking for me

are searching for what?

Which page on my website

is relevant for that phrase?

Is this page one of the top ten pages

on the internet for that topic?

Will people who searched for this phrase be

happy to have found this page?

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Andy CrestodinaStrategic Director | @crestodina

THANK YOU!

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