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Video: How To Get Thousands of Visitors To Your Blog

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Data Analysis June 10, 2010 at 3:13 am

I think she's bob on. I'm focusing more and more on the phrases which people are actually searching on when writing these days. I'm may mean a little tweak or two, but the difference can be near an order of magnitude between search volumes for seemingly similar phases.

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Terri Brooks June 10, 2010 at 3:16 am

Great video Nick and Erica! I'm heading out to do some keyword searches now!
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Dan Scoggins June 10, 2010 at 3:26 am

That was well presented. The info and steps to implement were clear. Good find Nick and thanx for the continued effort to provide quality/usable info on your site.
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Data Analysis June 10, 2010 at 11:04 pm

Okay, I didn't really use this idea quite as described by Erica. I used it to come up with the title and to then set the tone of my most recent blog post: http://www.citrustechnology.com/blog/database-mar…

I wanted to do this research anyway, but I used Erica's ideas to refine the pitch. I really wanted to go with something like "Top 10 databases", but "Database market share" is searched for 10 times as often, so I'm trying that over a more "traditional" blog headline. As it happens, "Database market" is searched for even more often, but as Erica points out, competition also climbs quickly.

What I like about this though is that the post is less likely to age and will hopefully drive traffic for a little while (and I can also update it in 6 months say).

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Nick Stewart June 11, 2010 at 1:53 am

That's a really good idea.

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Orchid Flowers Help June 15, 2010 at 1:35 am

Although a tiltle like Database Market Share is searched more often, dont forget that people get attracted by lists. Just think of what you see in teh right hand column of this site:

300 Traffic Tips – Traffic 101

11 Ways To Get Indexed By Google Super Fast And Start Building Backlinks

10 Ways To Get More Traffic From Twitter

and all the other valuable lists he has created. They attract new and current visitors.

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Mokibobolink June 11, 2010 at 4:25 am

Great advice! In fact I just did a search and am working on a new post now, all based on the info in the video. Talk about fast results. :o )
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Ari June 11, 2010 at 6:13 am

Thanks Nick and Erica. Who said the best things come in small packages? Your 4-minute video has given away more useful information than some of the latest 30-45-minute pre-launch videos I've watched.

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Ariella Vaccarino June 11, 2010 at 7:35 am

Love this. The question I have is, can you add words to the key word phrase and still have it be as valuable. For example. I did a blog on the phrase Gospel singing. But I entitled it Gospel singing- learn from them. Is this the same value as the original phrase?

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Nick Stewart June 13, 2010 at 4:19 am

I think the value will be similar but it's really hard to say without actually testing it.

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led light tube June 13, 2010 at 9:56 pm

That's great. I have note down the keyword tool. But the value will is similar i feel..

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Ahmedabad Climate June 13, 2010 at 10:16 pm

Fantastic post! It’s something I need to work on, social media and networking sites. I’ll add that to the list, along with directory submitting and article marketing for backlinks. Blogging is hard work. :)

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Instant Business Cre June 24, 2010 at 4:05 am

That was a great video. I think finding the low competition keywords is a big step in getting lots of traffic. Many people will not even target searches that get below 400 global searches per month, but even if you can get around 5-10 visitors per day from one keyword if you do this exact method over and over again you would only need to write a hundred or so posts and you will have a huge amount of traffic every day.
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