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NickSteele
TechnicalSEOConsultant
nick.steele@sagittarius.agency
about me.
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what is a keyword strategy?
Identify keywords that will drive traffic to your site
Which you should target and how
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‘sofas.’
246000 searches a month
High volume
But also high competition
Every sofa seller wants to
rank for it
Search results are dominated
by brands
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Holy Grail would be a high volume term that no one else is
targeting
Other extreme is very ‘long tail’keywords
‘Black leather 2 seater sofa’
Easier to rank for, high intent, but very low volume
what to target instead?
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build your strategy.
Think about what you want to achieve
Site visibility
Conversions
Search intent
Take into account how easy it is to achieve
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Come up with a list of top level keywords
Typically categories of products
Key themes
where to start.
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Part of GoogleAds
Great for building lists of potential keywords based on either:
Content of your website
Keywords you initially enter
Gives average search volume data
google keyword planner.
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Good starting point
How do you know which to select
Search volume and difficulty metrics
but need to also consider the desired outcome and search intent
google keyword planner.
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Free tool provided by Google
Ideal for looking at what is easier to achieve – “low hanging fruit”
google search console.
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Performance Section shows what search terms your site appeared
for, including position and click through rate
google search console.
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Look for high impressions
Average position of page 2 to 4
Shows that Google already considers your site relevant for this
term
google search console.
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Look also for those already receiving clicks or with a higher CTR
Shows searchers think your page is relevant even though it is
further down the search results
google search console.
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auto complete.
Google helpfully provides additional sources of keywords on the search
results page
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Related searches
auto complete.
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People also ask
auto complete.
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These often form the basis for
featured snippets
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Free tool
Integrates with numerous sites
to provide keyword metrics on
screen
Makes keyword research quick
and easy
keyword anywhere.
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SEMRush
Ahrefs
Moz
Pi Datametrics
paid tools.
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Rank tracking
Hugely valuable historical and current data in the vault
Identify search terms that your site already ranks for
Pi-Datametrics.
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You can infer what information searchers are looking for
Are they transactional searches
Or informational
search intent.
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These people are ready and looking to purchase
Pages used to target these terms should be looking to provide an
easy transaction process
Products and services immediately visible
Key details such as price and delivery
transactional.
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These people are not ready to buy
Looking for information
About the product/service
About the business
informational.
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Collate
Group
Define intent
Map to page on website
what to do with it.
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Can form an action plan
Prioritise
what to do with it.
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Ensure that a page is fully optimised for that search term
Meta data
Headings
Content
Internal linking
External linking
what to do with it.
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It’s not just about the biggest volume
Take into account what is most effective for your business
Forms a basis for on-going SEO strategy
recap.

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