This is the first of 50+ posts about SEO Optimization and SEO Tools which will be a great reading material for all SEO starters in the blogosphere. I will start with the basics of SEO and as the posting continues the SEO blogging tips will be more detailed. So let me begin from the start...Keyword Research For Starters:
When you start a blog the most important thing you have to do is to decide for which keywords/keyword phrases are you going to compete in the search engines. 80% of all internet's traffic is through the search engines so with quality keyword research you can get a lot of traffic on your site. The higher position on the search engines you have the more traffic you receive to your site!
When you decide for which keyword you want to compete then it's best that you use a keyword research tool. The most respected tools are Overture, WordTracker and Keyword Discovery but they are not free. For start, use a free keyword tool. Later on, when you make some money with me, you'll be able to afford to buy one ;)
Untill then, SeoToolSet.com has a free one and you can find it here: Keyword Research Tool.
It shows the estimate number of daily search activity for a specific keyword phrase on the internet across the major search engines and it'll give you a nice perspective on what is hot and what is not in the search engines.
After you have analyzed the keywords, go to google (and other search engines if you like, but google's enough) and check how much results are there in the search queries. Try to choose the keyword or keyword phrase that has high traffic and low number on results. That way you'll compete for a keyword phrase that is pretty common and has little results - with a little effort, the chances are you'll do just fine with that kind of keyword.
Check my post about Post Title Optimization and you'll see how to get high rankings for that kind of keyword phrases.
