Archive for the ‘Keyword Research’ Category

Forecasting and Foreshadowing Content Needs through Research, Analysis and Planning

I had the honor of presenting at a joint partnership search marketing workshop for MnSearch and MWMC in Minneapolis, Minnesota on content research, ideation and process. My presentation for this session is entitled “Forecasting and Foreshadowing Content Needs through Research, Analysis and Planning “. It’s a playful look at keyword research and content strategy.

From Keywords to Content – A Data Driven Approach to Blog Ideation and Strategy

  I had the honor of presenting at the Minnesota Blogger Conference at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota on blogging ideation and strategy. My presentation for this session is entitled “From Keywords to Content – A Data Driven Approach to Blog Ideation and Strategy“. It’s a delicious take on keyword research and content […]

Google AdWords Keyword Tool Update: Adds New Features & Changes UI

If you have used the Google AdWords Keyword Tool lately, chances are you stumbled upon a few newly added features. If you haven’t, then you should check them out. The biggest change you will notice is when you do a search for a keyword or phrase, next to your results will be a small down […]

Understanding Google AdWords Pay Per Click Keyword Match Types: Exact, Phrase, Broad, and +Modified +Broad

Yes! It finally happened. Earlier this week, on July 14th, Google AdWords rolled out their new Broad Match Modifier (BMM) keyword matching option to all of their advertisers in the United States. Since BMM had previously only been available to AdWords advertisers in the UK and Canada, it’s release to US campaigns is something that […]

Google’s Keyword Broad Match Modifier: The AdWords PPC Targeting Savior

First off, before I get into praising (below) the new Google AdWords’ Broad Match Modifier (BMM), let me state for the record that I have been extremely disappointed with Google’s “Expanded Broad Match” since it’s inception! Why? Well, when Google AdWords first changed their normal Broad Match keyword targeting to this Expanded Matching option, I […]

Yahoo No Longer Supports the Meta Keywords Tag

During the a Search Engine Q&A session at the SMX East conference in New York this week, Yahoo officially announced that they have stopped supporting the meta keywords tag as an ranking factor in their web search algorithm. Yahoo was the last major search engine to openly admit that it was an element of their […]

Google Changes Keyword Tool, Adds Local Search Volume

Google recently added a new “Local Search Volume” metric to their Keyword Tool that provides additional keyword search data for the country that you are targeting. This is a great feature for determining keyword versions for geographic targeting of campaigns.