Earth Hour 2008

Posted by Martin Jamieson | March 29, 2008 .

I’m typing this in the dark… 8pm - 9pm, Saturday the 29th of March, 2008 is Earth Hour.
Over 20 cities around the world are taking part this year, one of them being my home town of Brisbane, Australia. The general idea is for everyone to turn off their lights between 8-9pm and see how easy […]

5 Keyword Research Tips to Finding the Questions Your Readers Want Answered

Posted by Martin Jamieson | March 27, 2008 .

This is part five of my series on Comprehensive Keyword Research for Bloggers and Niche Marketers, which started with Defining your Keyword Research Goals. Today’s topic is how to find the questions your readers want answered.
One of the more important goals for bloggers doing keyword analysis is (should be!) finding questions that are being asked in their […]

Do you Twitter?

Posted by Martin Jamieson | March 26, 2008 .

I’ve only been using Twitter for a short time and (so far) only follow a handful of well known bloggers who usually have some pretty interesting things to say, but managed to take part in a pretty cool experiment by Problogger Darren Rowse today.
Earlier this morning he asked his army of followers (currently 2644 of […]

Keyword Themes and Grouping

Posted by Martin Jamieson | March 24, 2008 .

This is part 4 of my series on Comprehensive Keyword Research for Bloggers - if you’ve joined us part way through, you can find the start of this series here: Defining Keyword Research Goals.
Today I’m going to cover Keyword Themes and Grouping - depending on how your setup there could be quite a bit of work involved, […]

Query Types - Figuring out Keyword Intent

Posted by Martin Jamieson | March 20, 2008 .

This is part 3 of my series on Comprehensive Research for Bloggers, if you missed the first two I suggest you have a quick skim through Defining your Keyword Research Goals and 8 Tools for Keyword Research that should be a Part of your Arsenal.
When a user enters some keywords into a search box, they […]

8 Tools for Keyword Research that Should be Part of Your Arsenal

Posted by Martin Jamieson | March 19, 2008 .

This is part 2 of my series on Comprehensive Research for Bloggers, it continues on from my previous discussion on defining your keyword research goals, and today I’m going to have a quick look at some of the online tools I use for keyword analysis.
Most of these are pretty standard – if you’ve looked into keyword […]

Comprehensive Keyword Research for Bloggers - Part 1 Defining Your Goals

Posted by Martin Jamieson | March 17, 2008 .

Blogger’s have unique needs when it comes to Keyword Research, ones that aren’t typically covered in most keyword analysis articles. Over the next two weeks I’m going to share my keyword research strategies with you and show you how I approach this task from a few different angles.
I’m keen to hear your experiences and ideas too, […]

Using Twitter for Keyword Research

Posted by Martin Jamieson | March 13, 2008 .

Even though this blog is still in its infancy, it shouldn’t take long for you to realise that my thoughts on Keyword Analysis do not focus solely on phrases that users type into a search engine. The web has changed, it’s changing more every day, and there are many ways that people find information. Search […]

How should I use Meta Keywords on my site?

Posted by Martin Jamieson | March 12, 2008 .

One of the most popular questions asked by beginners is how to use the Meta Keywords tag on your website…. I thought I’d put together a little background and perspective on the topic.
The Meta Keywords tag has a rather long and dark history when it comes to Search Engine Marketing. In 1995, popular search engines […]

Weekly Roundup: Top Keyword and SEM Articles - March 9th, 2008

Posted by Martin Jamieson | March 9, 2008 .

This is my first weekly roundup of Keyword Research and Search Engine Marketing articles that I’ve stumbled across in the past week. It’s not a comprehensive list by any means, but they are posts that I’ve found in my travels and connected with in some way… in some cases I may not agree with all […]

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