You are absolutely right, I noticed this in my search Console my website ranked for tons of keywords that my articles was not even about. Brief quality content is the key. Thanks
@@ginlog9486 I don't know why this happened i just wrote about a topic: "teaching your child to become more responsible" some where in my article I mentioned a word "happy children" that keyword was not my focus and the whole article does not talk about raising happy children. But somehow that keyword was part of many keywords my article is ranking for...That's what I mean.
@@ginlog9486 Morten is right, keyword research does not matter now, when you write a good article you could rank for some other keywords that are closed to the topic because Google finds it relevant or closed, I hope you got the idea.
This is the way! I am personally sick of hearing "gurus" preach about how keyword research will make or break your business. I mean keywords are literally derived from search queries & intent.
Morten, I need your help. As I found in various keyword research tools, a specific keyword or phrase has a decent CPC and another keyword that is a slightly modified version of the previous one has ZERO CPC. But actually, both of the keywords refer to the same topic. If I don't use only the exact keyword in my title and URL that has a decent CPC, will advertisers pay me the expected CPC for the keyword that has ZERO CPC? Please reply, Morten. It has been driving me crazy for a few days.
The CPC numbers you see in tools are typically the amount you need to pay to trigger ads directly on the search result page on Google. When people land on your article you will make money from ads on *your* site (not the Google search page). So, you DON'T need to have any specific words in your headline (or on your site) to make good money with ads on your site.
Yesterrday I realized that one specific article wasnt ranking at all (it was indexed by Google). I could not understand why?! So, I decided to put the main keyword in every H2 and H3! What happened is, that suddenly my article was on site 5. Before I could not find it on the 15 pages of Google! So what happened here???
Google is testing it. When you're on page 5-15 you are still being thrown around. I assume the content is only a few months old? that's normal then! it takes much longer to rank.
Thanks again Morten. Underserved topics is key. In you keyword research video you found a topic on bowling ball crack for the niche bowling. Is there a systematic way you go through searching for all things related to bowling? Like in your vid you started with "bowling shoes" & "bowling ball". This can help in being efficient in our search for underserved topics.
Do you have a video on finding underserved topics? It seems every niche I look into has insane DA websites ranking (especially now that its topic-specific)
I am confused right now , one guy from youtube who is also giving advices about keyword research was saying that you should research for keywords with low competition and write good quality content and do more/better than those who are already ranking in the top 10. I am using ahrefs by the way , aiming toward KD keywords of 1-5 and see if there are at least 2 or more sites in the top10 that have less than 1500 words on their article and at least 2 sites in the top with AR more than 1million. Is that good method to work ? My blog is about traveling and I am doing the keyword research now. Thank you
Let's say I want to write an article based on a certain search term/topic. Let's also say after researching i see several other places would rank better for and have bigger authority in the field, but I still want to create it, as I consider the subject related to the search term to be very relevant in that field. If I publish it, even though I know it would not bring me straight visits from clicks, would it increase the overall value of the site, in terms of Google realizing that I am informative in a relevant topic, or if I don't beat other sites, the article means no much to Google in terms of value? (hopefully I made myself clear :) )
@@PassiveIncomeGeek Thank you for the video! Awesome value. However, my biggest confusion is, after you finished topic analysis and have at least 10 keywords, how do you create article outline for each of them? I hope you create a video for this
Unfortunately that is not always the case. Google sometimes knows to be very stupid. He often shows completely different results when even plural is used. So, even thou it can sometimes recognize and connect all sorts of things, sometimes it is still far off.
I just look at keyword stats to check search potential for the main topic, for example I check how many people search about "Soccer Drills", if there's enough interest about that, then look for hidden gem sub-topics that anyone has wrote about it yet. That's how I do it.
I haven't found images and video to really impact the ability to rank. If you're going for topics with little to no competition it matters very little. At best it can keep people a little longer on the page which can be a good thing. And if the graphics are important obviously they matter. But just adding "nice pictures" will not make you rank better. Just make sure to break up the text and format it well so it's interesting and engaging.
I am from an asian country. I have made an amazon affililiate website which is about 2 months old with 30 posts published so far. Since the main source of monitization is going to be amazon affiliate for this website, I'm targeting the US audiance. However, the problem I'm facing is that my website is ranking better in my own country than in the US. For example, I have a fetured snippet for a keyword when I check it in incognito mode in my country. However, when I turn On my VPN and check it from US, I'm 5th for that keyword. Same is happening for many other keywords. On the other hand, my competetors are ranking at the same position both in the US and in my country. How can I solve this problem? Does it has something to do with the "international targeting" option in the search console? Is it something similar to google dance that happens to new websites? Any suggestion please?
Awesome video, I've been out the game for 15 years, as back then it was backlinks backlinks backlinks and it was pretty soul destroying. Things seem to have changed. Your stuff is very insightful, thank you.
Thanks for this video :) i have a little query . If a topic is informative like “how to decrease mobile game loading time “ in this case there is no purchase intention people can solve the issue by changing some settings in their phone. My question is will people click on ads, If their is no purchase intention ?
Hmm, people ask this a lot. Personally, I think the focus is too much on a keyword and not a topic with that method. But I respect Doug a lot and have used it several years ago... I'd just go with this technique: th-cam.com/video/xQuWLZjBkL0/w-d-xo.html
I used google analytics data to know my audience behavior to able to craft best article, do you think tools like ahrefs is so important? Because I only to topic researches. If so, how does this website helps you?
Still loving your advice, thank you. You have mentioned having a VPN in the past so that we can get genuine clean searches. Are you familiar with Norton 360 which has a "secure VPN"? I have it but wondered if that would be sufficient to do these searches (i am in the UK so want to be non-country specific perhaps?) Thank you!!
@@catherinemarriott46 Hi Catherine, just select the country among the given for eg. US and if it shows you connected , check it on google by searching " what is my ip" , click on the first link and it will show you your new ip with that particular country you selected. :)
Very smart advice, works great for my site. It is still not big, but ranking for thousands of search phrases already. Love your content, as you talk about experience and practical advice, not 100% optimized marketing blabla to sell a course (not yet? we will see 😉)
can you do a case study of one of your niche sites? e.g. monthly updates or helpful insights how did you find the images (copyright free) for your site? great vid! Thank you
Please... I'm always following up with you but you aren't noticing my comments or maybe you choose to ignore.... Please need help from you... My two site is not ranking... Please can you help me review and tell what is wrong
He doesn't do one on one consultaion. You should explain your problem in detail. How old your site is? how many articles you have? Are you getting any impressions in searcch console?
True, I cannot help out one-on-one. I have a toddler at home + I'm running a content business and this channel ;) But ask a simple question here and I'll do my best. Or just join my course when it's out and ask all you want in the community!
I'm testing a site that goes all over the place with no silo-structure you can say - where every article is on a different typic, almost. And it's ranking too, but slower... but I cannot conclude on the results yet, it's too new... It takes around 6-12 months... I like to do my own testing :D
@@PassiveIncomeGeek do you somehow blocking semrush’s bots? Cause I’ve checked this site and it shows ~9000 views/m, which is ~$180. Don’t get me wrong, I am in love with your channel and do appreciate all your work, just checked from pure interest and wondered why does it show so low traffic
I love the clickbaitey title 😉😎 I would agree. You don't need POP,Surfer or Cora if you don't do anything competitive! (And especially if you're a noob😀) I like the location of the video...it looks soooo peaceful😊
Another informative video bro. Thanks. I also do this for my new site and it does well. I will share with you the result in the future if you want. Thanks again.
Great updates and info you are sharing sir. I am a new blogger from India and I am following your videos. Thank you, it's been very helpful. I want to know if a topic has low volume that means search for them are limited. Then how come it's good to write about that topics? Thanks.
It's impossible to know the search volume for the topics. You'll have to take your best guess. But when you use my method here you typically find topics with good volume: th-cam.com/video/xQuWLZjBkL0/w-d-xo.html
Yesterday I went to upwork and post a job for content writing.... my heart almost left my body when I got proposals for $50 per 1000 words:) Can you give some tips for hiring writers cheap
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You are absolutely right, I noticed this in my search Console my website ranked for tons of keywords that my articles was not even about. Brief quality content is the key. Thanks
Ranking for keywords that your article is not even about it? That doesn't sound right...
@@ginlog9486 I don't know why this happened i just wrote about a topic: "teaching your child to become more responsible" some where in my article I mentioned a word "happy children" that keyword was not my focus and the whole article does not talk about raising happy children. But somehow that keyword was part of many keywords my article is ranking for...That's what I mean.
@@ginlog9486 Morten is right, keyword research does not matter now, when you write a good article you could rank for some other keywords that are closed to the topic because Google finds it relevant or closed, I hope you got the idea.
Google is probably just testing what the article is about. That's why it takes 5-10 months to rank well!
This is the way!
I am personally sick of hearing "gurus" preach about how keyword research will make or break your business.
I mean keywords are literally derived from search queries & intent.
exactly. Too many confuse that order 🤓
5:31 what in the world was that bike horn?
Just a silly youtube sound ;)
I like the kind of images you use in your videos, those old movie looking images are gorgeous.
Thanks a lot!
Morten, I need your help. As I found in various keyword research tools, a specific keyword or phrase has a decent CPC and another keyword that is a slightly modified version of the previous one has ZERO CPC. But actually, both of the keywords refer to the same topic. If I don't use only the exact keyword in my title and URL that has a decent CPC, will advertisers pay me the expected CPC for the keyword that has ZERO CPC? Please reply, Morten. It has been driving me crazy for a few days.
The CPC numbers you see in tools are typically the amount you need to pay to trigger ads directly on the search result page on Google. When people land on your article you will make money from ads on *your* site (not the Google search page).
So, you DON'T need to have any specific words in your headline (or on your site) to make good money with ads on your site.
Dear, you made my year!
Yesterrday I realized that one specific article wasnt ranking at all (it was indexed by Google). I could not understand why?! So, I decided to put the main keyword in every H2 and H3! What happened is, that suddenly my article was on site 5. Before I could not find it on the 15 pages of Google! So what happened here???
Google is testing it. When you're on page 5-15 you are still being thrown around. I assume the content is only a few months old? that's normal then! it takes much longer to rank.
Passive Income Geek yes only couple of months old. Thank you. I appreciate your answer. Keep it up. Great content!!!!
Thanks again Morten. Underserved topics is key. In you keyword research video you found a topic on bowling ball crack for the niche bowling. Is there a systematic way you go through searching for all things related to bowling? Like in your vid you started with "bowling shoes" & "bowling ball". This can help in being efficient in our search for underserved topics.
Sorry, that's in the course ;)
Cool
Do you have a video on finding underserved topics? It seems every niche I look into has insane DA websites ranking (especially now that its topic-specific)
Totally, here you go: th-cam.com/video/xQuWLZjBkL0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=PassiveIncomeGeek
I am confused right now , one guy from youtube who is also giving advices about keyword research was saying that you should research for keywords with low competition and write good quality content and do more/better than those who are already ranking in the top 10. I am using ahrefs by the way , aiming toward KD keywords of 1-5 and see if there are at least 2 or more sites in the top10 that have less than 1500 words on their article and at least 2 sites in the top with AR more than 1million. Is that good method to work ? My blog is about traveling and I am doing the keyword research now. Thank you
Well, there's as many strategies as there are marketers :D Here's what I do: th-cam.com/video/xQuWLZjBkL0/w-d-xo.html
I feel sorry for people who think blogging is dead. 💀
Me too!
Let's say I want to write an article based on a certain search term/topic. Let's also say after researching i see several other places would rank better for and have bigger authority in the field, but I still want to create it, as I consider the subject related to the search term to be very relevant in that field. If I publish it, even though I know it would not bring me straight visits from clicks, would it increase the overall value of the site, in terms of Google realizing that I am informative in a relevant topic, or if I don't beat other sites, the article means no much to Google in terms of value?
(hopefully I made myself clear :) )
I want to ask you a question. Should I leave my focus keyphrase blank on Yoast SEO plugin?
Yea Yoast or rank math keyword density is only based on short tail keywords
Yep. :D
Hi, there is no video on the top right before the ending about topic research. Can you show me the link of that video?
th-cam.com/video/xQuWLZjBkL0/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=PassiveIncomeGeek
@@PassiveIncomeGeek Thank you for the video! Awesome value. However, my biggest confusion is, after you finished topic analysis and have at least 10 keywords, how do you create article outline for each of them? I hope you create a video for this
Hi Morten, just on the subject of your niche ideas list, may I ask to what point you have investigated these niches?
I haven't investigated them, you'll have to check the competition. These are just ideas I think could work, given the competition is not too high.
Unfortunately that is not always the case. Google sometimes knows to be very stupid. He often shows completely different results when even plural is used. So, even thou it can sometimes recognize and connect all sorts of things, sometimes it is still far off.
True, but it's definitely getting better. And fast, but yes there are still a lot of misses!
3:04 The BGM makes me I thought there was a cop passing by 😂
HAHA! lol
How to Know? when google pushes update about SEO or Google Search
Check the front page of searchengineland.com
Where's the link?
OOps: th-cam.com/video/xQuWLZjBkL0/w-d-xo.html
I just look at keyword stats to check search potential for the main topic, for example I check how many people search about "Soccer Drills", if there's enough interest about that, then look for hidden gem sub-topics that anyone has wrote about it yet. That's how I do it.
Great idea, but the numbers you'll get will typically be way off when using keyword tools...
Is good content enough to rank high? How big of a part does images and video olay
I haven't found images and video to really impact the ability to rank. If you're going for topics with little to no competition it matters very little. At best it can keep people a little longer on the page which can be a good thing. And if the graphics are important obviously they matter. But just adding "nice pictures" will not make you rank better. Just make sure to break up the text and format it well so it's interesting and engaging.
I am from an asian country. I have made an amazon affililiate website which is about 2 months old with 30 posts published so far. Since the main source of monitization is going to be amazon affiliate for this website, I'm targeting the US audiance.
However, the problem I'm facing is that my website is ranking better in my own country than in the US. For example, I have a fetured snippet for a keyword when I check it in incognito mode in my country. However, when I turn On my VPN and check it from US, I'm 5th for that keyword. Same is happening for many other keywords. On the other hand, my competetors are ranking at the same position both in the US and in my country.
How can I solve this problem? Does it has something to do with the "international targeting" option in the search console? Is it something similar to google dance that happens to new websites? Any suggestion please?
I'd just give it time! how old is the site?
@@PassiveIncomeGeek ok. It's just 2 months old
Kia zamana tha, young Ansar soon to be a blogging beast
@@jawadahmad7005 oh wow.
Wiasay to ab kis liay dhaikh raha ha yay video?
Kia angraizy ha yaar meri waisay
@@ansarullah2633 whatsapp per batata hun
Awesome video, I've been out the game for 15 years, as back then it was backlinks backlinks backlinks and it was pretty soul destroying. Things seem to have changed. Your stuff is very insightful, thank you.
Thanks! things certainly have changed! I also did SEO 15 yrs ago 😅
Thanks for this video :) i have a little query . If a topic is informative like “how to decrease mobile game loading time “ in this case there is no purchase intention people can solve the issue by changing some settings in their phone.
My question is will people click on ads, If their is no purchase intention ?
You don't need them to click on the ads. They should just be shown, that's what so awesome about ads!
What do you thinks about the use of KGR (Keyword golden ratio) with using your underserved topics when starting a new site?
Hmm, people ask this a lot. Personally, I think the focus is too much on a keyword and not a topic with that method. But I respect Doug a lot and have used it several years ago... I'd just go with this technique: th-cam.com/video/xQuWLZjBkL0/w-d-xo.html
Wow this video my eyes and change my mindset about how to go about blogging again thank you. 😎
Great to hear!
Is this method still valid 2022 ?
Absolutely!!
what about CPC ? do you ignore CPC as well?
This is something I address in my course material ;)
@@PassiveIncomeGeek oh damn. :)
Can you make video writing according to searcher intent, thanks in advance, thanks for saving my time
I used google analytics data to know my audience behavior to able to craft best article, do you think tools like ahrefs is so important? Because I only to topic researches. If so, how does this website helps you?
I just use Google for topic reseach!
@@PassiveIncomeGeek okay great to know thanks
Same thing applies to youtube as well.
You are talking about very important topic and I understand your idea 💡 but little bit confuse about how to find undersurf topics ? 🤔
th-cam.com/video/xQuWLZjBkL0/w-d-xo.html
Still loving your advice, thank you. You have mentioned having a VPN in the past so that we can get genuine clean searches. Are you familiar with Norton 360 which has a "secure VPN"? I have it but wondered if that would be sufficient to do these searches (i am in the UK so want to be non-country specific perhaps?)
Thank you!!
If it gives you a US location, all is good :D there are a ton of VPNs...
Passive Income Geek eek, how do I know / check if it gives me a US location? Sorry I have no idea how to test that. 😬
@@catherinemarriott46 Hi Catherine, just select the country among the given for eg. US and if it shows you connected , check it on google by searching " what is my ip" , click on the first link and it will show you your new ip with that particular country you selected. :)
I do that in TH-cam videos
Great
I realised about this after complete 1 years of blogging:)
Good, that's quick!
@@PassiveIncomeGeek I don't think so:) I am at 15K per month after 1 year
Very smart advice, works great for my site. It is still not big, but ranking for thousands of search phrases already. Love your content, as you talk about experience and practical advice, not 100% optimized marketing blabla to sell a course (not yet? we will see 😉)
HEHE, I'll try and keep creating the best content I can :D
can you do a case study of one of your niche sites? e.g. monthly updates or helpful insights
how did you find the images (copyright free) for your site?
great vid! Thank you
Thanks! I can do that!
Please... I'm always following up with you but you aren't noticing my comments or maybe you choose to ignore.... Please need help from you... My two site is not ranking... Please can you help me review and tell what is wrong
He doesn't do one on one consultaion. You should explain your problem in detail. How old your site is? how many articles you have? Are you getting any impressions in searcch console?
True, I cannot help out one-on-one. I have a toddler at home + I'm running a content business and this channel ;) But ask a simple question here and I'll do my best. Or just join my course when it's out and ask all you want in the community!
Yes my man; Huel!
hehe
It’s about the content silos, not just the keywords. Intent is what needs to be addressed in your content.
Writing more articles on similar topics sure helps too!
I'm testing a site that goes all over the place with no silo-structure you can say - where every article is on a different typic, almost. And it's ranking too, but slower... but I cannot conclude on the results yet, it's too new... It takes around 6-12 months... I like to do my own testing :D
Your videos are awesome
Glad you like them!
Great video, thanks for sharing.👍
You're welcome!
Good video, how much is this sewing machine website earning?
Around $600 per month, but I should do some work on it really! But It's alright for one month of work :D
@@PassiveIncomeGeek do you somehow blocking semrush’s bots? Cause I’ve checked this site and it shows ~9000 views/m, which is ~$180. Don’t get me wrong, I am in love with your channel and do appreciate all your work, just checked from pure interest and wondered why does it show so low traffic
i have a website with 3000 site visits
can you help me to get into ezoic please
I love the clickbaitey title 😉😎
I would agree. You don't need POP,Surfer or Cora if you don't do anything competitive! (And especially if you're a noob😀)
I like the location of the video...it looks soooo peaceful😊
Thanks bro!
hey morten how can i contact ypu
info@passiveincomegeek.com. But I cannot answer questions on my email (get WAY too many...)
Great video first of all! How to use the lsi's? Find them and use in one article or take lsi list and one page for every lsi?
I don't care about LSI. I just write content for people.
Thanks for clearing my doubt...love form india
Thanks a lot!
you stole my thoughts man!!!!
hehe
Agree absolutely.
Thanks a lot!
Another great Video
Thanks a lot!
Another informative video bro. Thanks. I also do this for my new site and it does well. I will share with you the result in the future if you want. Thanks again.
Thanks a lot!
That's why i follow @incomeschool guy's
They're awesome! Good choice!
Great updates and info you are sharing sir. I am a new blogger from India and I am following your videos. Thank you, it's been very helpful. I want to know if a topic has low volume that means search for them are limited. Then how come it's good to write about that topics? Thanks.
It's impossible to know the search volume for the topics. You'll have to take your best guess. But when you use my method here you typically find topics with good volume: th-cam.com/video/xQuWLZjBkL0/w-d-xo.html
Yesterday I went to upwork and post a job for content writing.... my heart almost left my body when I got proposals for $50 per 1000 words:)
Can you give some tips for hiring writers cheap
Why didn’t you post a price or rate?
watch old videos of him
@@MarcP5267 I had done that, but no one was coming then
You can just look for writers within the price range you like and only invite those to your gig.
@@kashyapjigyash I'm here PM me
Sponsored by Huel, now?
hehe, I thought noone knew what it is :D
Hueligan community becoming quite popular in the UK! :D