Choosing the right SEO keywords
Making the right choices when it comes to the keywords you want to rank for is one of the most vital parts of SEO. You need to choose the keywords your customers use to search for a business like yours, and the intent needs to be correct.
Let me quickly explain: When you choose a keyword you need to think about these two things:
- What are my customers using to find businesses like mine? (Not what I think they should be using)
- When someone types in the keyword, does it have commercial intent? Are they simply researching for information, or are they ready to make a buying decision?
The answers to these questions can only be uncovered with thorough keyword research. Doing some basic keyword research is easy.
Simply visit the 'Google Keyword Tool' which gives you access to recent search numbers, and much more detail that will be useful in making your decisions
James Richardson
Co-Founder
James is Co-Founder of Optimising who’s worked with everyone from national retailers and franchise groups to fast-growing eCommerce brands. He’s as interested in how AI engines send traffic as he is in old-fashioned rankings, and spends a lot of time testing how brands show up across search.
He started out running sports fan sites and early eCommerce stores, picked up a few senior sales and marketing roles at ASX-listed companies, then decided to build the kind of SEO agency he actually wanted to work at. Outside work, James is usually being out-negotiated by his three daughters, hosting very serious pretend tea parties, or supervising yet another cubby house build in the lounge room.
