Keyword search volume question

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So there is a great thread on this forum listing many great online tools for keyword research. However, as someone new to this kind of marketing, I am not certain if the numbers I am looking at are good or not.

When I search for keywords in Keyword Discovery, Wordtracker, etc, what is a good search volume? How many searches approx. should a keyword phrase be receiving to warrant moving forward with it?

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I understand the concept of comparing the search volume to the number of competing results to judge competition levels. But even if that ratio is good, I imagine it's still not work fussing over if the total number of searches is only 1,000 for a month.

Problem is that all these keyword tools seem to give very different numbers for search volume. Either that or I am not reading them correctly.
 
depends how baller you are. some people wont bother with anything less than 100,000 search p/m - people like me will try make some petty cash from 3,000.
 
ryaninzion said:
The numbers on the free version of Wordtracker are estimated searches per day, correct?
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No, all keyword tools are estimates based on a portion of all search engine traffic. They are all wildly inaccurate. That said, if you almost double the wordtracker number that supposedly gives you about the number of google searches per day.

But like I said they are all inaccurate. You can only use them as a guideline and test, test, test. Best bet is to cross check between multiple kw tools and a trend tool like google trends.
 
Go for RELEVANCE!

Aim for relevance.. Especially if you're only doing cost-per-sale..
What would you type if you were a buyer?

No need to focus on number of searches, etc..

Same goes if you're doing article marketing..

If you plan on doing something else (like adsense),
then it's a different story..
 
zul200289 said:
Go for RELEVANCE!

Aim for relevance.. Especially if you're only doing cost-per-sale..
What would you type if you were a buyer?

No need to focus on number of searches, etc..

Same goes if you're doing article marketing..

If you plan on doing something else (like adsense),
then it's a different story..
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You need both relevance and traffic, unless you are just throwing shit at a wall hoping something will stick. Why waste your time. For example if I'm trying to sell TV's I would like to know if sony tv reviews and sharp tv reviews have some traffic, then I can look at competition and trends. If I find out magnavox tv reviews has no traffic then I don't want to bother with it.
 
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