Comments on: Reader Poll : Selecting Keywords

By: jayjay

jayjay — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:02:30 +0000

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By: Crafty Green Poet

Crafty Green Poet — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:09:15 +0000

I would go for Pet Portrait or Custom Pet Portrait. I couldn't vote in the poll because it wouldn't load. Crafty Green Poet's last blog post..Mother of Pearl Clouds

By: kim

kim — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:11:30 +0000

A great post. I work with SEO experts at my agency when I develop websites. You are on the right track! If you really want to know the exact phrases, the people I work with for keywords and copywriting can really help anyone zero in on the exact strategy. It don’t cost as much as one would think to do this.

By: Bob Walton

Bob Walton — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:02:52 +0000

FYI – a KEI score of 100 or better is optimal to obtain high and quick ranking with search engines using basic SEO approaches. The lower the number, the more competitive the phrase is, and the harder it is to rank high with it; not impossible, just hard.

Here are the analytical search results:

“pet portrait artist”
KEI = 0.014
Competing sites = 20,700

“pet portraits” (includes ‘pet portrait’ within the phrase)
KEI = 0.011
Competing sites = 1,080,000

“custom painting” (too generic, includes auto, house, etc)
KEI = 0.000
Competing sites = 2,230,000

“paint my pet”
KEI = 0.013
Competing sites = 720 (however, not many people search using this exact phrase compared to the others)

“pet art”
KEI = 0.001
Competing sites = 628,000

“custom pet portrait” (the plural yielded the below result)
KEI = 0.001
Competing sites = 30,500

This is all I have time for. It looks like your first phrase, “pet portrait artist” and the third phrase, “paint my pet” have the best potential. However, a full detailed search would likely result in a much sought after phrase that would be easier to optimize for; that’s known as optimizing for ‘low hanging fruit’.

Anyway, I eventually do plan to optimize for the phrase “pet portrait artist” (It’s a natural fit, and I have one or two pet portrait artists in my directory already). I would be happy to feature you on that future page if you were in my directory.

Bottom line, if you optimize for that phrase, and I feature you on a page that is similarly optimized, it will help boost your potential SE results because an authoritative Portrait Artist’s Website would have a link to you. It’s a win-win.

I wish you the best in building your business!

By: Bob Walton

Bob Walton — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:10:32 +0000

There are paid services that help mine exactly what people are searching for, and rate the keywords by an analysis of phrases used & the number of competing websites for those phrases. It’s know as KEI (keyword effectiveness index). It’s one of the tools that SEO professionals employ in optimizing websites.

Though under construction, nearly every page on my portraits gallery site has been crafted based on keyword phrase research, along with other proprietary tools, to strategically build each page for optimization.

It takes many, many pages before one can rank high with search engines for generic key phrases such as “portrait artists” or “art supplies” but done right, you can climb higher every week.

Larger companys pay thousands monthly for SEO services because of the benefits it brings them. Employed correctly, especially with sales sites, there are financial benefits as well.

I will post again as soon as I run an analysis of the phrases you are having folks vote on and I’ll give you what the search engines say about it.

By: June

June — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:59:01 +0000

I voted for Pet Portrait Artist; Pet Portrait; and Dog Portrait/Cat Portrait. :yes: June's last blog post..Friday Fact- Political Mascots

By: Renee

Renee — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:11:38 +0000

That's the tough thing about googling...I never know quite what to search for to find what I'm looking for. I try just about everything. Sometimes I type in a question, like "How do I draw a cat?" Luckily google helps me out with suggestions. Renee's last blog post..Pizzagna recipe

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:34:26 +0000

I would say Pet + painting + custom But then again, I would just email you to do it so there would be no need to do a sill old search! :pilot: Kimberly's last blog post..MNACP

By: Mom

Mom — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:56:41 +0000

I tried to vote but it hung, so I don’t think it went through.