Get Your Search Insights From Google
Posted by Mert Erkal on Oct 26, 2008 in Blogging | 8 comments
There is one thing common for every bloggers. We are desperately seeking for more people to visit our blogs. There are so many ways to increase a blog’s traffic. I mentioned my ways in How I Quadrupled My Blog’s Traffic In 3 Months. But it was before the Google Insights for Search. With this amazing tool, every blogger can now see what the world is searching for, and compare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, and time frames.
How Can We Use Google Insights for Search for Daily Blogging
Frankly, Google Insights is a treasure I have been looking for quite a very long time. Before the Google Insights, I was using tools like Hittail to keep track of keywords that bring traffic to my blog via search engines. You may read my old post How To Track Your Keywords with HitTail to see how I was managing that.
- With the launch of Google Insights now we can reach Google’s search engine database from 2004-present, see the search trends for a given search term, narrow search data to specific categories, and even see the seasonality of a specific search term.
- Affiliate marketers can now anticipate demand for the products they are promoting. They can also see the regional interest for their product by reaching out the search volume distribution across regions and cities.
- You can now check the possible search terms related to your post before publishing. This will give you the chance to create a title with those search terms, which in return will bring you more traffic from search engines. You may also add the hot search terms you get from Google Insights as tags.
- Google Insights also provides you the rising searches for a given search term. Include these rising searches in your title, and get even more traffic into your blog.
- You can also compare a few keywords at the same time. This comes handy if you are not sure which keyword will bring you the highest traffic at a given time.
- You can see local search trends by filtering into countries. A breakdown of cities are also included. If you are blogging about New York and for the people in New York, then there is no point in getting the search trends in Patagonia.
All in all Google Insights for Search is a very practical blogging tool for every blogger. If used regularly with the Google Analytics, the positive impact will be higher. Also you may check Most Useful Free Google Marketing Tools for Bloggers.
Do you have any other idea on how to use Google Insights for Search for our daily blogging?
Another great resourse Mert. It shows interest in Internet Marketing (internet+marketing) has dropped over time. It was tough too stop playing with – oops, I mean testing :0 different search terms long enough to come back and comment. Thanks for sharing.
@ Brian: I am glad that you like it my friend. This will certainly help us increase our traffic.
Hi, Mert
I definitely need to take full advantage of Google insights, I already use Google alerts. Thanks for the reminder my friend.
Bloghology is GROWING! These are exciting times for the blogosphere. Depending on one’s blog topic, there are creative ways incorporate buzz terms into your blog.
Thanks. I know that I will use this tool. I can always count on you can’t I!? I am awake now and I am ready for work (staying home from school coz of possibly frctured ankle)! I will sign up for it…………………..NOW!!! lol ttyl
Why did no body told me about this tool, Thanks a lot for the great post. This tool really serves my online business and now I can do better ROI analysis
@ Eugene: I am glad that it works for you. Most popular bloggers are talking about the same concepts over and over again. I want to break free this by giving some value adding information to my readers.
Hi, Mert
Well as promised I have checked out this smooth tool from Google, was using it and actually got kinda carried away. meaning I forgot I was even working just then…
for those that don’t get this type of free information man do i feel for you!!
STRAIGHTALK
Insights can be useful in determining a new market. A wine distributor may be looking to expand into new markets. By entering in wine + vino, and comparing the data across multiple countries, such as Argentina, Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela, the distributor can get a sense of where interest is more prevalent.