SEO A Comprehensive Handbook on Analyzing SERP and Assessing Keyword Competition

[Sniperinstinct]

Fantastic guide! I plan to revisit it whenever I have more time.

Just to clarify, are you suggesting that these three high-volume keywords are good opportunities to rank for, according to your guide? Apologies if this seems like a basic question. As I mentioned, I'll go through your guide again when I have more time, but I wanted to confirm.

Try what I mentioned in the article and you might find out. I haven’t looked into them much, so I can't be sure. I can only share my first thoughts.

Great guide, but I'm a bit confused about what to do with a keyword that has 250 monthly searches when applying the 0.25 KGR score rule you mentioned. Isn't that already a pretty low search volume?

How often people search for a word isn't the most important thing. It's more important to figure out how valuable a word is than just looking at how many times it's searched.

 

[PlentySilver]

Thank you for the detailed and helpful guide!

 

[Sniperinstinct]

If anyone has questions, don't hesitate to ask!

 

[Newagen]

If anyone has questions, don't hesitate to ask!

I need to read it all and understand it first. I'll come back to ask you later. Thanks!

 

[JuzLuc]

Is it right to say that if the allintitle result is around 250 or less, a website will show up in the top 100?

 

[Octatpo]

Great guide, @Holzr! You did an amazing job. I've been using the KGR method for a while, and it works sometimes. But, like you said, it's not just about the numbers. Awesome explanation, and I hope to see more like this in the future!

 

[Bergires]

I've been waiting for a thread like this, so thanks a lot!

 

[Hungswer]

Does that mean I shouldn’t look for keywords with more than 250 searches each month?

 

[Sniperinstinct]

Is it right to say that if the allintitle result is around 250 or less, a website will show up in the top 100?

Take the number of Google results that include the keyword phrase in the title and divide it by the local monthly search volume (LMS), but only if the LMS is under 250.

If the Keyword Golden Ratio (KGR) is below 0.25, your page should rank in the top 100 once it’s indexed.

If you have a keyword with 250 monthly searches and 250 "allintitle" results, then the KGR is 1.00.

When the KGR is between 0.25 and 1, your page should still rank in the top 250 fairly quickly.

Does that mean I shouldn’t look for keywords with more than 250 searches each month?

No, you should look at the monthly value of each keyword, not just the search volume. The KGR formula usually works for keywords with less than 250 monthly searches, but if you want to calculate KGR for keywords with more than 250 searches, use the rule of 63.

 

[Emporing]

Saved, printed, bookmarked, downloaded, framed... this is just crazy! Thanks!

 

[FinestNyc]

It's awesome, dude!

 

[WalkerWunder]

This guide is really cool. Thanks to this info, this forum is like a treasure!

 

[Shmoenevo]

Can someone explain this to me?

I have a Blogspot site with a Domain Authority (DA) of around 5. When I search for the exact title of a post from my site (about 5-8 words), my website doesn't show up on Google, no matter if the article is 400 words or 1600 words. But if I search the same title on Google Images, one of my images shows up in the first 5 results. I don’t have any backlinks, just a few shares on Facebook, and the pages are already indexed.

It’s weird how Google tends to show pages from websites with a DA of 40-90+ instead of showing results from smaller sites with better-optimized content for a search. I'm talking about post titles, not long-tail keywords, and my site doesn’t show up in search until I look for the same title in Google Images.

 

[Facerens]

Thanks a lot for sharing this! This article should definitely be pinned!

 

[Sniperinstinct]

Ahrefs posted an awesome article on their blog about search intent—definitely worth checking out!"

Search Intent in SEO: What It Is & How to Optimize for It

Give searchers what they want.

ahrefs.com

 

[Wannakers]

Great guide, I’ve saved it!

 

[Sleyouot]

Saved it! Awesome!

 

[Hippoon]

I read through this article, and I have to say it's really helpful. I do have a question though. I found a long-tail keyword with 2,900 monthly searches and a KGR of 0.0055. This means there are only 16 results for the exact match in the title. Do you think it's possible to rank for this keyword in the top 10 on Google?