Thanks for the great resources you offer and the $5 a day ebook is just awesome for building quick and fast.

As always, I am in awe of the guru,
Rhonda Morin

@Kevin. That’s pretty cool. Can you reveal how you implemented your strategy? Was it just article marketing (how many articles?), or did you also use social techniques, directories, linking services, whatever?

@kumaran. There are a few tools available to help with writing. One that I know of is called Whitesmoke. Do some searches with “writing tools” and “help with writing” and I’m sure some others will pop up. Or, you could try one of these: [links removed - please read comment policy]

any tips or ideas from you ?

@ Garage Floor – Taking the average PR into consideration kinda eliminates the need, but I would certainly look at the competitors backlinks when doing more in-depth research. Like I said, this is simply a “down and dirty” type technique for quick, fairly accurate keyword research. It isn’t and shouldn’t be perceived as an “ultimate” keyword research strategy!

@ Rick – When doing my keyword research for my mini-sites, yes.

@ Walt – Sounds like it Sounds to me like you’re trying to shoot something down based on one-time research. I do it and it works, but it’s always hit or miss. No keyword tool is 100% accurate, not even Google’s! None of them tell you which keywords are seasonal, which keywords has more or less competition analysis searches etc.

@ Sophie – 1. Sounds like that means they don’t have any TB PR. 2. No I don’t… the only SERPS I’m interested in are the top 10, so who cares about the rest? not me!

@ Andy – 1600 searches a month is very low. To answer all of your questions I would need to sit down and look at your site, analyze your competition etc. I can do that at http://www.CoachingWithJosh.com/ but unfortunately not here at the moment… too much going on.

@ David – I wouldn’t say the “purpose” matters, but the technique does. If I’m targeting more competitive phrases for a more authoritative site I would certainly do more in-depth research. This is my technique primarily for small, niche mini-sites.

@ Charles – Unfortunately I can’t help you with that… wish I could, but I’ve never personally done any keyword research for the UK.

@ Shiva – It all depends on what you’re doing. Stick with the one you undestand the most. btw, you were probably looking at the daily numbers on seo book and the monthly numbers on Google. Also, keep in mind, SEO book shows results for google, yahoo and msn, while google only shows google.

@ Review FAQ – Sure, go for it… I just don’t like to gamble. Best of luck with your excellent strategy

@ Vince – You can only see the toolbar PR… Google doesn’t show the actual PR anywhere.

@ Dave – Not sure I understand the questions, sorry.

@ Cat – No because I could care less how many pages have the phrase in their title. I care about the strength of the top 10.

@ Walt – I use SEO Book, so yeah it’s ok. I’d say you have a good shot at obtaining a top 10 rankings… thats what it’s all about.

@ Trevor – Whoever told you that is thinking too much. Most small sites don’t even need a sitemap and whether or not you’re using adsense in irrelevant!

As far as your internal linking structure, it all depends on your site(s.) I’d have to see them. If you want my personal help, you may want to check out http://www.CoachingWithJosh.com/

@ Paula & Rick K – Who cares how many you’re competing with? I care about how strong the top 10 are, because that’s what I’m shooting for.

I like to search Google with the Quotes on also because sometimes you find gems with hardly any exact matches.

Always looking for super gem keywords.

Rick
I only put the quote in front of the keyword before pasting in the keyword to save on my typing time.

Thanks

I’m getting better at keyword research with each passing day, and sessions like these help very much.

I have a Q about the minisite itself though.

I read in a forum, that one should submit their site|sitemap to Google first without the adsense,
and then when it gets indexed, to then insert the adsense.

Is this something we have to do, or does it not apply in these instances.

Also, should I link my pages to each other such as 1-2, 2-3,3-4 etc.,
with a copyright, sitemap, privacy and contact etc?.

I’m new and also anal about this type of issue, so excuse my ignorance at this point please.

I want to learn from people who know what there
talking about and that’s why I’m here.

Thanks to all for the knowledge.

Trevor