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Google Trends is the untold hero of my blog.
Google trends is my hero. I'd almost given up blogging. I actually was about to call it completely quits this past summer.
I was making maybe $20 per month, and working my ass off. Then I saw a post at digital point forums, someone said they'd heard someone had gotten a lot of hits by using google trends, they were wondering if this was really possible.
Not one to wait for an answer, I went out and did my own experimenting. I wrote a blog using the keywords "Hurricane Gustav Track", now my blog has nothing to do about weather, but my blog got hammered from that one blog post.
I was sold. Since then I've been working feverishly posting google trends posts and have been very happy with my results. Let's just say it's gotten me out of the 9-5 and now I'm making a full-time living blogging.
Here is my easy to follow system for using google trends.
Step 1: Bring up Google Trends in your browser.
Step 2: Browse all the hot topics. Write down any hot keyword phrases that appear more than once, or are related to other keywords.
When there are multiple related words showing up in google trends, these are very hot topic items. You will get a huge influx of search engine traffic by targeting these keywords in a post.
Step 3: Research. Once you've chosen your topic, or 'trend' you now click on the trend, and it will show you news and blog posts related to this trend. I choose to look through the blog posts.
As you see I click on 'Blog Posts', then I find some blog posts to read to find more info on the topic.
Normally I ignore sites that list a whole bunch of keywords in bold - these are generally google trends spammers. Instead I look for sites that have a good description of the post that I like. Sometimes though it's hard to figure out which is which without visiting the site. Unless it's a popular site like Huffington Post.
I visit the related blog posts to get some ideas about what to write, I generally write down a few of the important keypoints.
Step 4. Write the blog post. I make it very informative. I make sure to use each related keyword phrase at least 2-3 times in the blog post. This will bring in more search engine traffic by helping you rank higher.
Step 5. Pingbacks. Lastly I add at least 5 links to related blog posts. I generally try to find posts that are running on wordpress, as I know wordpress blogs generally at least have the ability to get a link back via trackback.
Step 6. Use a picture. Many people when searching will find your site from google images. You should as a rule try and have an image with every blog post, not just those tailored to Google Trends.
Step 7. Analyze. Now that you've written your post - analyze your traffic and see where they're coming from. You should notice a huge surge of traffic directly from google.
Using these techniques I've been able to take my blog to a whole new level. From less than 1000 pageviews daily to 4,000 to 10,000+ per day. I've also been able to bring in 1,000-2,000 unique hits daily.
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