How to Choose Keywords for Google AdWords
submitted: Apr 28th 2008 |
by: KirtChristensen |
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Most people know the foundation upon which Google's Adwords is based-creating an ad using specified keywords so that when a consumer searches for that exact topic Google will be able to display the ad alongside the ranks of search results.
These advertisers with Google can see ever expanding growth in the number of people seeing their ads, thereby deleting the necessity for the advertiser to use more risky advertising ploys.
How does a marketer go about choosing these keywords? What element makes one keyword list more viable that the other? Why doesn't a third bring in the viewers like the other two? Advertisers can utilize a variety of techniques that can help them get as much exposure as possible.
First thing to do is to have a brainstorming session, think of the service or product and write down all the words that come to mind. Include everything specific, general, crazy and serious. The sky is the limit.
With this big list of keywords in hand, move keywords that are most pertinent to the subject and put them onto a final keyword list, don't leave out words that would help the ads to be posted on more general searches as well.
Important to note here is that when keywords are not specific enough they will get too many results and the internet surfer won't see them because internet surfers tend to have a very limited attention span, meaning that if it isn't in the first 5 search result pages then they won't stick around to see it.
Happily a searcher once he gets frustrated with this too much information tends to hone his search using more specific keywords or phrases. When both general and closely related keyword phrases in the list a marketer increases his chances of getting his adds seen by the searchers.
Utilizing this new keyword list, the next place to go would be Google's keyword finding tool to add still more related words that can help you along the road to success with your AdWords campaign.
Remember, as progress is made with the campaign, the clear goal and number one priority is to get those ads to the people who will most probably want to buy your goods or services (these are known as the target audience).
Directing keywords towards their needs and their popular phrases will ensure that the profits of an AdWords campaign are maximized with the minimal amount of capital required.
About the Author
Need to optimize or "fix" your Adwords & PPC campaigns? Kirt Christensen manages over $600k in PPC spending & knows what it takes to make your account hum! When it comes to ad words management, he's the man!
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