Wordtracker - How Many Daily Searches Would Be Considered Productive?

Would 500 be considered a good starting point or do I need a higher number?

[Christyl Stevens]

I would like to know what you think is a fairly decent number of daily searches according to Wordtracker that I should concentrate on to receive a "productive" number of visitors.

While I understand that the more daily searches a keyword phrase has, the more "productive" it will be, but I also know that it will also be more competitive.

I am thinking along the lines of 500 daily searches (Web wide) would be a good starting point to optimize for.

Do you agree and what would be your choice for the amount of daily searches (Web wide)?

TIA

[ogletree]

It is not that simple. Sometimes a very small traffic word can be the most profitable. Widgets may get a ton of traffic but "buying blue widgets" will convert better. For me I can get a ton of hits for disease but disease lawyer will get me more clients. You want keywords that convert. I could spend all my time trying to get to the top of some really popular word and not make any money in the process. Start with the easy ones you can get there faster. The other day I found a word that Overture says only gets 30 hits a month. I put that phrase as anchor text on another site and I was number 1 a few days later. I also made the title only that phrase. Find yourself 30 or so phrases that you can get to the top quick you will probably make more than getting to the top for just 1 or 2 popular competitive keywords. Also that way you get some confidence in your SEO ability. Starting out trying to get words that are popular can be a real let down.

Also remember to take word tracker with a grain of salt. It is just a tool you will find out eventually which words are best for you.

Here is some good reading [webmasterworld.com]