Category
Demand
Plays for finding what people search and choosing which queries to target.
Filler Marginal Moves the needle
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Build the product around a keyword
Most products are launched first and searched for later, if ever.
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Target striking-distance keywords in Search Console
Pages rank just below the first page for queries they barely mention.
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Find query clusters with regex in Search Console
Thousands of queries hide the patterns behind them.
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Mine Reddit and forums for keywords
Keyword tools miss the way people actually phrase their problems.
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Target what already works for a competitor
You do not know which topics bring traffic in your niche.
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Fix keyword cannibalization with Search Console
Two of your pages seem to compete for the same query.
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Believe that fixing cannibalization multiplies traffic
Case studies promise dramatic traffic gains from fixing cannibalization.
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Check the top 10 results before writing
Pages target a keyword without matching what Google shows for it.