Keywords

What is hidden behind the term “keyword” and why do you need it?

In online marketing, keywords are the words or phrases entered by the user in the input field of a search engine, such as Google. A distinction is made here between

• Short-tail keywords: Search terms that consist of only one or two words and thus have a high search volume. Attention: The term “high search volume” is to be seen relatively. Keywords with low search volume can also be important for your industry if your subject area is very specific.
• Long-tail keywords: Combinations of search terms that are related to your topic. Long-tail keywords can be phrases or sometimes even completely formulated questions, which reduces the search volume.
  Advantage: You can give more targeted answers to the user’s search query.

The search volume of your keywords is the total number of queries from users within a specific period of time. The right keywords, integrated into the texts of your company website, will help you and your company to be easily found on the internet.

What are the types of keywords?

For the user there are different possibilities to get the answer to his search intention via search engines. In turn, you have the opportunity to lead the user through your site to the goal.

Your keyword research

To find the right keywords for your target audience, you should do a little brainstorming, in which you collect the phrases that your target group uses. Document your list of keyword ideas in an Excel list. This will help you to structure your research later on, and you can expand and filter it as you wish.

Helpful tools for your research

For your research on the right keywords you have a countless amount of different tools at your disposal. We show you here our selection of tools, how you can quickly and easily get your phrases.

1. Google Suggest
   This tool shows you suggested search terms as soon as you enter the first letter of your keyword in the search bar, for example. This gives you an overview of which phrases are searched for in connection with your keywords. In the search results, you will also be shown “Similar search queries”, from which you can take further relevant words.

2. Google Keyword- Planner
   The Google Keyword Planner is one of the most popular tools of Google Ads. It is the only tool that provides reliable data on the search volume on Google. Here you can use your keyword list to evaluate how high the search volume is for your search term and the user interest based on the result. This way you can search for specific phrases and check if they are interesting enough.
   In addition, the Google Keyword Planner directly suggests other possible search terms, which you can integrate into your content.

3. Keyword-Tools.org
   This is a quick and easy alternative to the Google Keyword Planner. Under the tab “Research” you can enter your search term and get a small analysis of your keyword. This tool also shows you the search volume and CPC, as well as the strength of the competition in Google Ads. The disadvantage: The number of searches is limited per day with this tool.

4. AnswerThePublic
   This tool is especially suitable for finding your long-tail keywords. With this analysis tool you get at a glance of questions of the users in connection with your search term. This way you can easily incorporate the other matching phrases into the content of your page. The number of searches per day is also limited with this tool.

What is the difference between SEO keywords and search terms?

A search term is what you enter into the search field of a search engine. A keyword is what the web is ultimately searched for. Keywords are always spelled correctly, while a search term can also be entered incorrectly by the user. Thus, there can often be several search terms for one and the same phrase.

Use your keyword in different variations

When writing your texts, you should not commit yourself exclusively to one keyword. It makes sense to define a main keyword, but make sure to use synonyms and word combinations of this keyword in your texts, and not to limit your content rigidly to one keyword.