Publicly revealing your search terms, is well, like giving away one of your secret formulas. My advice?
Don’t do it – most of the time.
But, I like sharing. And, thanks to my Chicago Cicada Watch Journal post, Wired PR Works is attracting as much attention as a new tree gets from, ummm, a cicada crowd. Stringing together Chicago + Cicada + Watch in the blog’s title is an SEO headline I purposely wrote to generate engine search traffic.
The traffic flood will fade away in a few weeks when the cicadas disappear for another 17 years. For now, I’m tracking the interest and my Google rankings on terms that have nothing to do with what I do.
Is this an exercise in futility? I don’t think so. While most of the cicada searchers who find their way here are more interested in bugs than PR/marketing, my blog’s intent is to sometimes entertain/educate with personal insights and images – and measure SEO response.
Top search terms for the past seven days – note that the number of searches column is missing . . .
Try copying them to see where they land on Google – on page one, in many cases.
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2007-06-04 Search |
| cicada watch |
| who ever lived |
| cicada watch chicago |
| ezinearticles.com |
| CICADAS WATCH CHICAGOLAND |
| ninentdo wii console |
| CICADIA BUGS NOISE |
| wordpress.com growing blogs |
| cicada chicago watch |
| video testimonials trade shows examples |
| msn wired writing |
| cicada update chicago |
| where are the cicadas chicago |
| chicagoland cicadas |
| nonprofit marketing survey results |
| Note: search term for personal name removed for privacy reasons |
| cicada watch chicago area |
| last link gregg crawford book review |
chicago cicadas |
| book publicist chicago |
| traditional marketing versus new |
| viral marketing 2007 |
| meerman scott internet publicity |
| become subject matter expert |
| where are the chicago cicadas |
| non profit marketing charity raise aware |
| “smart ways” bridgestone |
| article of reality show |
| Commercial charity PR campaigns |
| expectations of a subject matter expert |
| WSJ BEST SELLER BOOKS. NON-FICTION |
| wired writing |
| Holiday PR |
| walmart glen ellyn |
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| repel cicada off deck |
2007-06-03
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Search |
| cicada watch chicago |
chicago cicada |
| Linkedin + best profile |
| cicada watch 2007 |
| cicada chicago |
| cicadas watch chicago |
| cicada watch |
| online user stats |
| telkybanya |
| cicada watch in chicago |
| Gregg Crawford mp3 |
| facebook marketing +user stats |
| online book publicity companies |
| wired writing for msn |
| sponsorship perspective |
| cicadas watch |
| cicadia in chicago |
| “nintendo wii” sears |
| netting´s watch |
| Al lautenslager |
| cicadia mating |
| become a subject expert |
| buy $249 nintendo wii |
2007-06-02
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Search |
| cicada watch chicago |
| cicada watch |
chicago cicada watch |
Chicago cicadas |
| marketing and network and viral and case |
chicago cicadas |
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| the last link gregg crawford reviews |
| cicadia in chicago |
CHICAGO CICADA |
| Note: search term for personal name removed for privacy reasons |
| 100 growing blogs in wordpress |
2007-06-01
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Search |
chicago cicadas |
chicago cicada 2007 |
| cicada watch |
| cicada watch chicago |
chicago cicadas 2007 |
| cicada watch 2007 |
| video teleseminars |
| cicada netting for the house |
| David Meerman Scott “The New Rules of PR |
| Cicada Watch |
| simpleology book bestseller list |
| The Secret Questions discussion |
| online advertising success nonprofit |
| simpleology book seminar |
| cicada chicago watch |
| oprah on larry king video |
| cicada chicago numbers 2007 |
| Project Runway, publicity |
| the last link by Greg Crawford |
| profile of subject matter expert |
| snow scene |
| wired contest google |
| marc Harty bio |
| Oprah Larry King book |
| becoming a media subject matter expert |
chicago cicada watch |
| subject matter on non profit marketing |
| Cicada watch in Chicago |
| harry potter and the order of the poenix |
Chicago Cicada |
| chicago-cicada |
| going on strike “sears” employees |
| cicada chicago |
chicago cicadas may 2007 |
| pr newswire times square photo |
2007-05-31
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Search |
| cicada watch |
Chicago cicada watch |
Chicago cicadas |
chicago cicadas |
| cicada watch chicago |
| cicadae chicago |
| cicada chicago watch |
| columbus day video |
| cicadas in chicago |
| AFFILIATE EZINE SUBSCRIPTION |
CHICAGO CICada WATCH |
| cat cicadas |
chicago cicada cam |
| tv news traffic videocam |
| fuel4Arts |
chicago area cicada watch |
| marketing article dove |
| snowy |
| cicada in Chicago |
chicago cicada |
| nonprofit marketing |
| the last link by greg crawford |
| viral marketing 2007 |
chicago cicada watch |
| how to get sponsors for a non profit eve |
| ‘glen ellyn’ blog site |
| cicada watch 2007 |
| cicadia, sound |
| kmart + nintendo wii |
| expertclick.com |
| species chicago cicada |
2007-05-30
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Search |
| cicada watch |
| cicada watch 2007 |
chicago cicadas |
| LIVE CAM, TIMES SQUARE BILLBOARD |
chicago cicada |
chicago cicada watch |
| cicadia song |
| the secret author oprah |
| cicada watch chicago |
| end of cicada season Chicago |
| operations in public realtions |
| CICADA WATCH |
| PR response to Youtube branding |
| Cicada watch |
| Special Events profit |
danville il cicada |
| Best non profit special events |
| barbara and “pr blog” |
| last link author |
chicago cicada bugs |
| quiznos executives |
| web marketing seminar atlanta |
chicago cecada bugs |
| “become a subject matter expert” |
| dove advertisements pr |
| Cicada Watch |
| cicadas chicago suburbs |
| Trade Show traffic building ideas for no |
chicago cicada repellent |
| how to become a publicist |
| kitchenwalk.org |
| wired writing |
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5 thoughts on “Blog Search Terms | SEO Headlines Generate Traffic”
<p>Interesting! Wow, I hope you don’t feel to exposed 😉 “Nintendo Wii” wierd, I get some traffic from that search for one of my sites. I keep finding your site when I do searches. It must be destiny! 😉 Anyway, nice info
“Wii Fit” is now overtaking “Nintendo Will” for number of times searches land here. What is it? A personal trainer on the Wii, of course. Jason, I have a feeling we’ll be talking again real soon. 🙂
Heyy I Like Wat U R Doin
I didn’t realize Wii Fit was so popular. I mean, I knew it was really popular, but so popular as to have more searches than Nintendo Wii? Then again, it might have to do with the fact that all those people searching for Nintendo Wii now own one, and need to get some fun stuff for it.
.-= Noah´s last blog ..CRM Systems Should Be About Relationships With People =-.
this is very interesting. thanks for sharing!