According to OneStat.com, the largest portion of searches contains two words. So, why do you guys need to know that? Well, just yesterday I wrote “Add HTML Meta Tags to Increase Your Traffic/SEO” which included meta keywords tag. The hint is to include keyword(s), preferably two words.
Based on OneStat.com, internet users who type two words in a search engine accounted for 31.9 percent searches worldwide. Just think about that for a second; almost one-third of internet users type two words while looking things up in search engines.
Three-word phrases are the second highest with 27 percent of searches, followed by single word searches accounting for 15.2 percent and lastly, four words for 14.8 percent.
Again, how does this help you as a website owner or a blogger? Well, for SEO you need to know these types of things. You need to focus on what works, the percentages, how this information will help you get MORE traffic to your site.
I’m sure a lot of you guys pay for advertisements with Google Adwords to get your site name out there, and to do so, you have to come up with keywords.
Here’s a helpful hint – include two words then three words to maximize your searches.
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Very interesting tip. So instead of optimizing for SEO I would optimize for “Search Optimization” and then “Search Engine Optimization” and then “SEO”?
A colleague, my wife, says don’t bother optimizing for singles because 1 they are too broad, and 2 they have a lower conversion rate.
Interesting to note. Maybe thats just because there are simply more 2 word searches…hmm theres an interesting idea..
I actually just wrote an article on my site that looks at the need to look at stats objectively. I actually reach a different conclusion. The article will be up tomorrow.