Search Engine Keywords - What Do People Search ForBryan Brandenburg Do you ever wonder how people search for things on the Internet What if you knew exactly what words they typed when using a search engine If youre marketing a product or service its extremely insightful to know what are the most popular search terms relating to whatever youre marketing. The Overture Company Overture.com is a Yahoo! company that supplies the Pay Per Click infrastructure for Yahoo! and other websites on the Internet. If you do a search on Yahoo! youll see anywhere from 1-3 paid promotions appear at the top of the search page and then others at the end. These are paid advertiser listings and they come from Overture. The Overture Search Tool In order to maximize the number of clicks on their network, Overture supplies a keyword tool so that their customers know which are the most popular keywords relating to their product of service. This way when an Overture customer selects keywords to advertise on, they can pick the ones that are most popular or the ones that most precisely relate to their product or service. This generates more revenue for Overture and more clicks for advertisers. Anyone Can Use the Search Tool Fortunately you dont have to be a customer of Overture to use the search tool. Click Here http://www.content.overture.com/d/USm/ays/ to find the search tool; its at the bottom of the page. How to Use the Search Tool The best way to get started is to type in a major word associated with your business. For example if youre in the marketing business, heres the top 10 search terms and their search count. Search Count Term 1253354 direct marketing 460115 internet marketing 380450 marketing 76542 business marketing small 48494 email marketing 44160 marketing web site 43064 advertising marketing 42613 network marketing 42414 business marketing 31484 health care marketing This search count number represents about 20% of the Internet so multiply it by 5 to get an approximate number of searches for the entire web, i.e. the total searches for email marketing are 48494*5=242470 searches across the Internet every month. How to Use the Data The value of this search tool goes far beyond just determining popular search terms. Heres a few ways to use the tool for market research:
Make Informed Decisions from Now On The Overture Search tool takes the guesswork out of many of your marketing decisions, from choosing Pay Per Click keywords, to determining the next market your company should pursue. Take a look today and youll be amazed at the wealth of information that is available. You can try the search tool now on the Overture website at the following URL http://www.content.overture.com/d/USm/ays/.
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