So why am I making this post here? Well, this is to demonstrate how to get a site indexed in Google very quickly. This is what I have done so far:

• did some keyword research using the Google External Keyword Research Tool and came up with the phrase 'port isaac cottages' to try and target
• registered www.portisaaccottages.com with Go Daddy
• Set up some CPanel hosting (in the UK)
• installed a Wordpress blog using Fantastico (this comes with most CPanel hosting)
• added the Semiologic Pro theme to the blog
• OCR'd the leaflet Adam gave me and scanned the photos
• Added the content to 'pages' (rather than 'posts') in the Wordpress blog
• Made a blog post called 'Port Isaac Cottages'
• Grabbed the RSS and pinged it at Pingomatic
• Installed a plugin to create a XML Google Sitemap
• verified and added the site and site map using Google Webmaster Tools
• Added Google Analytics
• Dugg the blog post and pinged the RSS feeds from Digg
• Social Bookmarked the post using Del.icio.us and pinged the RSS feed from that
• Made this blog post linking to the new site with the anchor text Port Isaac Cottages

I'll have a rest now and see what happens.

Google's External Keyword Tool is a great resource that I use a lot when trying to get a feel for a new niche and for good keywords to use in that niche. What I like about Google's tool is it's flexibility. You can type in a less specific keyword and it will return you a whole list of more specific keywords. You can also type in the URL of a website and Google's tool will tell you what keywords it "sees" that website optimized for.

When you get your results you'll see the results in columns labeled "Advertiser Competition", "Search Volume", " and finally "Avg Search Volume."

"Advertiser Competition" is basically a guide to how competitive a given keyword is. The more colored the bar, the more competitive. "Search Volume" is just that, search volume compared with all other terms that Google tracks. Note: Search volume is for a given month. "Average Search Volume" is a 12-month average.

The bars are not comparisons. Google says they are "quantitative measures", but you can only get a gut feel for how many searches are done, or what the competition is.

Unfortunately, there's no good way to get solid numbers about how many times a certain keyword phrase is searched without using a paid tool, like WordTracker. So you have to basically use your head.

You can, however, sort these lists by the three column heads. Just click on "Advertiser Competition" for instance, and your list will be sorted by that. Or you can sort it by search volume.

What should you be looking for here?

That all depends on your goals. If your paying for your traffic through a pay per click (PPC) type program, then you would want to look for keywords that have less advertiser competition. If your doing what I normally do, which is get your traffic through search engine optimization, then you'll want to go for keywords that get a lot of search volume. (A small piece of a big pie is better than a big piece of a small pie!)

One feature I really love about Google's external tool is the "Website Content" feature.

If you want to send traffic to your site with PPC, then it's very important that Google see your site and your landing page as relevant to the ad you write. Otherwise you can see your cost per click go through the roof! A great way to keep this from happening is to run your website through this tool!

Think about it! When Google returns a list of keywords to you that it's found on your site, there's a very good probability that they think those keywords are relevant to the content of the site.

In other words, those keywords are less likely to have their prices jacked up by Google.

To learn more about how to promote your website, download my free ebook: Five Steps to Web Profits!

Lee Cole is an successful internet marketer who can help you get your internet business up and running, and most importantly–profitable! To learn more, visit Lee's website!

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