Everyone is abuzz with the recent news that the Google Adwords Tool was now displaying numbers instead of the graphs that didn’t really provide any useful information at all – other than, the keyword was getting some traffic.

Here is just one great use for the tool – finding great, keyword rich domain names.

I have used this process to find domain names before Google provided real numbers, now this technique is more relevant than ever.

1.  Go to the Keyword Tool , and type in one or two words about your niche, words you want in your domain.

2.  Scroll down to the bottom of the page after the tool has loaded the keywords.

3.  Click on “text” by Download all keywords:  This will allow you to open notepad and it will contain the keywords.

4.  Goto Godaddy.com – Goto Domains -> Bulk Register

5.  Copy and paste the keywords in the notepad file into the box.  Notice there is a 500 name limit.

6.  I suggest you only select .com names

7.  Enter the captcha numbers, click Go and watch it work.

Most keywords will already have a domain registered.  Scroll down to find those keywords that don’t have a domain registered yet.

I then copy the domains that are available form the bottom box and paste them into another notepad file.

I then scroll through the names looking for the best domain names.

Now, I will then take my top domain names and go back to the Google Keyword tool and look at the numbers.  I look at the estimated traffic and the competition.

If I think the traffic numbers are good, and the competition is reasonable, I will keep the keyword/domain on my list.

When I have narrowed my list down, I then do an exact search in Google, using quotes – example “fly fishing”.

I look to see how many pages I will be competing with, I like to keep this less than 30K.  I look to see if there are Adwords ads.

If there are no Adwords ads, the keyword probably does not pay – unless you have found a gold mine keyword, but that doesn’t happen much these days.

I also like to look at some of the top listings, to see if they are taking advantage of social marketing (have been stumbled).

If they are not taking advantage of social marketing, you may be able to work your way into the top 10 since you have the keyword in your domain and you will take advantage of social marketing.

I also like to look at the top 5 or so listed websites to see if they are taking advantage of on page SEO.

If I think I have a shot in the top 10, I will keep the domain on my list.

I will then take what I think will be the best domain, buy it and point it to my web host.

Now I have to write some content related to my domain keyword, and put it on my site, and apply some social marketing love to the content.

After this is done, I look for some affiliate programs to plug into the site.  If you can’t find an affiliate program related to your niche, you can always use Google Adsense.

This all takes a while, but if you get a good keyword, that gets a fair amount of traffic, with good content, and the keyword is in your domain, you stand a good chance of making money.

The worst that will happen is you’ll have spent $10, and worked a few hours for no return.

But, all is still not lost.  People are always looking for good content websites, especially with good domain names.

If nothing else you can probably sell the site and make a little bit of profit.

So, give this system a try.  It’s helped me find some great domain names.

By the way, I have a few domain names for sale, and established websites for sale.  I just don’t have enough time to give them all the attention they need.  You just might find yourself a gold mine there!

Mike

If you haven’t already heard the big news, the Google Keyword research tool now includes actual traffic numbers!

If you have previously used the keyword tool at https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordTool you know that in the past Google never provided actual traffic numbers.  They only gave you a graphical representation of the traffic trends over time.

The tool was useful for helping you come up with more keywords, but little else.

Now that the tool reports actual traffic numbers, this changes everything.  The change makes the Google keyword tool gold!

Or does it?

After doing some testing myself, and reading about some others who have tested, I don’t belive the numbers are accurate.

I’m not convinced their Ad Position, CPC and traffic numbers are correct. I am bidding on keywords the tool says should be at position 1-3 for .05, and I’m paying about.20 for position 3.6. And, I’m only getting about 1/3 impressions compared to their traffic estimate.

Others who have tested, claim that the traffic numbers are inflated about 2 to 1.  So take the numbers with a grain of salt
So, does this make the tool any more valuable than it was before?

I think so.  If the numbers are not accurate, hopefully they are relatively inaccurate – meaning, if the traffic is overstated 2 to 1, hopefully that applies arccos all keywords.

If that is the case, the tool will be very useful for comparing keywords, to determine which keywords have the most traffic for the least competition.

I’m sure over the next few weeks, as more testing is done, we will learn how accurate the numbers really are.

Coming soon, I’ll provide a tip to help you easily find quality domain names using the Google Keyword tool.  I’ll show you how you can spend $10 on that domain name, and turn it into much more $$$.

I’m in the middle of writing it right now, so it should only be a few days.

Mike