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Forecasting your search results
Estimating Traffic and Conversions
By: Graeme Benstead-Hume
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Why estimate keyword traffic
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Write content which will be read
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Make sure you are optimising for keywords that people are searching for
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Identify new business opportunities
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Forecasting check list
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How many people are searching for our target keyword?
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Estimating Search Volume
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Google Adwords Keyword Tool‘Candy’
11.1m Global Monthly Searches
673k Local Monthly Searches
Low Competition
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How does the season affect search volume?
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Google Insights
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Other uses for Google Insights
Add a seasonal touch to your keyword strategy
Read long term trends to identify future opportunities
Justify recent changes in traffic volume
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How many people will click on our Google placing?
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Click Through Rate Studies
Based on our studies these figures are the most accurate CTR estimates produced so far.
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Putting it all together
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6,600
Estimate ‘Sweeties’ at first place in March
March Weighting
March Search Volume ÷ Total Avg.
Search Volume
CTR at position 1Estimated monthly search
volume
0.89 0.364x x
=2140
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And conversions?
2140
Estimated monthly
traffic
Average conversion
rate
0.02x =42!
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And revenue?
42
Estimated monthly
conversions
Average Revenue /
Conversion
£50x
=£2100
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What else can I do with forecasting?
Impress your friends and family with tales of the future!
Choose which terms to focus budget on!
Calculate ROI!
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Actually… how accurate is this?
We also use real life data once we have it to add weights to search volume estimates.
Based on our latest studies we are looking at around a 20% error margin.
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What next?
Talk to me
Stay Tuned
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Thank you!