Operating your own website or blog can be a fun and exciting business, but one of the most boring parts of this kind of business is doing the necessary keyword research before creating the content for your site. This aspect of internet marketing can be tedious, but doing the proper keyword research on the topic of your website and making a list of the related keywords can actually have a very big effect on the amount of money that you can earn. This article will explain to you a simple method for how to do some preliminary keyword research on the topic of your website, as well as how to apply your keyword list as you create content for your site.

The good news is that there is no need to purchase any software or subscriptions, because you can find out everything you need to know by using tools that are already available for free to everyone on the internet. You have the option of paying for premium keyword tools if you would like to have the most in-depth data, but for most people the free keyword tools out there will do just fine. One of the best free tools is the Google Keyword Tool which will give you a list of keywords about your topic, as well as some of the traffic data about these keywords such as the number of monthly searches.

Pick a few general keywords about the topic of your website, and then begin to make a list of anywhere from 50-150 or more of the best and most relevant keywords related to your niche market. One of the best things about compiling your own keyword list using this tool is learning how much search traffic each of these keywords gets, which means that if you could optimize your content in order to rank on the first page of Google for this keyword then you might be able to develop a substantial flow of new visitors.

Once you have your list of keywords related to the topic of your website or blog, you can then focus on the content creation aspect of your site by writing articles or blog posts, or by creating videos for video blogging. It is important to pick 1-3 keywords to focus on for each article or video that you create, and integrate these keywords into the title, tags, and content. Since the Google Keyword Tool has given you a good idea about how much search traffic certain keywords will receive, integrating these keywords into your content will help you to maximize the amount of traffic that your website will receive.