In my first large-scale Keyword Golden Ratio test, I published 200 KGR keyword-focused articles over five months and the results were amazing. The website went from $100 to $14,853 in 12 months and traffic increased by around 800%. KGR Case Study Some details about the process: I tested the KGR with 20 posts and saw positive results, so I wanted to scale up to see if I could 10 times the results. With the goal of 200 posts, I slowly increased the posting schedule to keep pocket costs low. So, in the first month, only 7 articles were published, but in the fifth month, I published more than 60 articles. The growth was gradual at first, then the traffic burst shortly after the 200 articles were published. No link building was done in the 12 months , but the site had existing links beforehand via guest posting. Profits followed the growth in traffic
and reached nearly $15,000 in December. You can read the full case study here. amazon income Curious enough? Let's take a look at the details! How is the golden ratio of keywords calculated? The golden ratio of the keyword is as follows:The number of Google results containing the keyword phrase in the title divided by the monthly search volume, where the search volume is less than 250. golden ratio of keywords If the KGR is below 0.25, you should rank in the top 50 as soon as your page is indexed. If the KGR is between 0.25 and 1, you should employee email list rank in the top 250 and it should be pretty quick. I highly recommend sticking to the formula and looking for a KGR below 0.25 at first. It is well tested by many people. Later you can experiment with numbers. Formula Details I cap the search volume at 250 for several reasons. Low search volume terms may rank faster in Google based on my field studies and the experience of others. So, all things being equal
, a keyword with 250 searches will rank faster than a keyword with 2500 searches per month. Most people target keywords with higher search volumes because the profit potential is greater. So there are more competitors in the game for the same short tail keywords. The sweet spot for the KGR is below 0.25. When you multiply the formula, it is easier to understand why you can quickly rank in the top 50. If you have a KGR of 0.25 and a max search volume of 250, you get about 63 allintitle results . This means that there are approximately 63 pages on the web that target this keyword phrase by using it in the title. What is allintitle? Allintitle is an advanced Google search