One More Little Known Secret to Selecting Keywords for Online Advertising

How would you like to know what the “hot” keyword search terms are for your book’s genre at the moment? You can!

The little known secret is “Google Trends.” Google keeps track of what keyword search terms are popular and trending in the organic searches right now.

HOW GOOGLE TRENDS CAN HELP YOU

  • Find new keywords
  • Find the “hot” keywords for your genre
  • Target your keyword spending
  • Target your audience geographically
  • Spend your resources more effectively

Go to: https://www.google.com/trends/

Here is an example of how Google Trends can help your online book advertising.

GETTING STARTED

1.  Type in your keyword phrase you want to analyze.

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2.  Select your geographic location for your query. I typically use the United States since most of my campaign center around driving traffic to amazon.com.

3.  You can select how your keyword search term has trended over a specific time period. From hourly to the past 12 month.

4.  Select a category to analyze. There is a “Books & Literature” category.

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5.  You further refine you’re your category search by clicking the drop down arrow beside the category to reveal more specific sub categories.

INTEREST OVER TIME

6.  The first piece of information shows you the search trend over time. Is the keyword trending up? Down? Steady?

  • Also, you can compare trends from up to three keywords (e.g., romance novels and romance books).

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REGIONAL INTEREST

7.  If you are on a very limited budget the “Regional Interest” can help you target where you might want to focus your advertising spend for a search campaign and/or display campaign. You can see data by sub region (state), metro area, or city.

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RELATED SEARCHES

8.  Under the “Queries” (Top) is where you will find the “hot” keywords related to your keyword search query. This can help you find new keywords and keywords you might consider putting additional resources toward in your online advertising campaign.

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9.  Next is the “Queries” (Rising) where you will find the top search term queries that are currently on the rise over your selected period of time.

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SUMMARY

As you can see, Google Trends offers you additional keyword insight and can help you:

  • Find new keywords
  • Find the “hot” keywords for your genre
  • Target your keyword spending
  • Target your audience geographically
  • Spend your resources more effectively

You can also visit https://theadwordsguy.com/book-trends/ where I have listed the daily trends for the major book genres.