Knowing what people are searching for is one of the first things you’ll need to understand before you can create pages or blog posts optimized for search engines. If you write content no one is searching for, what is the point?
Below is a list of the top 50 searches for “roofing” related terms sorted by the number of searches performed for the term or phrase over the past 30 days. (updated Aug 9th 2011)
roof | 9140000 |
how to roof | 9140000 |
roofing roofing | 5000000 |
roofing how to | 5000000 |
a roofing | 5000000 |
how to roofing | 5000000 |
the roofing | 5000000 |
about roofing | 5000000 |
a and a roofing | 5000000 |
at roofing | 5000000 |
shingles | 3350000 |
roofs | 823000 |
metal roof | 368000 |
roof metal | 368000 |
metal roofing | 368000 |
roofing metal | 368000 |
roofing shingles | 368000 |
shingles roofing | 368000 |
how to roofing shingles | 368000 |
roofing shingles how to | 368000 |
roof shingles | 368000 |
shingles for roof | 368000 |
shingles roof | 368000 |
how to roof shingles | 368000 |
shingles and roof | 368000 |
gaf | 673000 |
corrugated | 550000 |
steel roofing | 301000 |
steel roof | 301000 |
metal roofs | 201000 |
shingle roof | 201000 |
roof shingle | 201000 |
steel roofs | 201000 |
roof repair | 246000 |
roofing contractors | 201000 |
roofing companies | 201000 |
roofer | 246000 |
the roofer | 246000 |
a roofer | 246000 |
roofers | 246000 |
shingle roofing | 201000 |
roofers roofing | 201000 |
roofing roofer | 201000 |
roofing contractor | 165000 |
contractor roofing | 165000 |
roofing company | 135000 |
company roofing | 135000 |
new roof | 135000 |
roof cost | 135000 |
metal roofing shingles | 110000 |
Having this list is just the first piece of the puzzle, working them into your site the right way is a whole other story. Stay tuned to upcoming articles regarding effective page titles, content organization and the importance of building your site’s reputation online.