I’ve come up with a preliminary method of deciding which keywords and domains to register for IPK sites.
Simply it’s the number of exact match search multiplied by the number of phrse match search, and then dividing it by the number of competing pages in Google to come up with a number you can use to make your decision. I’ve called this the x-factor as I’m feeling a bit unimaginative at the moment.
(exact match x phrase match) / competing pages = x-factor
It seems that if the x-factor is more than about 50, then it’s a good choice. This method isn’t perfect and could do with a little work, but it seems good enough to make most decisions on until I can come up with something better.
I’ve posted a good few examples on the Unoffical IPK Forum and gone into more detail too. Here’s a selection of them:-
#1 – ( 3,600 x 9,900) / 18,000,000 = 1.98
#2 – ( 2,900 x 14,800) / 201,000 = 213.53
#3 – (22,200 x 110,000) / 399,000 = 6120.30
#4 – (33,100 x 33,100) / 101,000,000 = 10.85
I’m very interested in what you think about this, so please go check out the forum post and either leave a comment there or here.
http://www.vendiva.com/forum/index.php/topic,249.0.html
-Frank Haywood
