“Make Money Online” - Google Keyword Case Study

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Google Search Ranking Case Study 1 – “Make Money Online”
Dated: 5th December 2007 (113,000,000 Search Results)

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(1) Age of Website is only an estimate

Rank 1: http://moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com (Google PR: 3, Alexa Ranking: 82211)
<Title>: Make Money Online
<Meta>: N/A
<Header>: H1 (Make Money Online), H2 (Make Money Online)
Domain Name/URL: Money, Make
Keyword Density: Money (2.87%), Make Money (2.61%), Money Online (2.30%), Make Money Online (2.19%)
Age of Website: July 2006

Rank 2: http://carlocab.com (Google PR: 3, Alexa Ranking: 31545)
<Title>: Make Money Online | Make Money at Home with a 13-Year Old
<Meta Keywords>: make money online, make money from home, make money at home, blogging, make money blogging, internet marketing
<Meta Description>: Discover how a 13-year old made money online. Make money online topics include Blogging, Internet Marketing, AdSense and a lot more.
<Header>: H1 (Make Money Online | Make Money at Home with a 13-Year Old)
Domain Name/URL: N/A
Keyword Density: Money (1.11%), Online (0.96%), Make Money (1.50%), Money Online (0.93%), Make Money Online (1.18%)
Age of Website: Feb 2007

Rank 3 & 4: http://bidvertiser.com (Google PR: 7, Alexa Ranking: 3612)
<Title>: BidVertiser – Pay Per Click Advertising On Sites Of Your Choice
<Meta Keywords>: pay per click, pay per click advertising, make money, make money online, make money from your website, affiliate program, pay per click affiliate program, online advertising, internet marketing, internet advertising, webmasters make money, marketing, advertising, BidVertiser, www.bidvertiser.com
<Meta Description>: Pay per click advertising - online advertising directly on sites of your choice, internet marketing solution for online advertisers. Webmasters make money online from your website or blog with text ads affiliate program.
<Header>: N/A
Domain Name/URL: N/A
Keyword Density: Money (1.35%), Online (1.08%)
Age of Website: May 2003

Rank 5: http://paid2review.co.uk (Google PR: 3, Alexa Ranking: 242831)
<Title>: Make Money Online; Free Paid Surveys, Cashback Websites, Earn Money On The Internet
<Meta Keywords>: make money online,free paid surveys,paid surveys,paid survey sites,cashback,cash back websites,paid to review
<Meta Description>: Make money online from free paid surveys, earn cash back on purchases made online, make money writing product reviews, forum posting and more
<Header>: H1 (Make Money Online; Paid Surveys, Cashback Websites, Get Paid To Review)
Domain Name/URL: N/A
Keyword Density: Money (3.04%), Online (1.92%), Make Money (2.56%), Money Online (1.68%), Make Money Online (1.92%)
Age of Website: Aug 2005

Rank 6: http://canimakebigmoneyonline.com (Google PR: 4, Alexa Ranking: 129740)
<Title>: Make Money Online
<Meta Keywords>: N/A
<Meta Description>: This blog reveals what I and others are doing to make money online.
<Header>: H1 (Can I Make Big Money Online)
Domain Name/URL: Make, Money, Online
Keyword Density: Online (1.59%), Money (1.46%), Make Money (1.66%), Money Online (2.10%), Make Money Online (2.27%)
Age of Website: July 2005

Rank 7: http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/homebasedbusiness/a/makemoneyonline.htm (Google PR: 5, Alexa Ranking: 128)
<Title>: Make Money Online (Without Spending A Dime)
<Meta Keywords>: make money online making money on the internet professional blogging get paid to read e-mail
<Meta Description>: Making money online used to pretty much require you to have your own Web site, products to sell, and some marketing savvy. But a whole new generation of dot-coms have arisen that will pay you for what you know (and who you know) without you having to be a web designer or a marketing genius.
<Header>: H1 (Make Money Online (Without Spending a Dime))
Domain Name/URL: Make, Money, Online
Keyword Density: Money (1.93%), Online (0.97%), Make Money (1.49%), Money Online (1.19%), Make Money Online (0.67%)
Age of Website: March 1999

Rank 8: http://online4income.com (Google PR: 4, Alexa Ranking: 954173)
<Title>: Make Money Online
<Meta Keywords>: make money online,make money,make money at home,make easy money,work at home,home based business,Work at home jobs,home based business opportunities,work at home business
<Meta Description>: Ways to make money online with a computer. Money making opportunities. Free getting started guide articles and tips that can help you start making money online.
<Header>: N/A
Domain Name/URL: Online
Keyword Density: Money (3.17%), Online (2.40%), Make Money (2.69%), Money Online (2.50%), Make Money Online (2.88%)
Age of Website: Feb 2003

Rank 9: http://successwithauctions.com (Google PR: 4, Alexa Ranking: 200121)
<Title>: Make Money Online
<Meta Keywords>: N/A
<Meta Description>: Make Money Online 100% free work from home resource center. Start making money online from home today!
<Header>: H1 (Make Money Online | Make Money From Home), H2 (Note: This site had a lot of H2 tags starting with the keyphrase “Make money”)
Domain Name/URL: N/A
Keyword Density: Money (3.93%), Online (1.75%), Make Money (6.02%), Money Online (2.67%), Make Money Online (3.76%)
Age of Website: Mar 2003

Rank 10: http://myagloconetwork.blogspot.com (Google PR: 4, Alexa Ranking: 520338)
<Title>: Make Money Online | Agloco
<Meta Keywords>: N/A
<Meta Description>: N/A
<Header>: H1 (Make Money Online)
Domain Name/URL: N/A
Keyword Density: Money (2.43%), Online (1.37%), Make Money (3.23%), Money Online (2.10%), Make Money Online (2.67%)
Age of Website: Jun 2007

Summary:

Out of the 10 sites, 2 are blogspot hosted and oddly enough, they hold the 1st and 10th spots.

2 sites opted not to use any of the meta keyword/description tags. Of the remaining 8, 5 did utilize both the keyword and description tags. 2 sites decided to use ONLY the meta description tag while leaving the meta keyword tag only.

With regards to the title tag, every site except for Bidvertiser had the words “make money online” as their 1st 3 words in the title tag. Most of the sites also have “make money online” somewhere on their page as their <H1> tag.

Keyword density for “make money online” ranged from 0.67% to 3.76%.

Every body wants to earn money online while sitting at home. For this many people started making their own web site design and uploaded it. At first people don’t know how to select domain names but now people are aware of them and people know that they should match with the keywords so that more visitors can find and visit their site. The website should follow search engine optimizing rules to attract more visitors. Some people pay for cpc marketing so that one can see their ad on the search engine. There are many other ways for advertising the products that one is selling online. One can also take advertising services from webhost providers or one can hire marketers but internet marketers charges really high as compared to web host providers.