Market Samurai Review – Keyword Research Done the Easy Way

January 8, 2013 by Daniel Sharkov|

Search engines are the best converting traffic source out there, hands down!

My Market Samuraireview is here to show you some great tricks to help you stay on top of your SEO!

And yes, I know…

Nowadays many bloggers pay more attention to social media than to SEO.

But is that really a good marketing strategy?

Quite frankly I was one of those bloggers. I didn’t want to get into the SEO game – it seemed too complicated.

Keyword research was my biggest problem.

That was the reason why I decided to try Market Samurai – a tool all about doing extensive and proper keyword research to find keywords that not only rank well, but that can also help you make money.

But then again…

Is Keyword Research THAT Important It helps you target the right audience
– a key if you don’t simply want people to visit and leave your blog without engaging in any way. It helps you find which keywords are actually worth targeting
– At first a keyword might seem like a great pick, but analyzing it might reveal there is no real search volume . It helps you discover competition levels
– As opposed to the previous point, a keyword might have a huge search volume. That however is worthless if blogs like Mashable and Huffington Post are competing for it. It helps you find the right “version” of long-tail keywords
- different placements of the same words within a keyphrase return different results. Adding or subtracting a word can also result in huge traffic fluctuations.

So in brief – yes, you do need keyword research. And Market Samurai is a great way to do it in terms of both the time spent and the results achieved!

Below you can read my review!*

Market Samurai Review Interface and Navigation

The sidebar is where basically all navigation is done. Below you can see what each and every sidebar button does ( in brief ): New Keyword
– Let’s you add an additional keyword ( aside from the project keyword, which you assign, once you create a new project ). Rank Tracker
– Let’s you track your own site’s search engine positions. Keyword Research
– Self-explanatory. Domains
– Helps you find high-quality domain names. Monetization
– Helps you find affiliate products, relevant to the specified keyword. Find Content
- Self-explanatory. Publish Content
– Lets you publish blog posts from within Market Samurai’s interface. Promotion
– Helps you discover sites, suitable for link building, for the specified keyword.Market Samurai Helps you Find Profitable Keywords

It’s great when you optimize your latest post and see it rank on the first page. However a mistake that many do is to simply target a relevant, but not well-analyzed keyword.
Taking the time to analyze a keyword’s potential is the name of the game!

When it comes to keyword research, following the “measure twice, cut once” principle is very important.

On to Market Samurai…

Firstly you need to connect your Google Keyword Tool account for Market Samuraito fetch data. To do it you click on Keyword Research ( in the sidebar ), and then under “Keyword Sources” you click on “Add new Adwords account…”. Then you insert the details for your Adwords account.

That is when the fun starts…

On the right side of the screen there is a button called “Generate Keywords”. That is how you start the keyword research process.

You will basically end up with a list of relevant ( to the chosen keyword ) keywords, which you will begin sifting until you find the one(s) you are looking for.

On the left side of the list you just generated, there is an interesting menu. There you can find three fields – “Add Keywords”, “Positive Keywords” and “Negative Keywords”.

With the help of those, you can filter out any words that don’t fit your relevancy criteria.

If you add the keyword “social” as a positive keyword, all keyphrases
that don’t contain that word will be removed. If you add the same keyword as a negative keyword, all results
that contain the word will be removed from the list.

NOTE:
The idea here is to confine your list to let’s say 20-30 keywords that you will dig deeper into.

Once you’ve done that, you move on to the “Keyword Analysis” facility ( you can see the button in the above image ). That is where you discover the actual value of the keywords you’ve decided to use and make the final decision.

Market Samurai Helps You Learn More About Your Competition

Above you can see all the metrics that Market Samurai uses to generate results for the competition level for the specified keyword.

Let’s assume you already used Market Samurai to discover a profitable keyword.

From that point on you need to analyze the competition…

Even with a great on-site SEO you don’t stand a chance if sites with thousands of backlinks, have occupied the first page in the search results.

What Market Samurai does is it helps you discover the competition levels for the first ten spots in the SERPs

The information is presented in the form of a graphic with different colors:

Red – When a metric is almost impossible to beat Yellow – When it is hard, but can be achieved with more link building Green – When a good on-site SEO is all you need

Market Samurai Helps You Find Link Building Opportunuties

As I mentioned above, sometimes a keyword is not worth chasing, because the competition is just too strong.

What you need in order to get a step closer to those competing sites is link building.

You are certainly aware of the fact that search engine optimization is not about including your keyword a couple of times within your copy. That has its weight as a factor, but what is far more important is building links.

Depending on which site links to you, you receive a different “boost” in rankings. One of the best ways to build backlinks is through guest blogging. However finding blogs to write for is often easier said than done.

And once again Market Samurai comes into play…

Now we take a look at the last tab in Market Samurai’s sidebar and namely “Promotion”. That is one of the fastest ways to find WordPress-powered blogs within your niche that have lots of backlinks, use dofollow and have a good page rank.

The only thing you have to do here is choose the kinds of sites you’d like to analyze and then simply click on “Find Backlinks”:

Then you pick an article, see if it fits your quality criteria and either do blog commenting to gain backlinks or submit a guest article.

NOTE:
You also have the option to search for relevant forums, where you can include links in your signature.

Market Samurai Helps You Keep Track of Your Own Rankings

After you’ve done all the hard work to find the best keywords, to find blogs to write for and forums to participate in,
you need to start tracking your results!

We take a look at the “Rank Tracker” tab. That is where you can create a campaign with a set of keywords to track . The report is created once a week and you choose the day of the week when that happens.

NOTE:
If you don’t feel like a maximum of ten words is enough for you, you can purchase additional quota, with the cheapest starting at 10$ and allowing for 100 keywords to be tracked.

The process is fairly simple – you only need to click on “Create New Campaign” ( lower right side ), choose a campaign name and configure some additional preferences:

Once you’ve created the campaign the only thing left is to wait until the update day arrives.

Setting everything up takes less than two minutes
and it is really worth knowing how the keywords you found via Market Samurai are performing.

How to Get 25$ Off of Your Market Samurai Copy

Hope you found my Market Samurai review useful guys!
If you found it helpful and if you decided to purchase the product from me, I have a little bonus for you!

As a way to say thank you for purchasing, I will give each and every one of you a 25$ rebate via PayPal. The rebate is not associated with the Market Samurai team. The 25$ will be transferred to you via PayPal, right after you purchase the product!

Below are the steps you must follow for this to work:

Before doing anything
, make sure to clear your cache and cookies. Also if you have previously signed up for Market Samurai, make sure to use a different email! All of this is to ensure your email isn’t tagged with someone else’s link. Click on the Try Market Samurai button below this description Sign up for the trial version You will receive a download link in your email That way you you will get a discount from the original 149$ price down to 97$. If you decide to download and buy the product from my link,
you will receive an additional discount of 25$ , making the final price for you 72$. You have to forward your PayPal payment verification email to
d.sharkov@yahoo.com with a subject line
“Market Samurai Rebate” Your Thoughts

Now I’d like to hear your thoughts guys! What do you think of Market Samurai – has it helped you find the right keywords?

Are you happy with the results? Also if you have any questions, feel free to ask them by leaving a comment!

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