In monetizing one’s web site, knowing SEO (search engine optimization) is a great factor whether you can make money or not. In SEO, keywords are its lifeblood.
You should optimize your site in such a way that you appear in the SERPs (search engine results page) for certain keywords. Appearing in the search engine is not even enough. You should RANK HIGH. Getting that coveted top spot is the ultimate goal but appearing in the first page is not bad either.
When that happens, visitors will start to flock to your site and that stream of traffic will be the one who will bring you the money.
As a matter of fact, some “sizzling hoottt” keywords are the ones that helped me make my first $100 from Google adsense. Thanks Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili. 
Check out also this post I made when I optimized UFC 103 and Mayweather vs Marquez.
It’s also important to have the proper combination of ads offered to those visitors as well. Plastering ads all over your site will do you no good. But that’s for another post.
Tomorrow will be this site’s first blogversary and I think it’s time to share the top 100 keywords that brought me money from February 12, 2009 to January 31, 2010. Since I’m a big sports fan, most of the keywords here are related to boxing and mixed-martial arts.
I suggest that you write about something you are personally interested in. If you make blog posts about something just because they are the trending topics, you’ll lose your focus in the long run and writing becomes boring.
Here they are:
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- anderson silva vs forrest griffin video
- bj penn vs diego sanchez video
- bj penn vs kenny florian video
- brock lesnar ufc 100 video
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- cotto vs pacquiao undercard
- couture vs vera video
- evans vs silva video
- fedor vs rogers video
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- floyd mayweather vs marquez video
- hack photobucket
- hayden kho and katrina halili
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- justin tv
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- katrina halili and hayden kho scandal
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- kimbo slice knocked out
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- krista ranillo scandal
- lyoto machida vs shogun rua fight video
- lyoto machida vs shogun rua video
- machida vs shogun video
- marcus jones vs matt mitrione video
- maricar reyes
- maricar reyes scandal
- mayweather marquez 24 7 episode 4
- mayweather marquez 24/7 episode 4
- mayweather marquez video
- mayweather vs marquez video
- mike brown vs jose aldo video
- nba free agent signings
- pacquiao cotto 24 7
- pacquiao cotto 24 7 episode 2
- pacquiao cotto 24 7 episode 4
- pacquiao cotto 24/7 episode 2
- pacquiao cotto 24/7 episode 4
- pacquiao cotto video
- pacquiao vs cotto highlights
- pacquiao vs cotto undercard
- pacquiao vs cotto undercards
- pacquiao vs cotto video
- penn vs sanchez video
- photobucket hack
- rashad evans vs thiago silva video
- the ultimate fighter 10 episode 11
- the ultimate fighter season 10 episode 11
- the ultimate fighter season 10 episode 4
- the ultimate fighter season 10 episode 6
- the ultimate fighter season 10 episode 7
- the ultimate fighter season 10 episode 8
- tito ortiz vs forrest griffin video
- tuf 10 episode 11
- tuf 10 episode 6
- tuf 10 episode 7
- tuf 10 episode 9
- tuf season 10 episode 11
- tuf season 10 episode 4
- ufc 100 video
- ufc 101 justin tv
- ufc 101 live stream
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- ufc 101 replay
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- ufc 101 streaming video
- ufc 101 video
- ufc 103 free
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- ufc 103 replay
- ufc 104 replay
- ufc 108 replay
- ufc 108 video
- ultimate fighter 10 episode 11
- ultimate fighter season 10 episode 11
- ultimate fighter season 10 episode 3
- ultimate fighter season 10 episode 4
- ultimate fighter season 10 episode 6
- ultimate fighter season 10 episode 7
- ultimate fighter season 10 episode 8
- watch mayweather vs marquez free
- watch saw 6 online
- watch ufc 101
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- watch ufc 103 online free
- watch ufc 104 online free
- watch ultimate fighter season 10 episode 4
- wec 46 live stream
- wwe tlc live stream
Some of these keywords are searched all throughout the year and I still get visitors coming from the search engines because of them. You can try optimizing for some of them too and let me know how you fared.
Check out my next post if you want to know how much money I made from these keywords:
First Blogversary Report: My Total Earnings
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February 11th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Kudos to you Ark. It was really a smashing year to you. Salamat din sa mga info na share mo sa akin and all of your readers. Tuloy tuloy lang ark
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ark Reply:
February 12th, 2010 at 4:41 am
Thanks yan. Sana nga magtuloy-tuloy pa ito. Marami pa ako keywords na gusto gawaan ng blog post. Dami ko backlog. Di ko nga lang masimulan dahil busy sa field work.
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February 11th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
congrats sir ark, ang bilis mo talagang natutunan ang mga technique ah, from i.ph to the real thing astig. >.<
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ark Reply:
February 12th, 2010 at 4:48 am
Yes, I’m proud to say na self-help lang ako. I just read and read lots of other blogger’s posts and learned from them.
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February 17th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
I agree, dapat wag magstick sa trending keywords maxado, para di maloose-focus
(ganyan ako dati, haha) Ayos sir!
Congrats sir Ark! mukang tuloy2x na tlga ang success mo sa blogging! Godbless!
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ark Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
However, it’s still important to write about current topics. Sila kasi minsan ang nagbibigay ng immediate traffic booster. Although temporary nga lang, traffic pa rin un.
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February 17th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
Oh cool!
Will share your blog with my friends who work on the development of Fizzer.ph. Hope you don’t mind.
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ark Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Sure no problem. I just hope you’ll link to me.
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February 18th, 2010 at 4:10 pm
this is something to ponder ark. nice, been so long wala ka na pla sa i.ph! hehehe. congrats po.. diba taga cotabato ka?
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ark Reply:
February 19th, 2010 at 3:17 am
Yes I am. Di ba ikaw din?
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March 3rd, 2010 at 11:01 pm
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March 5th, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Congrats po sir! Sobrang inspiring ang inyong success story. More power sa rest of 2010!
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ark Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Salamat. You actually have a very nice site huh? Sharing tips and all that stuff. Keep it up!
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March 31st, 2010 at 12:30 am
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