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		<title>Alternative Keyword Research Tools for International SEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benj Arriola</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Keyword Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International SEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have probably heard of all the common keyword research tools from Keyword Discovery, WordTracker, Wordze, KeywordMax, Marketing Samurai, Spyfu, SEMRush and tons more, and of course not to exclude the official keyword research tools of Google, Yahoo and Microsft Ad Center, but for international SEO, sometimes these tools may not be the best tools [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You have probably heard of all the common keyword research tools from Keyword Discovery, WordTracker, Wordze, KeywordMax, Marketing Samurai, Spyfu, SEMRush and tons more, and of course not to exclude the official keyword research tools of Google, Yahoo and Microsft Ad Center, but for international SEO, sometimes these tools may not be the best tools out there.</p>
<p align="center"><div id="attachment_110" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 308px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-110" title="Google Adwords Keyword Traffic Estimator" src="http://seo.seoreligion.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/google-adworrds-keyword-traffic-estimator-298x300.jpg" alt="Google Adwords Keyword Traffic Estimator where you can see the language and country selection before the form." width="298" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Google Adwords Keyword Traffic Estimator where you can see the language and country selection before the form.</p></div></p>
<p>Just in case you do not know yet, most of the search engines keyword research tool already give you the option to choose certain countries or cities of the work which will already help in International SEO.</p>
<p align="center"><div id="attachment_109" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-109" title="Google Search Based Keyword Research Tool Country Selection Option" src="http://seo.seoreligion.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/google-search-based-keyword-research-tool-country-selection-300x287.jpg" alt="Google Search Based Keyword Research Tool Country Selection Option" width="300" height="287" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Google Search Based Keyword Research Tool Country Selection Option</p></div></p>
<p>However sometimes in other countries, the predominant search engine is not always Google, Yahoo or Bing and tools offered by other engines can give you more better local insights into what people are really searching for within a target country.</p>
<p>I do not have a list of tools for every country in the world, but I do have a few tools that can be used in some countries for your International SEO efforts. Here are the list of tools below:<span id="more-108"></span></p>
<h3>China/Chinese Keyword Research Tool</h3>
<p><a href="http://is.baidu.com/keyword_tool.html" target="_blank">Baidu</a> &#8211; The predominant search engine in China has it&#8217;s own keyword research tool. The link I have is going to their user manual and not really to the tool, since the tool is in Chinese which I really cannot read. But if you can, you should not find any difficulty joining their PPC network and checking out the keyword research tool they have in that section.</p>
<h3>European Keyword Research Tools</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.miva.com/uk/content/advertiser/learningcentre/Tools/keywordgenerator.asp#">Miva</a> &#8211; They have a PPC network that their gets get to various popular websites including download.com / cnet.com so we can say their data is pretty significant. They have separate keyword research tools for UK, Germany, France and other European countries. Problem is often their keyword research tool is down. Although they do have an API available to members of their PPC network and advertising on their network may not be a bad idea. So if you visit the link and you go to this help page, click on the link going to the tool popup window and if it does not load, their public facing tool may be down again. The one I linked to was for UK and they have other URLs for the other European countries.</p>
<h3>German Keyword Research Tool</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.keyword-datenbank.de/" target="_blank">Keyword Datenbank</a> &#8211; The Germans are pretty good in SEO and they have their own SEO community that gives the good demand for coming up with German SEO Tools. One of these tools they have is the Keyword Datenbank which is for keywords in German.</p>
<h3>Russian Keyword Research</h3>
<p>Russia also has a large SEO community where they not only concentrate on learning SEO internationally, but they are of course experts in their own search engines like <strong>Yandex</strong> and <strong>Rambler</strong>. Their largest email platform is <strong>mail.ru</strong> and all these three including another company called <strong>Live Internet</strong> all offer keyword research tools for the Russian language. As of this current time, it seems Rambler&#8217;s keyword research too that used to be on: http://stat.go.mail.ru/ is currently down. Live Internet may require you to be a member of their site to access data.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://wordstat.yandex.ru/?cmd=words" target="_blank">Yandex Keyword Statistics</a></li>
<li><a href="http://adstat.rambler.ru/wrds/" target="_blank">Rambler Search Query Request Stats</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.liveinternet.ru/stat/ru/queries.html" target="_blank">Live Internet</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Korean Keyword Research Tool</h3>
<p><a href="http://searchc.naver.com/pw/" target="_blank">Naver Popular Keywords</a> &#8211; Naver is the predominant search engine in Korea and it also has keyword-based advertising platform. The link here is the popular search queries on Naver.</p>
<h3>Philippines Keyword Research Tool</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/keywords+search+list" target="_blank">Sulit.com.ph</a> &#8211; The predominant search engine in the Philippines is still Google. There are other engines in the past that tried being a search engine but was easily overshadowed when Google came out. But one of the largest sites in the Philippines is a buy and sell/classified ads type of community forum where people post things they are selling and buyers search for any product under the sun that hopefully someone is selling. Many Filipinos use the site searching for online deals of any product or service in the Philippines and these top search queries are captured by their system and can help serve as a guide in keyword research also.</p>
<h3>Other Country Keyword Research Tools</h3>
<p>If you are targeting a country not in this list and you are from that country, most probably you know more than me. Here are a few tips in searching for a keyword research tool in your local country.</p>
<ol>
<li>If Google, Yahoo and Bing are not the predominant search engines then check your local search engine if they have a keyword research tool They would usually have one if they have keyword based advertising which is how most search engines make money.</li>
<li>If Yahoo or Bing are used more than Google in your country, might as well prioritize using their keyword research tools instead of Google&#8217;s.</li>
<li>If there is a website that is used often for buying products or searching for services, something like an Amazon or eBay that is widely used in your country, check if they have a keyword research tool If they don&#8217;t, then check if they have a bestseller list, often the bestsellers are also the ones that are searched the most. And this may give you more inspiration in coming up with more keywords to target.</li>
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		<title>How to hide text that the Google Spam Team will NEVER find out!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Benj Arriola</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok Matt Cutts showed us an example how not to hide text in this video.

Ok, of course that is a stupid way to hide text. And of course Matt Cutts will say do not hide the text. But I will tell you a secret!
How to hide text that the Google Spam Team will NEVER find [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok Matt Cutts showed us an example how not to hide text in this video.</p>
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<p>Ok, of course that is a stupid way to hide text. And of course Matt Cutts will say do not hide the text. But I will tell you a secret!</p>
<h3>How to hide text that the Google Spam Team will NEVER find out!</h3>
<p>You think Matt Cutts is the smartest guy in the world? I am a professional blackhat and I know the perfect way that Matt Cutts will never be able to see my hidden text eveeerrr!!!</p>
<p>Ok, promise not to tell anyone this procedure. I do not know how long I will keep this up online, and you are probably the selected few that will be able to read this completely&#8230;<br />
<span id="more-97"></span></p>
<p>Once you read this, I suggest stay low and don&#8217;t promote this that much. I know many of you may have been reading about user agent detection, conditional IP redirection, forward and backward DNS checking of Googlebot, but all of those are not effective. Some from Google can still find out about those.</p>
<p>So here the is perfect way to hide text. Feel free to print this page for future reference. There are several steps but they are not hard. Just follow the steps to the letter.</p>
<ol>
<li>Highlight the text you want to hide in the HTML source code of your webpage.</li>
<li>Hit Ctrl-X and this will cut the text and place it in your computer&#8217;s imaginary clipboard.</li>
<li>Open your favorite text editor like MS Word, or any kind. This is platform independent by the way. You can do this on a Mac or a Linux machine.</li>
<li>Hit Ctrl-V while in your favorite text editor. This will paste the hidden text you have in the clipboard. Getting better huh? It&#8217;s really hidden that I doubt Matt can see this.</li>
<li>Saving this file is optional, you can do File &#8211;> Save or just hit Ctrl-S but saving it leaves traces of the file. It might not be that hidden. I highly recommend do not save it. This is important! Remember this step please.</li>
<li>Next is press Ctrl-P and this brings up the Print dialog box. You will see a Print or OK button. Before clicking on that, make sure you have the correct print that is ready/online and the printer has paper loaded before you click the button. If everything is all ready, print the document.</li>
<li>Once the document is printed, fold it in half crosswise, then fold it in half again. This is a recursive process. Here is the code you could use:<br />
<code>while ($canStillFold == 1) {
 foldPaper(crosswise);
}</code></li>
<li>Place the folder paper in a zip-lock bag. To even be more secure, try using a <a href="http://www.nelmar.com/index.php/product/blue-adhesive">Tamper Indicating Blue-Adhesive Security Bag</a> or a <a href="http://www.nelmar.com/index.php/product/retail-deposit-bags">secure deposit bag</a>. Seal the bag.</li>
<li>With a shovel, dig a hole in the ground. The diameter can be the diameter of the shovel. So a small shovel would be more ideal. The larger the hole you make on the ground, the more footprint security trails you will leave that Googlebot might be able to crawl. A 10&#8243; diameter hole in the ground should be good enough. And make this hole about 3 feet deep. This way, it is deep enough that dogs won&#8217;t dig in the hole and dogs are sometimes crawled by Googlebot.</li>
<li>Put the sealed bag with the hidden content in the hole, and cover it again with the soil you dug out. Compact the soil well by jumping over it. Then water over it, for the mud to harden. Give is a day to dry up.</li>
<li>On the next day, take a look at the covered dug area and try to check for anything unusual. If it looks fishy, someone might submit it to the <a href="http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html">Google Spam Report page</a>. We don&#8217;t want that to happen. Use the Firefox Web Developer Toolbar and disable JavaScript, CSS, Images and see how it looks like. If the area looks too clean, make it a bit dirty to match the surroundings. No one will see it unless they do a Ctrl-A. Put some twigs on there, some fallen leaves, grass, whatever. One of my favorites is dog poop, it drives away people. If you do not have a dog, you can <a href="http://www.poopegifts.com/">buy dog poop as gifts</a> and use it to cover the dug site.
</li>
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<p>Task complete! This hidden content is so hidden that even you might forget about it. So take note of the proximity of the hidden text with other objects in it&#8217;s surroundings, remember it well with an estimated distance so when you need the text, you know where to dig. If it is over a large area that looks all the same, you can use online maps. I suggest try using <a href="http://www.bing.com/maps/">Bing Maps</a> because if you use <a href="http://maps.google.com/">Google Maps</a>, that is like feeding yourself to the lions. Even if you  place your hidden text on the moon or on Mars, Google Maps can find you.</p>
<p>Save this now and print it. Because I do not know how long I will keep this secret in a public blog post. This is a special offer that in the next day or two I will put this down unless you want to receive the special printout of this exact blog post mailed to you in a secure ziplock bag printed on plain bond paper. If you want a copy, just send me $20 bucks and I will mail this to you and you can hide this content also in a hole in the ground. To order, simply use the buy now button. Shipping is free and this product is no return, no exchange. </p>
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		<title>Protection against reclaimed and disabled WoW accounts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AlmerViloria</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One mistake that World of Warcraft players often make is acquiring WoW characters that soon get reclaimed or disabled. It is a snare that makes a victim of those who trade WoW characters with an individual private seller. To ensure that you will get <a href="http://www.buymmoaccounts.com">wow characters</a> that are guaranteed safe and in no danger of getting disabled or reclaimed, buy accounts only from established WoW retailers.</p>
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