Keyword Research: Know Which Terms You Should Be Ranking For

Navigate to [https://app.surferseo.com/keyword_research/queries](https://app.surferseo.com/keyword_research/queries)

Type in your keywords or phrases you want to rank for 

Click "Create Keyword Research" and you can see recommendations of other related searches with keyword metrics like "Monthly search volume" and "keyword difficulty score" 

Or you can use another great SEO tool like SEMrush to get more in-depth keyword research metrics 

[https://www.semrush.com/analytics/keywordmagic/start](https://www.semrush.com/analytics/keywordmagic/start)

Click "Keyword Magic Tool" to view all related search terms 

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All keywords:
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Total volume:
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Average KD:
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Head back to Surfer and choose "Content Editor"

Click here and paste the keywords you've chosen to focus on

Start Creating Your Surfer SEO Content Editor

Make sure you have selected the Country you are trying to rank for

There are many prompts within SEO Surfer that help you optimize your content to rank on page #1 of Google. 

Try clicking on "headings" for suggestions

Type in your headline to start creating content with Surfer SEO

Type "How to write blog posts for SEO" or which ever heading you'd like to use for your article

How to write blog posts for SEO friendly blog post


Surfer lets you format your headings into H1, H2, etc... right in their platform.

Now you can start created the body of your article 

Insert outline (headings)
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Write with Surfer AI
AI credits required. Buy credits to automatically write articles.

Once you add in Surfer Suggestions you can see they highlight in green to you know it has increased your ranking probability.

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As you can see below, once you click on the suggestions from Surfer, they will automatically post in to your content block. 

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How to Write SEO Friendly Blog Posts - My Step by Step Process

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Ending the search journey
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Create the structure of the blog post
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Ranking factors for blog posts
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Six Elements of SEO Copywriting
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9 SEO Writing Tips to Help You Rank
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Understanding search intent
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Transactional Intent
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Add links when it makes sense
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How Google (actually) works
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Do make use of keywords (but not keyword stuffing)
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8 steps to writing an SEO-friendly blog post
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Cheat Sheets, Checklists, Templates
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Optimize your meta description
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Use headings correctly
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Keyword Frequency
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How to Write a Blog Post That Will Rank on Google
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Choose a Primary Keyword
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Picking Worthy Topics to Write About
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Use Case Studies
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Optimize your images and other media elements
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Choose Secondary Keywords
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Keyword Research for Content Creation
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Add Visual Content
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Writing Useful Content For People
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Create Irresistible and Valuable Headlines
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Structure Content for Readability
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Getting backlinks
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On-Page SEO Copywriting
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Use Internal Links
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Getting People to Act Through SEO Copywriting
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How to write blog posts for SEO

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Surfer SEO takes the guesswork out of everything by telling you the word count you should be hitting, how many paragraphs, and the number of images to have to rank for the keywords you setup in the beginning. 

You can also use their "insert terms" feature where they suggest where to put in the keywords to rank your content higher. 

As you write in the platform, the content score will increase to show how likely you are to rank this content in Google or other search engines

Surfer even shows you which titles, heading, and questions you should be answering in your content. 

All titles in a blog should meet the following three criteria: You can choose the keywords you want to target to optimize your website. It provides readers with an incentive for clicking value. This publication offers an innovative view of this subject.

Once you click on a suggestion they will automatically paste it into your content, saving you loads of time. 

How to Write SEO Friendly Blog Posts - My Step by Step Process

Here you can see competitive content that is ranking on page one of Google. This will give you some great reference content to look at.

https://www.marketermilk.com/blog/how-to-write-seo-blog-posts

Here you can see what your competitor's content score's are so that you know how high your score should be to outrank them. 

At last, you can share your completed piece of content with your team members to upload it to your website to start ranking!

Remember, this is just for creating content, it's also important to remember to add images, alt tags, schema data, internal links, and so much more to make sure your content will make it to the top of the Search Engines Results Page

How to Write Blog Posts for SEO

Keyword Research: Know Which Terms You Should Be Ranking For

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