Hi David! If you mean the Google keyword planner, maybe I am missing a trick but I never really got on with it. KeySearch gives me a lot more accurate and detailed information. You can analyse your own site’s rankings, competitor sites, check for backlinks, get kw ideas and see which ones you have the best chance of ranking for based on your own site stats, and lots more.

Another useful feature is the rank tracking – you can record the keywords you’re trying to rank for and see what position you’re in, and it updates automatically each day. Really useful to see what’s working and what needs improvement, and to spot general trends after Google algorithm updates etc!

A lot of this stuff you could do manually using free tools, but I’m really working on SEO at the moment and for me it’s invaluable to have all this data in one place. 🙂

Hi Lee. That’s so nice to hear! Thank you for your feedback. I wanted to be completely honest about my journey to help out other bloggers in the earlier stages. Specifically, I wanted to show how it does take a lot of work upfront, as I remember feeling so dispirited at points in my first year. But it was so worth it in the long run! I also wanted to share some realistic income goals for UK bloggers, since a lot of the income reports out there are in the US. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions 🙂

Hi Shahid. As a beginner blogger, the fastest way to get traffic in my experience is Pinterest. I recommend this course to learn how to master Pinterest. I also strongly recommend that you learn about SEO as this is the best source of traffic in the long run. It will take a few months to see results on a new blog though. Good luck!

It is also an amazing article for beginners. 🙂
Could you please tell me how to get traffic for beginners bloggers.

I also started to blogging website recently. And I’m trying to succeed as a blogger.
Look at website https://digitalown.com/

Thank you for your feedback, Josie! I’m glad you enjoyed the post. A lot of people sell blogging as a get rich quick scheme, so I wanted to be transparent about the time it takes to get going 🙂 it’s so worth it once your blog starts generating passive income though. Good luck with your own blog!

Good to hear from you Mr. MFC! Congrats on the sponsored post gig, and on making it through the tough first year! Everything really came together for me at the start of my second year, so I hope you see the same results soon 🙂

Thank you Susannah!