If you want web traffic,, and don’t want to pay for it.. you need to use search engines and Google with subject matter keyword, that pin point what you are selling or sharing.. and you will definitely increase your Hubpages earnings. I know you would like to make extra money while publishing your favorite articles, so this is the time to start using Google search engine optimization and boost your earning in your affiliate programs.

The first step in Google search engine optimization is keyword research, in fact you need to do your keyword research before you even write an article. Keyword research will show you how many people search for your keyword or keyword phrase on a monthly basis. It will also show you the pay per click cost that advertisers pay on average to advertise that specific keyword or phrase. This gives you an idea of how large your target audience will be, along with ideas for choosing more expensive keywords which will pay you better when someone clicks on your adsense ads.

For doing keyword research you will need a research tool, there are several expensive programs out there for doing keyword research, but if you are only using it for writing articles on Hubpages, you can get by with just using the free Google Keyword Research Tool. One of the great tools that expensive programs provide is the number of people competing for that phrase in Google. To do this without an expensive tool, you can just type into your Google search box, your keyword phrase inside of quotation marks, this will show you the amount of businesses competing to get to number one in the Google search. So using this method along with the Google keyword research tool will give you an absolutely free way to find out about 75% if the information an expensive software program would give, the great thing about the software programs is that all the information is right there for you, all in one place. The more expensive programs out there will show you a lot more specific information, such as the estimated intent of visitors that want to actually buy the product you are discussing. Many of these programs do offer free trials, and if you are doing more marketing than just writing articles on Hubpages you should try some of the free trials to get an idea of all the amenities they provide users. Google search engine optimization begins with doing your keyword research, once you have found the keyword you want to focus on in your article it is time to begin writing your article.

Google Search Engine Optimization:

Now that you have your keywords, you want to write your article about… it is now it is time to include Google search engine optimization in the content of your article or posts. First things first, you need to make sure that your exact keyword or keyword phrase, is used in your title. This is the very first place that Google spiders will look to see what your article should be about. The second place that Google spiders will look is your summary, I try to mention my keyword phrase twice in every summary.

Next you need to concentrate on using your keyword phrase in every paragraph of your article, this will help the Google spiders to recognize that your article is definitely relevant to the subject that your title says it is about. Your keyword density should be close to 2%, but try not to exceed this percentage or your article will look and sound very spammy. 2% keyword density means that your article has your keyword mentioned 2% of the time, in other words…if your article is 1000 words long, you should mention your keyword phrase 20 times. I try to emphasize my keyword at least once in each paragraph by using bold, italicize, or underline to really capture the fact that this is what my article in about. For instance, this article is about Google search engine optimization so you can see that it sticks out for the Google spiders to see that this article is extremely relevant to Google search engine optimization. When the Google spiders recognize the relevance that your article has, they can rank you in Google search, but also this helps them to determine which Adsense ads to display on your hub.

Why do you need to do this? Because without using search engine optimization your article has very little chance of getting noticed by Google. If your article is not ranked high in Google searches you will get very little traffic to your article other than other hubbers. I know that many authors here at Hubpages write for the joy of expressing themselves and not for money or commercial intent, but why not utilize Google search engine optimization to get your articles read by more people out there in the world? If you truly do not believe in receiving money for your contributions that is fine, you do not need to use Adsense or any other affiliates, but I would hope that you would want as many people as possible to recognize your skills as an author.