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A Little Useful SEO Trick for Affiliates

June 6, 2016 By Konstantin Rabin 37 Comments

Affiliates are always hunting for the best possible sources of traffic. While you can achieve significant profits with PPC and other forms of paid advertising, I prefer to focus on SEO and have recently discovered a useful SEO trick for increasing traffic on sites.

The reason why I focus on SEO is rather simple. Top rankings on Google generate enormous exposure, and organic traffic is more likely to convert than paid. Also, some of my sites are about financial trading, and advertising costs in this industry are some of the highest there are.

Hence, SEO seems like a more viable option. By the way, be sure to check out my previous post about affiliate payouts in the FX industry.

While growing SEO organically can be challenging, I have discovered a simple yet powerful SEO trick that I have tested on one of my sites.

Table of Contents

  • Prerequisites for This SEO Trick
  • My Case Study
  • Wait, What Is “Forex No Deposit Bonus”?
  • The Idea
  • Search Volume Trends for “Forex No Deposit Bonus 2016”
  • The Final Point
  • Your Take-Away
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Prerequisites for This SEO Trick

This strategy only works for products and services that have a certain validity period. If you want to promote a page that deals with a generic offer (e.g. “best outdoor equipment”), this tactic most likely won’t work. Ideally, the validity period of the offer should be longer than a few months, but shorter than a year.

My Case Study

I had a site that wasn’t ranking even though I put in quite a bit of effort to optimize it. The site even has an exact match domain: http://forextradingbonus.com. Nevertheless, ranking it was quite difficult.

Then, at some point in September, I was browsing my search console and saw multiple queries for the keyword phrase, “Forex No Deposit Bonus 2015.” Unfortunately, none of those searches was actually landing on my page because I was ranked somewhere between 20th and 30th.

Wait, What Is “Forex No Deposit Bonus”?

In the FX sector, brokers often try to get people into trading by offering accounts preloaded with a small amount of cash, usually anywhere between $15 and $30. It is much easier to get sign-ups this way because everyone wants free money. As you might imagine, with such incentives, the traffic is extensive; on average, there are some 5,500 searches per month.

However, because it’s a gamble for brokers to give away free money for every single sign-up,  they usually have such a promo in place only for a few months.

The Idea

I understood that I had no chance of climbing to the top of a Google search for the keyword phrase “Forex No Deposit Bonus” without investing dozens of working hours. I discovered, though, that the competition for “Forex No Deposit Bonus 2015” was significantly lower.

But guess what? There was absolutely no competition for “Forex No Deposit Bonus 2016.” Nobody was looking for that phrase-yet.

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Search Volume Trends for “Forex No Deposit Bonus 2016”

So by the end of September, I had already created a page to target the phrase “Forex No Deposit Bonus 2016.” I built a few links to it here and there, updating the content, but there was no traffic coming.

The situation changed drastically in January. While most of the competitors were just starting with their 2016 pages, I had already had mine up and running for a few months. My forethought allowed me to receive a significant number of visitors because this page accounted for over 30% of my search traffic.

The Final Point

Even though this strategy does work, its effect is unlikely to last long. In my case, more powerful sites started to target the same keywords within a month or two, and eventually my page ended up in the middle of the second page of a Google search. Nevertheless, I did get some new traffic for that site that lasts even to this day.

I consider my experiment to be a success, and I am planning to build pages that target the year 2017.

Your Take-Away

No matter what niche you work in, there should definitely be an offer that comes with a certain time restriction and a keyword phrase that people can easily predict. Play around with the search console, find the proper keyword(s), and build a page or two. By doing so, you’ll be able to get ahead of the hundreds of other affiliates in your niche.

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Comments

  1. Reef says

    January 29, 2020 at 3:47 am

    Great information, If we need to boost sales for our business SEO is the best tactic, Google search console really helpful to know performance and impressions of our organic keywords.

    Reply
  2. Harsh Chauhan says

    February 13, 2017 at 9:52 am

    This indeed is a wonderfull guide for SEO , i usually get a lot confused when it comes to seo but this post cleared many doubts of mine 🙂
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  3. Haroun Kola says

    January 20, 2017 at 10:53 am

    Great idea. I’m in the similar niche that you are in and also find a handful of searching coming through for the keyword that you’re targeting. Seeing that its still early in the year, I’m going to change the title of my post targeting this keyword and seeing if it makes any difference to my traffic.

    Thanks for the tip 🙂
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    Reply
    • Gail Gardner says

      January 23, 2017 at 1:06 pm

      Hi Haroun,

      It sounds like you are also a Forex affiliate. That is the safe way to do Forex.

      I find it interesting that a travel company in Australia offers a layaway plan that protects people who book from changes in the exchange rate. I’m guessing maybe they are into Forex themselves.

      The company’s name is TravelPay and my Editor found them when she wrote https://growmap.com/avoid-freelancing-pitfall/.
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      • Haroun Kola says

        January 23, 2017 at 1:32 pm

        Hi Gail, yes I started in this industry as an affiliate first, then progressed into trading myself. The travel company you mentioned sounds like a similar service to that which most companies who import or export use the forex markets to limit currency volatility.

        Paradoxically, its precisely this volatility that forex traders like me need to make a trade profitable (or loss making, depending on which way the market goes)
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        • Gail Gardner says

          January 23, 2017 at 3:56 pm

          LOL…yes, losses – that is the part many people fail to take into account when they are dreaming of big profits.
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  4. Ankit Gandhi says

    December 23, 2016 at 6:16 am

    Nice article! i liked the way you explained things with your own example through this it was alot easy to understand. Google search console is really an important tool and could help us get organic keywords. Loved it.
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  5. Gopal says

    August 13, 2016 at 3:45 am

    SEO is must to rank higher in Google. Learn it and explore your world of success. Your affiliate article is just awesome. I loved to read. Great and inspiring content. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  6. Ranjith says

    August 2, 2016 at 3:05 am

    I’m a beginner to this SEO and learning all the strategy behind success. Your article gives me very informative and useful knowledge about Affiliate. thanks Rabin for sharing this awesome article.
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  7. Debbie says

    July 4, 2016 at 2:25 pm

    This is a really interesting approach. On my main blog (about flooring) I create a trend post for each year (and I do in December). That has been my #1 article for the past 2 (or maybe even 3) years. I’m going to consider this on my new niche site. Thank you.
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  8. Steve says

    June 21, 2016 at 11:53 am

    Amazing Read,Keep them coming, I will keep on learning
    In this one, I heave picked on SEO, and I will take time to get to know it well

    Reply
  9. Dhiraj Siddhapura says

    June 21, 2016 at 7:08 am

    Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to expand your business in the simpler way , even I also do affiliate marketing like in above article. and I’ve to do also affiliates for http://www.globeseal.com/ this website too.

    Reply
  10. Md.rasel says

    June 20, 2016 at 6:31 pm

    I have read your full post and i have really enjoyed the full post its really awesome and highly informative thanks for sharing such important things with public.
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  11. Martin Fintan says

    June 20, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    Affiliate marketing is one of best way to earn money online. Thanks for sharing this with us.

    Regards,

    Martin Fintan

    Reply
  12. Munyole says

    June 20, 2016 at 11:22 am

    SEO keeps on evolving as new technologies emerges on the internet. However, the future of SEO will entirely rely on innovativeness and creativity.

    Reply
    • Mary says

      June 21, 2016 at 10:52 am

      Thank you for sharing on the use of SEO on increasing web traffic, marketing and advertising as its the only technology that evolves as more innovations come along.

      Reply
  13. David Stokrp says

    June 20, 2016 at 10:17 am

    Best practice for doing affiliate marketing in SEO and it’s a different way to increase the website traffic. Thanks for your terrific Article.

    Reply
  14. Justo says

    June 20, 2016 at 12:37 am

    As Affiliate, your trick is useful for SEO, At present we really need to aware of helpful tips of SEO. Thank you for sharing such a nice tips about SEO.
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  15. Muhammad Mairaj says

    June 18, 2016 at 11:04 pm

    Hi Konstantin,

    Indeed an excellent post,

    As we all know that affiliate marketing is one of the best and lucrative way to make money online. Most of the bloggers are doing this because they earn more money as compare to Google Adsense without any hesitation.

    You have shared such an excellent post which contains spectacular information about useful Seo Tip for Affiliates. Hope it can help out bloggers to go through.

    Keep sharing 🙂

    Regards

    Mairaj
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    Reply
  16. Bruce mesnekoff says

    June 17, 2016 at 8:16 am

    Thanks for Information about SEO. Your Article is impressive and very informative. I am now regular visitor of your website and bookmarked it.

    Reply
  17. Kyle Connor says

    June 16, 2016 at 1:13 pm

    Looks like you’re targeting a keyword “Forex No Deposit Bonus” in this blog post.
    Wanted to know how it’s going.

    You can read these research papers to learn and implement SEO

    Reply
  18. Bharat says

    June 16, 2016 at 6:40 am

    Thanks for this useful information. Affiliate marketing is much in demand now a days. affiliate marketing is one of best way to earn money online from your tips.

    Reply
  19. enock says

    June 15, 2016 at 8:52 am

    Thanks a lot for this useful information and helpful tricks. It will indeed keep me ahead of the pack

    Reply
  20. kang kashi says

    June 15, 2016 at 8:06 am

    SEO is best way to viral our site. Today i found more effective info about seo here . thanks to share this valuable stuff with us.

    Reply
  21. Parul Jain says

    June 15, 2016 at 8:15 am

    Hii

    Definately a great trick .I am gone use this in my work field.Thanks for posting this valuable article.

    Reply
  22. Jessica Martin says

    June 14, 2016 at 11:17 am

    It’s really impressive and informative, SEO is Getting hard for every day to fix the problems. At present we really need to aware of helpful tips of SEO. Thank you for sharing such a nice tips about SEO.

    Reply
  23. Konstantin Rabin says

    June 10, 2016 at 10:04 am

    Hey there guys,

    Thanks for your positive feedback, means a lot.

    Do you have any suggestions for the upcoming posts? How about “Writing great review articles”, as an example below:
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  24. Luna Bahar says

    June 10, 2016 at 5:12 am

    Hi Konstantin Rabin,

    I did like to thank to you for sharing this interesting blog post. In this time, I am running a business, and I have found your post really helpful. I have learned many things from this article. Thanks

    Reply
  25. Dave says

    June 8, 2016 at 4:07 pm

    A simple but effective tactic. Planning ahead can have big payoffs. This reminds me that I need to do better with my projects when it comes to finding ways to get ahead of the curve.
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  26. Abhilash PS says

    June 8, 2016 at 10:07 am

    Congratulations for your success, Its a brilliant idea. I went through your website several times in last 5 months, I like your website and your writing style. These tips will do good for affiliate marketers, personally I do. Thank You for sharing. Keep posting

    Reply
  27. Roger says

    June 8, 2016 at 10:04 am

    Thanks for sharing this post about A Little Useful SEO Trick for Affiliates. This wonderful and awesome article has inspired me a lot which you have shared in this post. As I told you that this awesome post helps me in my work. In my next comment, I will told you everything clearly that how can your blog help me, what I had learned from your blog.
    Thanks a lot once again for sharing this wonderful and useful post.

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  28. Ashvin says

    June 8, 2016 at 3:08 am

    Hi Konstantin,
    It’s really effective trick, many times I used this SEO trick for my blog and it really working.
    Thanks for this post.
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  29. Santanu says

    June 8, 2016 at 2:21 am

    This is a wonderful guide for affiliate marketers. Although the impact is for short term but I feel its very effective. Targeting such keywords which are year and time specific is a great way to generate good income. Have to say that this is a priceless lesson I have learned here today. Many thanks again.
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  30. Mark Reynolds says

    June 7, 2016 at 9:54 am

    Good read my friend. Very precise and direct to the point. Articles should be written this way so that readers can easily understand the message of thte article. Thanks for this mate.

    Reply
  31. Louis Lh. says

    June 7, 2016 at 7:09 am

    SEO is definitely great to learn bit by bit, but It’s get confuse for me when I’m to stuff in too many information, definitely a great article.
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  32. john says

    June 7, 2016 at 10:55 am

    That was clever Konstantin, even i am into affiliate marketing. I have a website related to weight loss products, i will try to search if same can apply in my industry also. Thanks for sharing a useful tip.

    Cheers
    John
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    • badar says

      June 9, 2016 at 10:53 am

      I have web site relevant to moving company in Dubai we provide a more services about mover and packers and also provide local and international movers and cargo services :
      Read more: http://wemove.ae/service/fairs-exhibitions-movers/

      Reply

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