Keyword Golden Ratio (KGR) Calculator
To use this calculator, you input the number of pages with the exact title match for the keyword and the monthly search volume. On clicking 'Calculate KGR', it computes the value, and based on the computed KGR, provides guidance on the effectiveness of the keyword.
To add this calculator to your WordPress website, create a new page or post, switch to the HTML editor (not the Visual Editor), and paste the HTML code snippet. Ensure that your site allows JavaScript execution since some WordPress configurations might restrict it for security reasons.
You might want to tailor the design to match your website's theme and test functionality thoroughly. This calculator demonstrates a straightforward computation and provides baseline guidance on KGR; for more intricate SEO strategies, you would typically integrate more comprehensive tools and analyses.
What Is KGR or Keyword Golden Ratio?
Keyword Golden Ratio is the term coined by Doug Cunnington of Niche Site Project. It describes the process of finding target keywords that haven’t been covered in-depth by many websites.
These usually come in the form of long-tail keywords that your competitors may have potentially overlooked, or are not interested in because of the low search volume (around a couple of hundred searches or less in a month).
You may wonder why KGR focuses on relatively low search volume keywords, but this is actually what makes the KGR method a success. The goal of the KGR technique is to find as many KGR keywords as possible and use them to create an army of high-quality content.
If done right, optimizing KGR keywords allows you to rank at the top of Google results in a shorter period than trying to compete in high-volume search keywords. Furthermore, if your site is already well-established in the industry, you may even get your KGR-specific target pages ranked days after they’ve been published.
How to Calculate Keyword Golden Ratio
To use KGR, you must spend time researching the potential keywords and calculating the ratio.
For the calculation itself, you’ll need two pieces of data: the number of “allintitle” keyword results and their search volume.
How to get these numbers? Let’s start with the “allintitle” results first.
Allintitle is an advanced Google search operator used to help find pages that contain the exact search phrase in their title.
So, for example, if your long-tail keyword is “keyword research for affiliate marketing,” here’s how you can search for the “allintitle” results in the Google search bar:
allintitle:keyword research for affiliate marketing