Case Study Part 1 - My Experiment With IPhone Video Blog
A week ago, I thought of setting up a tech gadget blog and put everything into experiment by publishing YouTube videos on it automatically every day. I did some homework on my keywords research as well as optimizing it for SEO too. Interested to know what are my keywords and what is the result like?
Why I chosen IPhone YouTube videos?
- IPhone has been a popular tech gadget among the internet tech gurus worldwide.
- Tons of IPhone-related videos are published on YouTube everyday.
- IPhone videos have been receiving very good viewership in YouTube.
The trend now is all about IPhone games, softwares, applications and unlocking IPhones. With this in mind, I picked a few promising keywords like iphone reviews, iphone download, unlock iphone and iphone apps.
A week later when I log in to my Google Analytics, below traffic result is what I see for my one-week old blog.
As you can see,the number of unique visitors have been increasing since day 1 averaging around 40 - 50 visitors per day. The performance is getting better for the past few days. Below is 5 of my top performing keywords.
Below is an overview of my traffic sources.
Looks like search engines are starting to like my blog very much and sending me traffic.
Amount Of Effort Spent:
Nothing else except my first time set up which is a week ago. No daily marketing effort. All videos have been configured during set up and auto-published on a daily basis using a WordPress plug-in called “WP-Video”.
What WP-Video plug-in does?
It searches YouTube for videos based on the keywords you specified and embed them (the results) into your website or blog automatically.
My Conclusion:
Tech gadget video blogs might be easier to fetch search engine traffic compared to others. Below is a list of some other tech gadgets I can think of.
- Apple IPod
- Nintendo DSi
- Nintendo WII
- Sony PSP
- Sony PS3
To find out what are the popular keywords for your desired gadget, you may use Google Adwords Keyword Tool to help you. Remember, find the right keywords are essential!
How Am I Going To Monetize My IPhone Video Blog Effectively?
In Part 2 of my Case Study, I will share with you some useful tips on how am I going to monetize this blog to start bringing in some income for myself. Stay tuned…










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