Since the 30 Day Challenge has officially launched and in the spirit of the challenge (not to mention I like Ed), I thought I would share a keyword research method that I personally use to help folks out. I don’t believe many people use this method or even knows it exists at all. 

This is an extra step I use to narrow my list down when doing keyword research. I am going to assume you already have a large keyword list for your niche already. Now this can be a little time consuming but IT WILL be worth it!!! So here is what you do.

Go to  http://adlab.microsoft.com/Online-Commercial-Intention/Default.aspx 

Put each key word in the search box and check “Query” then hit “Go.”

You will then see a “Probability for Commercial Query:” and a number.

I entered “grapefruit”

Commercial (Query)

Probability for Commercial Query:

0.51966

As a rule of thumb I keep any keywords over “.50″

Okay…..I’m feeling really generous today. If you use your imagination in conjunction with other methods you can see how sweet this can be. Think Adwords, CJ, Clickbank and Affiliates. Want to see something really cool put in a URL. Notice you get a Commercial-Transactional & Commercial-Informational. Think Domain Investing!!!! 

Alright that’s enough, I will probably hate myself later for putting this out there, but hell if you took the time to stop by and read this than I really do hope you put it to full use. If you have any luck using this be sure to leave a comment. If you want a more in depth technical explanation of how OCI works you can read more about it here.