For the post in question, I just chose a site in my niche that had poor page rank and wrote a post about. Didn’t even use the tool. Congrats on breaking the $100 mark. That means you are doing the right things.

Keep it going..!

It wouldn’t be too much to ask you for that keyword? Just kidding, LOL!

But seriously, do you start with high CPC or high volume when you are researching on that keyword? I never had a post that brings in such high revenue. Good job!

Btw, I just broke the $100 mark last month, sort of earlier than I expected but it was encouraging. Keep these posts coming!

Your post, Fraser’s, and several others I’ve read over these past few months have kind of made me reevaluate the way I look at my traffic stats. The past couple months, I’ve been looking at my keyword reports, and thinking, “Alright! I’m close to nailing the keyword I’m targeting”. Or, more often, “Crap, I’m waaaay off target…and discouraged”.

Though I feel it’s important to monitor the my kw targeting accuracy, I think I’m going to start treating my Keyword reports like reader emails…If I find that someone came to my site looking for “the world’s most expensive blue spotted widgets”, and I don’t specifically talk about “the world’s most expensive blue spotted widgets” in any of my posts, I’ll make a new post to answer that question, or at least alter an existing one. Over a few years, I could potentially dominate my niche.

I know this isn’t an original concept – people target longtails all the time. It just never really dawned on me. I think you just helped shake something loose.

Thanks!

FYI: Last month my adsense revenue was about $68 bucks and I cleared the threshold for payment again which was cool.