Are you ready for a SUPER tool to add to your SEO toolbox? Take a look at the Wonder Wheel.

What is it?
Wonder Wheel, right there hidden on Google search results page, is great and easy to use VISUAL Search Engine Optimization tool. The Wonder Wheel shows your search results in a visual format - wheel - with your search term in the middle and terms that Google sees as related on the spokes of the wheel.


Why wheel it?
To improve your blogs, posts and sites. You can optimize your content with keywords/terms whether it is within a post, a blog or a website. You could also use these related terms when doing a Pay Per Click campaign.


How do you find it?
The wonder wheel is there, hidden in the Google search results. Here is how.

I did a Google search for Miami foreclosures (as an example) - below is the typical search results page

google search page options

Click on Show Options...

... and you see the left hand column

google search page showing options

Look at the left hand column and find Wonder Wheel - click on it...

... and this appears

google search page image


Nice Visual!

You can see that each spoke has a search term that Google sees related to the term in the middle.
If you click on any of the terms on the spokes another wheel opens up with related terms to that particular term - in the example I clicked on the spoke/term Miami Beach foreclosures

google search wonder wheel

How do you use this information?

If you are writing a blog post you could add one of two of the related terms as your secondary keywords. You could also add links to other posts that you have written about one or more of the terms on the spokes. Or you could write about your main term and each of the terms on the spokes in your same blog.

If you were looking for a content for a website this could be a great starting point to see what types of pages to add to your site.

Once you have written a few posts or pages you can start linking them to each other and voila there you have some SEO in action.

From one term you can write up to EIGHT other RELATED posts or pages - if the terms make sense. I did a few other searches and some of the terms would not have worked as they mentioned some companies by name, even ours - hope that is a good thing.


I am such a visual person so I love how easy it is to use the wheel and just keep adding related content. There certainly are many, many other ways to tackle SEO, keywords and such, but as simple as this is to use and implement, you might find that adding this to your toolbox is a great addition.

Rita

I use the word "term" here to mean keywords.

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192 Comments on Knock your socks off tool for your writing and SEO - Google's Wonder Wheel

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MAR
03
2010

Thank you so much!  Just wish it worked in Firefox, which is my browser of choice.  I'll definitely  use IE for this though.

7:38pm • #175

Thank you so much for this enlightening post! I will definitely use it!!!

8:50pm • #177
425,063 Points 22 Featured Posts Outside Blog

The wheel does work with firefox. I use firefox and it works well. There are some firefox apps that may be messing it up. :)

9:36pm • #178
2 Featured Posts Attended Rain Camp

Rita, sorry to be repetitive, but THANK YOU!  Tremendous post!

11:54pm • #179
MAR
04
2010
Localism Sponsor

Thankyou Rita, this is a Great tool! I will definitely use it.

3:36pm • #180
Localism Sponsor

Thankyou Rita, this is a Great tool! I will definitely use it.

3:36pm • #181
MAR
05
2010
165,920 Points

Good Stuff! Thanks for the Post!

-AC

6:06pm • #183
183,829 Points 47 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Forget all those other terms! I am search for "Wonder Rita" because that is what you are my friend!

7:39pm • #184
MAR
06
2010
584,338 Points 1 Featured Post Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Google.  The inventor of the wheel.  At last we know.

 

And here some thought it was Microsoft.

1:51am • #185
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Great tool, Rita. I had no idea but it looks pretty useful. Wonder what else is hiding behind the scenes?

Thanks for letting us in on this.

Jeff

9:13am • #187
1,584,127 Points 429 Featured Posts Outside Blog Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Rita - and interesting thing to do...Google yourself and see what Google associates with your name. :)

Jeff

9:42am • #188
1,150,556 Points 53 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Rita,

Looks like you got comments in double here, probably proxy errors when they were posting. Good info.

4:37pm • #189
425,063 Points 22 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Jeff - I did google the company name and got some other related companies, not really areas though - oh, well I guess we are not that famous.

Steven - hmmm, I thought I got rid of those - LOL - I mean the duplicated not the proxy errors - I wish...

5:12pm • #190
APR
07
2010
236,941 Points 5 Featured Posts Called Shot Master

Wow! This is good stuff. I will start to use it right away. Thanks.

11:21pm • #191
MAY
29
2010
139,310 Points 3 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor

Google constantly amazes me with the cool stuff they come up with!  Love this and will start using it right away!  Thanks so much for sharing!

8:51pm • #192
AUG
05
2010
107,181 Points

that is so cool   thanks for sharing

2:28pm • #193
JAN
02
2011
629,905 Points 18 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Rita,

Thank you for this tip I can see that this can be a big help when writing some of my posts.

4:58pm • #194

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