Ok, so I had a little fun with the title of this post. But, I’m going to share with you my top secret Google keywords. These aren’t just any keywords. These are the Google keywords that rank tylerwhitaker.com in the top ten search results on Google. I’m not really sure if other Internet Marketers share this kind of intel. But, In the interest of setting the baseline for this blog, here’s the list:

Tyler Whitaker – Rank: 1  I think this is has a lot to do with my domain name. I’ve owned tylerwhitaker.com for years. Owning a domain name for a long time with your keywords is always a big help.

tyler whittaker – Rank: 2  This is a funny one since my last name is spelled with only one ‘t’. I must have some backlinks somewhere with my name mis-spelled.

is there a tyler whitaker anywhere – Rank: 4  This is a good question and most days I have a good answer.

racellete – Rank: 5  This is the name of a specific cheese and a popular meal I fell in love with in Switzerland. I tried to find a local Salt Lake City supplier of racellete when I got back. I wrote a blog post about it. I think racellete is a misspelling. The correct spelling is Raclette.

"s infotech" – Rank: 5  This must be a typing mistake. Some kind of truncated version of title of this blog. "Tyler Whitaker’s InfoTech"

flying dragonfly – Rank: 7  Last year a wrote a post about the RC Flying Dragonfly from Wow Wee. It’s a remote controlled plane of sorts that is shaped in the form of a dragonfly. This might be a interesting keyword to use for a future marketing experiment.

tyler "news com" – Rank: 7  I have now idea why I’m listed here.

apprentice tv show 2008 – Rank: 8  I recently posted my thoughts on Donald Trump’s Apprentice TV Show. This current 2008 season has a group of celebrities competing. To bad it’s not more about business.

whitaker business solutions – Rank: 8  This blog is about technology business solutions.

The next step is to increase the rankings of this site using some of these keywords. Stay tuned.

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