(And How We Used It To Write The “Free Traffic From Google!” article. )
Here’s a secret that most people walk right past every single day.
Google is constantly and continuously telling you EXAQCTLY AND LITERALLY what people are searching for. It’s right there in plain sight, available to anyone with an internet connection, completely free, and updated in real time.
It’s called Google “Autocomplete”…
And once you understand how to use it intentionally, you’ll never run out of article ideas again. In fact — the “Spider Bite” article in the Affiliates section? That keyword came directly from Google’s Autocomplete.
What Is Autocomplete?
You’ve seen it a thousand times without thinking about it. You go to Google, start typing a search, and before you finish, a dropdown list appears below the search bar… suggesting how to complete your query.
Those suggestions aren’t random…
They aren’t Google guessing. They’re the actual most-searched phrases that begin with whatever you’ve typed so far.
Google shows you these suggestions because it wants to help you find what you’re looking for faster. What it’s actually doing — from your perspective as a content creator — is handing you a list of proven, high-volume keywords on a silver platter.
Every suggestion in that dropdown is something that searchers are typing into Google right now. That’s your keyword research!
A Real Example: (Exactly How We Found The Spider Bite Keyword.)
We went to Google and typed:
“how to treat a”
And stopped.
The dropdown that magically appeared, looked like this:
how to treat a stye
how to treat anemia
how to treat a burn
how to treat a cold
how to treat a boil
how to treat a wasp sting
how to treat a spider bite
how to treat a sinus infection
how to treat afib
how to treat a concussion
how to treat anxiety
Look at that list…
Every single entry is a specific, high-volume search query that real people are typing right now. Every single one is a potential article… AND potential traffic to your SANE Prepper sales page.
We spotted “how to treat a spider bite” and asked one question: Does this have a natural preparedness angle?
Yes. Absolutely!
Spider bites happen in the garden, in the woodpile, in the garage — exactly the kinds of environments a prepared household operates in. And knowing how to treat a spider bite when a doctor isn’t immediately available is exactly the kind of practical knowledge the SANE Prepper Vault is built around.
How To Use Autocomplete…
Most people type their full search and never look at the suggestions. You’re going to do the opposite. You’re going to type slowly and stop deliberately at different points to mine the suggestions at each stage.
Step 1: START with a BROAD topic word…
Type a single broad word related to your topic and stop. Don’t hit enter.
- Try: “emergency” — stop. Write down the suggestions.
- Try: “prepping” — stop. Write down the suggestions.
- Try: “survival” — stop. Write down the suggestions.
Step 2: Add a SECOND word, and stop again…
- “emergency food” — stop. New, more specific suggestions appear.
- “emergency water” — stop. More suggestions.
- “prepping for beginners” — stop. More suggestions.
Each time you add a word the suggestions get more specific and more actionable.
Step 3: Type the BEGINNING of a question…
This is where it gets really powerful. Questions are the best keywords because they tell you exactly what someone wants to know — and an article that answers a specific question completely is exactly what Google wants to show people asking that question.
Try these starts:
- “how to treat a…” (that’s exactly what produced our spider bite keyword)
- “how to store…”
- “how to prepare for…”
- “what to do when…”
- “how long does…”
- “best way to…”
- “can you…”
- “should I…”
- “signs of…”
- “what happens if…”
Each starting phrase surfaces a completely different set of questions. Each question is a potential article.
Step 4: The “ALPHABET trick”…
Here’s a technique that produces an almost unlimited list of ideas. Type your topic followed by each letter of the alphabet and stop after each one.
- “emergency preparedness a…” — suggestions appear. Write them down.
- “emergency preparedness b…” — new suggestions. Write them down.
- “emergency preparedness c…” — more suggestions.
By the time you reach Z you’ll have dozens of keyword ideas you never would have thought of on your own. Many will be surprisingly specific and surprisingly high-volume.
Three More FREE Tools On The Same Page…
Once you do hit enter and see the actual search results, don’t leave yet. Google gives you three more research tools right there on the page.
“People Also Ask”
Scroll down until you see a box titled “People Also Ask.” It contains four questions related to your search. Click any one — the answer expands and four more questions appear at the bottom. Click one of those and four more appear.
This box is essentially an infinite question generator. Every question in it is something real people are actually asking Google. Every one is a potential article topic.
Click through fifteen or twenty questions. Write them all down. You now have a month’s worth of article ideas from a single search.
“Related Searches…”
Scroll all the way to the bottom of the results page. You’ll find a “Related Searches” section with eight more keyword ideas — different angles on the same topic. Write them all down.
The search RESULTS themselves…
Look at the titles of the articles ranking on page one for your keyword. These titles tell you exactly how successful writers framed their articles for this keyword. Notice the patterns — the words they use, the angles they take, the promises they make in the title. Use this as inspiration for your own title.
Picking The Right Keywords To Write About..
Once you have a list of keyword ideas, filter them through these four questions:
- Is it specific enough to answer in one article? “Emergency preparedness” is too broad. “How to treat a spider bite” is just right.
- Is it question-based? Question keywords are the easiest to rank for and the easiest to write — the article structure writes itself. You just answer the question completely.
- Are smaller websites ranking on page one? Search your keyword and look at the results. If every result is WebMD, Wikipedia, the Red Cross, and major news outlets — that’s a tough keyword. If you see personal blogs and smaller websites on page one — there’s room for you.
- Does it connect naturally to preparedness and the Vault? Every article should end with a natural path to your affiliate page. “How to treat a spider bite” connects easily — it’s a medical preparedness topic. Stay in the preparedness lane and your CTAs will always feel natural rather than forced.
The Spider Bite Keyword Passed All Four Tests
- Specific enough? Yes — “how to treat a spider bite” is a precise, answerable question.
- Question-based? Yes — it starts with “how to.”
- Smaller sites ranking? Yes — a search for this keyword shows a mix of medical sites and smaller health blogs. Rankable.
- Preparedness angle? Yes — knowing how to treat a spider bite when medical care isn’t immediately available is squarely in SANE Prepper territory.
So we wrote the article. And now it’s yours to publish, with YOUR affiliate link in the CTA at the bottom.
That’s the whole process…
Forty-five minutes of typing slowly into a search bar produced a keyword. That keyword produced an article. That article WILL produce traffic for someone. That traffic will produce $100 commissions…. again and again. Long after you hit publish.
Now… go find your next keyword. (Google’s dropdown is waiting.)
