Know what words your customers will use when searching.
You might know what your customers search for. If not, find out. Is it a
description of “pants” or “jeans?” One may be searched more often than the
other, but why not target both? How about “executive gifts?” Maybe “desk
accessories” will broaden your website marketing strategy.
Ask all kinds of
people. Get advice from people from all walks of life including management,
employees, customers, vendors, friends and family on how they would search for
effective search engine positioning keywords. Ask them how they would search
for different products and services. It’s really not about what you think they
would search for, it's about what they think. Believe me, they can many times be
two totally different things.
Once you have
successfully harvested a meaningful keyword list, remove any keywords that are
too targeted or not too specific. Also, remember that keyword placement is
important. Try to put as many keywords as possible in the beginning paragraphs and of course the title line.
The higher the
value of the keyword the more competition you will have. Every SEO utilizes
tools similar to the Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool and also knows the value
of a keyword. The lower the value of the keyword the less competition we will
have.
We don’t want to
aim too low but we also don’t want to aim too high. We need to find a middle
ground. For you, that may be a keyword with a value of no less than 1000 and no
more than 10,000. It will be up to you to determine what you deem reasonable.
Also, the keywords
should appear regularly throughout the opening Web page. They must appear frequently in the opening paragraphs.
However, resist the temptation to overuse keywords. The search engines can spot
it and will reduce your page rankings. Tools are available to help with optimal
keyword density. However, avoid software that writes the site’s pages. Search
engines can sniff these out, too.
A good rule of
thumb is: Never to sacrifice the quality of content for keyword placement. This will
affect your page ranking. Most importantly, your site won’t appeal to visitors.
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