Confused About Keyword Use

[beachgypsy]

I thought I knew how to use my keywords once I found them but now I am not so sure. For example, if my keywords are "increase bond density", I thought that I needed to use that entire phrase as part of my article title, then in my first sentence or small paragraph.

I wouldn't use it again till half way through the article then again at the end.

But as I read other people's articles, I see that they have broken up the phrase and used the words separately throughout the article.

I already have about 20 articles written and would like to make sure I am using my keywords in the best way before I do anything with them.

Thanks and have a great day.

[yesfree]

Me too so whats the best way to use it...please help

[Brian Lett]

The strategy which you planned to use is actually the correct strategy. Just make sure that you use your keyword in the beginning of your article title, rather than the end. What I usually do for a title is, "Keyword - Rest of Title".

[swords]

Think about it, how would breaking up the keyword make sense?

If you have the keyword "increase bond density", how does Google know that's your keyword when you have your article with the separate keywords sprinkled in :/.

I mean, if you were targeting ONE of those words like 'bond' or 'density', then having one longer keyword and then breaking that up is fine.... but if your main keyword is 3 words, they have to appear right next to each other.

[Inner Athlete]

I'd say don't break it up. That wouldn't make sense to do so.

[beachgypsy]

Thanks Brian. I will use that idea when I edit my articles. Do you also use it like I have been then? Top, middle and end? Or just at the beginning. Is that where the search engines go first? How can you tell I'm new at this.

[GeraldGigerl]

Hey,

for a rule of a dumb: use the main keyword once for each 100 word (for
articles). However if you keyword is an extremely long tail like 4+ words
you can even just use it less. You don´t want to make your article look
spammy. Use relevant keywords that also describe your content well.

Use lsikeywords.com for this purpose.

[bfas]

The reason we use our targeted keyword phrase as our anchor text is to focus it's backlink value on that term. The reason we 'mix it up' is to try and appear more 'natural' and less 'manufactured' in our backlinking.

As far as optimizing the content itself, you want to use the exact phrase in the title, as close to the beginning as possible; in the first sentence of the first paragraph; in the first sentence of the last paragraph; then throughout the body a few times depending on the length of the article.

Michael

[beachgypsy]

That's a really great tip. I'll go back over my articles and take a look at where I actually used my keywords. Thanks.