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Keyword Optimization

by inter123
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Hi.

If there is a demand for the keyword phrase 'Recipe Apples' would it be ok to use a sentence in my page such as:

'There are many a recipe that uses apples to create delicious puddings.'

Or, if I am unable to come up with a sentence that has the phrase 'Recipe Apples', would it be more beneficial to use a gramatically incorrect sentence like:

'We can use recipe apples to create many delicious puddings'

Thanks.

Jim.
#keyword #optimization
  • Profile picture of the author butters
    It's a bad keyword, it doesn't make sense, thus, in my opinion, it is worthless.
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  • Profile picture of the author aaron_nimocks
    I would make the phrase for your readers and not the search engines.

    So I would just fit the keywords in a gramatically correct sentence.

    Do a search on Google and look at the titles that people on the first page are ranking for and tell me if it matters.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nickolie0990
    There are two types of keywords you should optimize your content for. The main keyword and LSI keywords. Use them both and you will see a higher ranking for your content. The trick is to use both, while at the same time make your content make 100% sense. It still has to be human readable.
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  • Profile picture of the author R.Rapp
    The first sentence you used wouldn't be considered a good keyword for "recipe apples" because those two words are not found together. The second sentence is best. As long as it makes sense while reading, and the keywords are used together, it's all good

    Looking at the keyword, it appears that "apples recipes" is very similar to "recipe apples" in terms of search volume/competition and may be easier to use in a sentence.

    As others said, you really want to write for your audience so go with what makes sense, what is easiest to read, and what you can write out without having to spend 5-10 minutes thinking of how you can make this sentence work with an odd keyword.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shoaib
    Think a bit smarter and you can incorporate that phrase into your pages if you must.

    Something like... New Recipe: Apples can be used in just about any pie!

    Now, I'm not a cooking or an apples expert so what I just said may not make sense, but you get the idea. The search engine does not see the ":" and for ranking purposes it just sees the phrase "recipe apples".

    I've seen it on Google in the SERP and also gotten some of my own phrases ranked with such methods.
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  • Profile picture of the author freudianslip27
    Yes,

    As Shoaib mentioned above, I also use colons or dashes whenever weird situations like this arise..

    You could even work this into getting recipe apples into your header and title tags. I'm hoping colons don't matter, and it at least allows you to get those keywords very close to each other. Sometimes you have to balance how it looks, yeah I wouldn't write it like that out of the blue, but being armed with keyword research, it makes sense to have it appear like that.

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