What am I missing about keywords?

Andrew Leatherland · 02-26-2009, 01:44 AM

Please can someone clarify something for me about keywords especially long tail ones.

If I've done keyword search for a long tail keyword and found what I think is a good one that when it is in brackets there are very few competing sites.

When I then use it as my site name and use it often why is it that when I search on that keyword, sites that seem not to have that keyword rank above it. Some of them have the words spaced so far apart and in totally unrelated sentences that I don't get it.

I thought the idea behind long tail keywords was that you could dominate for that phrase because that's the one people really use when searching the internet.

I know there are other factors involved in search engine position but this has me really flummoxed. Am I missing something.

Thanks

Andrew

Terry Hatfield · 02-26-2009, 01:52 AM

Hi Andrew,

It is not only about the keyword density. And having your keyword in the title of your page.

Those are on page factors.

You also need to focus on off page factors such as backlinks. You need to have links coming back to your site from other sites. And those links need your keyword in the anchor text of the link.

You can go to yahoo site explorer and type site:nameofsite.com to check the backlinks of the other sites that are placing good for your keyword.

The number of backlinks and keywords in the anchor text of the incoming links are much more important than keyword density.

Hope that helps a little,
Terry

redneo · 02-26-2009, 02:59 AM

i have a little question that connected with this... is keyword = tag????

Mr_Julian_S · 02-26-2009, 03:02 AM

It is best to use one to two long tail keyword phrase(s) per page, with the most searched keywords in the title of your site. Long tail keywords should also be bold within your text to not only help you visitors see the exact phrase they were looking for, but also as a way to help search engines find your keywords. Long tail keywords can also be used in your website page files names, such as: mysite.com/best-food-for-dogs.html. When naming your files, make sure you always use your long tails, as it helps with SEO purposes!

Regards

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artsub · 02-26-2009, 03:30 AM

Length of the keyword tail is not a much significant factor as compared to the importance of the keyword with respect to search engines. Mostly used the keywords even small tail which have high hit/search frequency in search engines.

Alp Bozkurt · 02-26-2009, 06:22 AM

Andrew,

Since your domain is not an authority domain ( = not a high pr domain), your pages will not rank for any terms regardless they are high competition or low competition.

You have two choices: Run an intensive backlinking campaing to your main domain to increase it's PR to at least 3, or publish your content on authority sites like ezinearticles, hubpages etc...

The first option is really hard to accomplish but will have endless long term benefits...

02-26-2009, 01:44 AM	#1
Andrew Leatherland HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: , , United Kingdom. Posts: 192 Thanks: 50 Thanked 25 Times in 17 Posts	What am I missing about keywords? Please can someone clarify something for me about keywords especially long tail ones. If I've done keyword search for a long tail keyword and found what I think is a good one that when it is in brackets there are very few competing sites. When I then use it as my site name and use it often why is it that when I search on that keyword, sites that seem not to have that keyword rank above it. Some of them have the words spaced so far apart and in totally unrelated sentences that I don't get it. I thought the idea behind long tail keywords was that you could dominate for that phrase because that's the one people really use when searching the internet. I know there are other factors involved in search engine position but this has me really flummoxed. Am I missing something. Thanks Andrew
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Terry Hatfield You People Think Too Much War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 524 Thanks: 11 Thanked 94 Times in 62 Posts	Re: What am I missing about keywords? Hi Andrew, It is not only about the keyword density. And having your keyword in the title of your page. Those are on page factors. You also need to focus on off page factors such as backlinks. You need to have links coming back to your site from other sites. And those links need your keyword in the anchor text of the link. You can go to yahoo site explorer and type site:nameofsite.com to check the backlinks of the other sites that are placing good for your keyword. The number of backlinks and keywords in the anchor text of the incoming links are much more important than keyword density. Hope that helps a little, Terry

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Alp Bozkurt Hyperactive Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 199 Thanks: 31 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Re: What am I missing about keywords? Andrew, Since your domain is not an authority domain ( = not a high pr domain), your pages will not rank for any terms regardless they are high competition or low competition. You have two choices: Run an intensive backlinking campaing to your main domain to increase it's PR to at least 3, or publish your content on authority sites like ezinearticles, hubpages etc... The first option is really hard to accomplish but will have endless long term benefits...
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