keyword question

[petelta]

Hey guys. Im loving the message board so far. I think I've learned more about internet marketing in the past week than the past 3 months of studying it, just because of the massive amount of input you get here. I'm extremely excited about hitting my earning potential from this.

So, Im working on my SEO and keyword selection techniques this week and I have a small question that I haven't seen answered i guess because its probably a pretty newbie question, haha. Anyways, when it comes to keywords, I've read that you don't want more than 15-20 words for a meta keyword tag but I was wondering the exact definition of a keyword. Is "how to fix stuff" a single keyword or would it count as 4 words out of the 20?

Also, i've found some good keywords that won't really make sense in a sentence next to each other and am wondering how a pro implements them. Do you add the keyword in the title, header, content, etc as is or is it ok to add a word in between. For example, lets say my keyword is "buy shirt", would it be better to have a title like "10 best ways to buy shirt" or would it be better to make it gramatically correct "10 best ways to buy a shirt". In the actual article I would make complete sentences and choose the 2nd choice, but for the title and description of the page would it be wise to throw in these gramatical errors just because it willl rank better for SEO?

Thanks for all the help in advance. I'm so new to this its not funny. Trying to wrap my brain around everything haha.

[petelta]

I have another question to add onto this topic. This morning I made a list of 100 kewords i think will work. Is it better to write an article on each keyword, or should an article use 3-4 keywords throughout?

[robinincarolina]

I say an article on each keyword. But I am fairly new, but its what I do and it increases your backlinks I think. If I am wrong, someone pleeeaase correct me. I am still learning and don't want to give wrong information.

[LynnM]

Originally Posted by petelta

So, Im working on my SEO and keyword selection techniques this week and I have a small question that I haven't seen answered i guess because its probably a pretty newbie question, haha. Anyways, when it comes to keywords, I've read that you don't want more than 15-20 words for a meta keyword tag but I was wondering the exact definition of a keyword. Is "how to fix stuff" a single keyword or would it count as 4 words out of the 20?

Also, i've found some good keywords that won't really make sense in a sentence next to each other and am wondering how a pro implements them. Do you add the keyword in the title, header, content, etc as is or is it ok to add a word in between. For example, lets say my keyword is "buy shirt", would it be better to have a title like "10 best ways to buy shirt" or would it be better to make it gramatically correct "10 best ways to buy a shirt". In the actual article I would make complete sentences and choose the 2nd choice, but for the title and description of the page would it be wise to throw in these gramatical errors just because it willl rank better for SEO?

Thanks for all the help in advance. I'm so new to this its not funny. Trying to wrap my brain around everything haha.

It should be a max of 20, and all the words count individually ("how to fix stuff" is 4).
Hope that helps a bit,

Lynn

[edhan]

Personally to me, it must sounds right. No point of doing keywords stuffing that does not make sense. Main point will be having that keyword(s) in the sentence.

If you have 100 keywords, then write individual article based on one keyword at a time to link. This will overall improve your ranking and search engine result in a long term. Remember to have quality article relating to the keyword you are writing about otherwise it will have no effect.

Hope this helps.

[petelta]

Alright, thanks for the answers. Definitely helped out.

Now, how bout the rule about using the same keyword twice in one meta tag. Would using "trout fishing" and "trout fishing bait" count as using the same keyword twice since they both have trout fishing? Or would that be acceptable as two keywords in the same tag? I would assume it would not be a good idea since they consider each word seperate but just want to get a clear idea.

[rivulguy]

Google is getting smarter every day. They're algorithms are becoming more and more "human", meaning you should create content for your human visitors, not the search engines. You human visitors will appreciate that, too. Just my 2 cents...

[crystalq]

I would write 2-4 articles per keyword

Use your Best keywords for the meta tags.

[edhan]

Originally Posted by petelta

Alright, thanks for the answers. Definitely helped out.

Now, how bout the rule about using the same keyword twice in one meta tag. Would using "trout fishing" and "trout fishing bait" count as using the same keyword twice since they both have trout fishing? Or would that be acceptable as two keywords in the same tag? I would assume it would not be a good idea since they consider each word seperate but just want to get a clear idea.

For me. I would use it for 2 different articles. One for trout fishing and another for trout fishing bait.

[Matt Gannon]

What about anchor text links, if your keyword is buy shirt would a anchor text link "buy a shirt" work for targeting the keyword buy shirt?

[edhan]

Originally Posted by Matt Gannon

What about anchor text links, if your keyword is buy shirt would a anchor text link "buy a shirt" work for targeting the keyword buy shirt?

Yes. But I think unlikely people are searching buy shirt as the search terms. For me, I would search for brand names of the shirt I am looking for instead.

[Matt Maiden]

A powerful way to use a niche keyword and sub-niche keywords in an article is this format:

"Dog Grooming - 5 Ways To Groom A Poodle"
"Dog Grooming - How To Give Your Collie A Better Groom"
"Dog Grooming - Where To Find The Best Deal On Grooming Shears"

This is a way to write several articles on sub-niches within a broader more competitive niche.

When you apply this to a blog make sure that you do this with your post titles too.

Don't forget to include "Latent" or related keywords that one would find along with your main keywords.

"To stop your dog from biting while grooming, use a muzzle and possibly have another person contain his paws..."

You can also write entire blog posts on just Latent Keywords.

"How To Stop Your Dog From Biting While Being Groomed"

As far as the original question pertaining to meta tags I would leave out anything but the keywords. Main keywords followed by Latent.

dog grooming, grooming, grooming your dog, barking, dog barking,

Hope this helped

[HarrisonJ]

Google doesn't really care about the 'keywords' meta tag in my experience.

Make sure you are targeting one medium search volume keyword with your homepage, and set the homepage title to that keyword. The homepage of your site is the most powerful ranking page you have so pick a good keyword and build backlinks with that keyword as anchor text.