Are keywords still important?

i think keywords still important now. even we planned our traffic methode not from search engine or SEO, we still need to do little research keyword.
i mean... let's assumed that we'll build a site about make money online. i've planned traffic methode just using social media, video marketing, forum marketing.
if we do research our keyword... actually our visitors will come from social media, video marketing, forum marketing even from search engine as a traffic bonuses.
keyword is when people search what they need to solve their problem

Without keywords you would not know what to market, who to market to and how to market to the people you chose to market to. Does that make any sense. I hope so since you are already familiar with the concept. Yes, there is a new keyword tool from google and it is not so different from the old one. Still give most of the statistic the old one used to give. You will figure it fast when you play around with it. Welcome back hope this time you have come to stay.

I think it is still important because that is the language that your audience uses. You might be saying the same thing as them but if you dont use their language it will be hard for them to find you in the search engines.

The answer is both yes and no.

On one hand, people can't find you without keywords. Google can't rank you either. So if you're trying to rank for "Best Dentist in Chicago", then you're going to have to use the phrase on a few of your pages. There's no way around that.

On the other hand, keyword density is all but dead. If I was writing an article on the best dentist in Chicago, I'd use the main key-phrase once in the title and once early in the first paragraph. Then I'd never use it again, and focus solely on writing great quality that people would actually enjoy reading. I'd format the page nicely and talk about what to do when you have a bad toothache on the weekend, how to tell if you need emergency treatment, tips to get your teeth whiter naturally and other fluffy content that delivers actual value.

The on-page metrics (# of visitors, time on page, # of pages visited, etc) will determine how well your main keywords rank...so the focus is purely on quality in today's SEO. I hope that helps.

Yeah, they are still important. We use keywords to help us find our audiences (bring traffic to our sites). It doesn't matter if we are trying to get traffic via the search engines or using social media sites. Nowadays, it's also really important that you have stuff on your own site (your own domain and hosting). A number of free sites that used to be popular for getting traffic (i.e. article directories, Squidoo) are a thing of the past.

Joey

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Of course yes. keywords are still very important especially in bringing traffic to our website and if you will be using PPC advertising. Keywords are also used if google wants to rank you or if someone wishes to look for you. try to learn the new keyword tool from google it will be very helpful.

Yes keywords are still very important to rank your desired thing.

Keywords will always be important but just be aware of changes to how people actually search for stuff online, i.e. social media, mobile, etc. because Google pays much more attention to these than they have in the past. You might also want to look into semantic keyword research as well. This is when search engines like Google try to determine what a user means when they type in certain words and phrases. Are users thinking about location when they type in a specific keyword or are they thinking about a specific brand? These are the kind of things you have to figure out when doing keyword research nowadays. Your research should be based on what people are actually typing in and looking for, not just on how much search volume some keyword got in the past. Basically, you should now always be trying to improve the user experience for people and not rely solely on hard search engine data when you are doing your research. For example, maybe Google got it wrong on a particular meaning of a keyword you are wanting to use? Maybe they did not have the relationship of keywords you are trying to convey? They are not always right, so its up to you to make sure the correct meaning is represented so that Google will eventually add that to its database as well. All this being said, none of it is anything new.

Keywords will always be important as a guideline to understand what people are searching for online. Especially in search marketing it is very important. Paid traffic is the best way to start since you are staring over, so you can get faster results.

Yes keywords are an important part of seo.

Keywords plays an important role in SEO. If you want to promote your site then you much concentrate on best keywords..

Keywords are the very main part of SEO and whole search industry is depending keyword.

Keyword is more impotent in SEO because without Keyword you are not able to promote our site brand product .

Importance of Keywords in SEO will never vanish.It's still as important as it was.So,don't worry.Start over again and best of luck.

Hey there.

Keywords are still relevant

As long as people are still typing things into Google, knowing what keywords to target should continue to be a top priority.

David

I think you're confusing 'keywords' and 'backlinks'.

Simply put without keywords there will be no Google...
Well, lets just say: you will be searching internet using candles.



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Of course keywords are important, as well as any other SEO factors and optimization that make SEO as a whole.

Keywords are very important both for seo and ppc. You need to get what kws people are finding you on even before you start any form of search marketing

Keywords are the main part of SEO and ppc so how you can ask this. Whole the search market industry depends on keyword section.

Yes, keywords are still relevant to SEO in 2015. Keywords are the basis on which search engine users find content and the basis on which search engines bring their users relevant content.

yes keywords are important in seo but using lots of keywords doesn't works.

Google has already made it clear that they do not consider meta keywords when selecting keywords, and this makes sense because many bloggers who are new to blogging or article writing add lots of keywords in their posts.

Definitely keywords are still very important. Knowing the keywords your trying to rank gives you the idea on your market and the keyword competition. For example, long tail keywords are less common and draws fewer visitors but often pull more quality visitors leading to more conversions than ordinary keyword.