How to Rank for Multiple Keywords

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I currently rank #1 for my main kw and I am in top 5 position for several other kws of note. My root domain is ranked for all of these kws.

I would now like to go after several other kws but my feel my root domain is saturated. I do not see how I could effectively optimize my main domain for more kws w/o affecting the ranking for my current kws.

Following are my options as I see it:

Option1: I could start actively building quality, anchor text back links to relevant content on my blog which would produce indirect traffic to my ecommerce site. I am not too fond of this idea as it places an extra step b/w my ecommerce site and my potential customers.

Option 2: I could build quality, anchor text back links to relevant internal pages of my ecommerce site. A reasonable option but my main concern is that as an ecommerce site, my internal pages are always changing.

Option 3: Create mirror images of my root domain. These would be mirror images in a structural sense but each mirror would have unique content specific to the chosen keyword.

These pages would be something like this:

www.domainname/keyword1 (page would have unique content and would be fully optimized to target this KW)

www.domainname/keyword2 (page would have unique content and would be fully optimized to target this KW)

etc...

I am leaning toward option 3 but would like to get opinions before moving forward.

Thanks...
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  • Profile picture of the author Buyseech
    Hi adesbarats,

    If I were in your shoes I would pick option 3 as well.

    There is nothing wrong in having the keywords next to the domain. It will still be indexed as part of the domain name. Optimize each page for that exact jkeyword and keep it relevant to the domainname keyword. Add some internal links and mix up some LSI all over the place ( content, as well as backlink anchors ).

    Wish you all the best.

    Sincerely, Buyseech

    P.s.: If you wish to know how I got my sites ( pages ) ranked in Google in 12 minutes, check out my blog " The Blab of Buyseech " for a step by step solution. Its easier than you think.
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    • Profile picture of the author BillWynne
      I have never heard before that you can only rank effectively for 5 keywords.

      Is that what you are saying? That you can only rank effectively for 5 keywords?

      Seems like there are a lot of sites that will rank #1 in Google for hundreds of keywords that are very competitive.

      Just need clarification so I understand what you are asking.
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      • Profile picture of the author adesbarats
        Originally Posted by BillWynne View Post

        I have never heard before that you can only rank effectively for 5 keywords.

        Is that what you are saying? That you can only rank effectively for 5 keywords?

        Seems like there are a lot of sites that will rank #1 in Google for hundreds of keywords that are very competitive.

        Just need clarification so I understand what you are asking.
        Hi Bill,

        Yeah, that is what I am saying. It would be impossible to optimize a page for 100 keywords. How would you optimize the meta tag, header and content for each kw on a single page - assuming an ecommerce site? For those companies ranked for hundreds of kws, I can only assume they are low / no competition?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    • Profile picture of the author BillWynne
      I thought you were referencing an entire website and not one page, my bad.

      After looking at your original post it looks like you have your "home page" optimized and ranking for 5 keywords and you want to dominate more keywords.

      I like option 2 but you reference that your content changes a lot.

      It would be helpful to see the site and the layout to get a better idea of how much text is static versus dynamic.
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  • Profile picture of the author adesbarats
    No problem Bill. Yeah I would normally agree that option 2 would seem the best. You can look at my site at www.fashionandearth(dot)com. The problem there is that I could have a page for a bamboo top that in a months time would be gone because that style is discontinued. Because those internal pages would be appearing and disappearing I would be hesitant to build any links to them other then a few here or there just to improve appearance with Google.

    Yukon - your idea is what I do now for 4-5 kws but I simply cannot do anymore then that and still do what I need to do in page title and h1 tags.

    Is there any bad reason that anyone can think of with respect to option 3? A bad reason as in risking a Google slap?

    Thanks..
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    • Profile picture of the author BillWynne
      Great site but I am not going to let me wife see it

      Why not create more pages like your green-fashion-facts optimized for the keywords you want with text links that will link out to your product pages?

      Or you want the appearance of your home page to be what they see when they land on your site?
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