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Keyword problem with SEO optimized content

by geoffco23
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Okay.

I've taken the time and trouble to learn how to write SEO optimized content for my websites. I follow Google's own guidelines to help the spiders find and index my content. I bold and headline the keywords I'd like to rank for, and use meta tags and good descriptions in the header, alt and title tags on the pictures. I use LSI keywords in the rest of the text, but keep an eye on keyword stuffing and make sure I don't do it. I track my sites using Analytics and Webmaster tools and keep a close eye on everything.

Result? I go to Webmaster tools > Your site on the web > keywords, and look down the list of 'the most common keywords Google found when crawling your site. These should reflect the subject matter of your site.'

And do they? Only just. It's as if the spiders pick words at random from the code content of the page. For every keyword I want to be there, there's another that has no place on my site.
E.g. - png. plugins. sexybookmarks. wordpress. hello.

What's going on, and how do I fix it?

There also seems to be some leakage between sites that share the same hosting account, with search terms for one site appearing in the results for another that has totally unrelated content. Anyone else get this? Any fixes known?
#content #keyword #optimized #problem #seo
  • Profile picture of the author raviv
    Originally Posted by geoffco23 View Post

    Okay.

    I've taken the time and trouble to learn how to write SEO optimized content for my websites. I follow Google's own guidelines to help the spiders find and index my content. I bold and headline the keywords I'd like to rank for, and use meta tags and good descriptions in the header, alt and title tags on the pictures. I use LSI keywords in the rest of the text, but keep an eye on keyword stuffing and make sure I don't do it. I track my sites using Analytics and Webmaster tools and keep a close eye on everything.

    Result? I go to Webmaster tools > Your site on the web > keywords, and look down the list of 'the most common keywords Google found when crawling your site. These should reflect the subject matter of your site.'

    The keywords listed are in descending order of relevance. If you hover the mouse on the colored bar beside each keyword, you can see a number in %. Maybe Google does list unrelated keywords but with very low % value ie. relevance value.


    And do they? Only just. It's as if the spiders pick words at random from the code content of the page. For every keyword I want to be there, there's another that has no place on my site.
    E.g. - png. plugins. sexybookmarks. wordpress. hello.

    What's going on, and how do I fix it?

    A lot also depends on the anchor text of your backlinks. Check your backlinks on Yahoo Site Explorer or put your domain name within quotes in Google to see what sites link to you and the anchor text they have.

    Also, you can apply a location filter in Webmasters. Click the dropdown box and select your geograpical destination and see if the keyword relevance to your site improves. By default it is for All locations.

    There also seems to be some leakage between sites that share the same hosting account, with search terms for one site appearing in the results for another that has totally unrelated content. Anyone else get this? Any fixes known?
    I am not sure about this. Do you have one primary domain and several addon domains hosted on the same hosting account?

    Best
    Raviv
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      I think you are a tad over zealous and a bit off track.

      I bold and headline the keywords I'd like to rank for, and use meta tags and good descriptions in the header, alt and title tags on the pictures.
      No need to bold keywords, maybe using one h1.

      Putting your keywords in all places you can find is not a good practice.
      It's not stuffing, maybe, but it sure is unneeded.

      meta tags keywords and description are useless for rankings. They have
      nothing to do with how google indexes or ranks your site.

      You seem to be doing things for search engines and not people.

      That is never, ever in google guidelines.

      And they don't need help to spider or find your site if you have proper
      site structure and do regular, high level backlinking.

      By forcing the issue, your site is is going to suffer and be inconsistent
      as far as keywords. Google does not just look at the number of times a
      certain word is there.

      Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author geoffco23
    Paul? Good point, but this is the stuff I do after I've written for my loyal subjects. People first, machines second. One of the ways the web has changed the way I write is that I know better than to use colourful turns of phrase any more. Because I once used the term 'like a drunken midget with a baseball bat', my weight loss site now ranks for searches on baseball and midgets. Not good.
    Raviv, yes, there's one main domain with several add-on domains. On sober reflection, I suspect the leakage might be due to advertising the content of one site on another back in the distant past.
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  • Profile picture of the author jacked
    Yea listen to paul's post. That is fine, just keep writing your content and don't worry about it.
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