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Does Anyone Else Do This While Article Marketing?

by Bishop81
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I was doing my keyword research and saw an ezinearticle article on the front page for a long tail keyword. I went to the article to see what they did to make it to the front page of Google and am a little surprised.

The article wasn't anything special, but had a clever way to embed some long tails in it, without having to figure out a way to intelligibly put them into a sentence. What do you guys think of this way?

Basically, what the person did was to use the keyword, then write a paragraph or two below it, then repeat the process. The article was about 500 words long, and they were able to throw 5 longtail keywords in there by doing it this way.

For example:
This is my article on dog training (Title)

Dog Training

Here would be the first paragraph about dog training.

Training Black Lab

This would have another paragraph or two about dog training, maybe mentioning a black lab in it.

Potty Training Puppy

This would again be a short paragraph or two, talking about potty training a puppy, it might have the keywords in it or not.


etc.....

My question is: Does this kind of thing work to help SEO on articles? You're targeting the EXACT keywords, and you don't have to think about a way to make them flow into a sentence properly.
#article #marketing
  • Profile picture of the author Steven Wagenheim
    Originally Posted by Bishop81 View Post

    I was doing my keyword research and saw an ezinearticle article on the front page for a long tail keyword. I went to the article to see what they did to make it to the front page of Google and am a little surprised.

    The article wasn't anything special, but had a clever way to embed some long tails in it, without having to figure out a way to intelligibly put them into a sentence. What do you guys think of this way?

    Basically, what the person did was to use the keyword, then write a paragraph or two below it, then repeat the process. The article was about 500 words long, and they were able to throw 5 longtail keywords in there by doing it this way.

    For example:



    My question is: Does this kind of thing work to help SEO on articles? You're targeting the EXACT keywords, and you don't have to think about a way to make them flow into a sentence properly.

    There is really only one way to find out if this method will help with the
    SEO of your article...try it, compare it to similar articles on the subject
    that you've written, and see which ones rank better?

    Make sense?
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  • Profile picture of the author Bishop81
    So I guess I just need to crank out articles with both methods... I'm waiting on my first 3 to be accepted so I can upgrade. (first 3 in this niche, that is). I have to upgrade from basic plus before I can do any more.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zeus66
    Honestly, I've tried this kind of thing before and wasn't happy with the results or the articles. I think it pays off more in the long run to create separate articles for each of those subheadings: one about dog training, one about training black lab, one about potty training puppy. The focus will be solely on the individual topics, and you'll naturally work in more variations of the main keyword phrase, which pleases the LSI criteria Google apparently looks for nowadays.

    I think the same applies on website pages, too. The best rankings I've ever gotten with my sites were when I tried hard to keep each page focused on one keyword. The pages that were about several topics (even if related) never ranked as well for any of the keywords I was writing about on that page.

    John
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    • Profile picture of the author MADMONEY
      Originally Posted by Zeus66 View Post

      Honestly, I've tried this kind of thing before and wasn't happy with the results or the articles. I think it pays off more in the long run to create separate articles for each of those subheadings: one about dog training, one about training black lab, one about potty training puppy. The focus will be solely on the individual topics, and you'll naturally work in more variations of the main keyword phrase, which pleases the LSI criteria Google apparently looks for nowadays.

      I think the same applies on website pages, too. The best rankings I've ever gotten with my sites were when I tried hard to keep each page focused on one keyword. The pages that were about several topics (even if related) never ranked as well for any of the keywords I was writing about on that page.

      John
      I agree hundred percent, Google looks for relevancy. If your articles are about one specific keyword you have a greater chance of being ranked number one because you are the most relevant for that keyword.

      There are some other factors that determine that and that is the LSI index.

      Here are some other words that I would make sure were included in the article in order for to have a higher LSI rating.

      Puppies
      breed
      Pet
      Dogs
      Dog Breed
      Dog
      ~dog
      dogg
      pets
      dogbreed
      ....
      Training Courses
      Train
      Training
      Classes
      Courses
      Schools
      Education
      tutorial
      course
      Learning
      certification

      Unfortunately some mysteries about Google still escape me. Articles that I have used a longtail keyword and have applied the LSI formula still have not gotten to the top 10 in some categories.

      I guess like a woman Google can be fickle about how it gives its love.

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    • Profile picture of the author WritingMadwoman
      I've found this can work well if the sub-topics are all directly related to the main topic of the article. Like the main topic might be dog training tips, and the subpoints could be potty training, obedience training, possible behavioral problems that come up during training, etc.

      If you have tracking software on your site(s), take a look at the phrases people use to find your webpages. You might be focusing on the keyword phrase "dog training tips" but people will type in "dog training behavior" or "dog training problems" and get your article.

      Obviously, you want to be sure that all the subpoints directly relate to the main keyword phrase, otherwise it's a waste of time.

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  • Profile picture of the author kkchoon1
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    I don't recommend LSI for 500 words articles, it will take away the "concentration" of particular long tail keywords, your article won't rank well.

    If you want to use LSI, write at least 700 words or more, and remember to build more back links to the article using something like articlemarketingautomation.com and SENUke.

    To have great result in Article marketing, you need to know SEO... the more you try, the more experience you gain, and easier for you to rank well in the search engine!
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    • Profile picture of the author Mary Gallivan
      Hi

      What I sometimes do in my attempts to improve on my article writing is to look at the most published articles in my niche.

      If they have a high number of views as well then I look at their other articles. From there I look at how they word their titles, abstract etc.

      I've learnt a lot from doing that.

      It might not be the best way to go but then what is the 'best' way?

      Best wishes

      Mary
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    • Profile picture of the author MADMONEY
      Originally Posted by kkchoon1 View Post

      I don't recommend LSI for 500 words articles, it will take away the "concentration" of particular long tail keywords, your article won't rank well.

      If you want to use LSI, write at least 700 words or more, and remember to build more back links to the article using something like articlemarketingautomation.com and SENUke.

      To have great result in Article marketing, you need to know SEO... the more you try, the more experience you gain, and easier for you to rank well in the search engine!
      Yes-- but the problem is even with back links some of the articles will drop in search engine position. I use many of the social bookmarking sites as well as hub Squidoo etc. to create back links to my articles.

      What I have seen lately, is that after a while they begin to lose ranking. I don't know why this is-- perhaps someone here can enlighten me.

      The same article posted on my own WordPress blog does not fluctuate as much.

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      • Profile picture of the author kkchoon1
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        Originally Posted by MADMONEY View Post

        Yes-- but the problem is even with back links some of the articles will drop in search engine position. I use many of the social bookmarking sites as well as hub Squidoo etc. to create back links to my articles.

        What I have seen lately, is that after a while they begin to lose ranking. I don't know why this is-- perhaps someone here can enlighten me.

        The same article posted on my own WordPress blog does not fluctuate as much.

        Mad Money
        I think...

        The main reason your article ranking drop is because => Bookmarking.

        Bookmarking gives you the fastest result, because they will rotate their bookmark links to some of the highly rank main category page, and your article will be push high, after some time, when your bookmark gets old, your article ranking will drop...

        The best way is still using blog networks such as traffic kahuna, article marketing automation services to build your back links. These services will not give instant effect, but your article will be push after 2 to 3 weeks, and will stay a lot longer...!

        You can see my blog post for comparison of these services: How To Build Massive Back Links With Tons Of Traffics In The Shortest Time? Ultimate iWealth
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        • Profile picture of the author AndrewCavanagh
          Common sense would tell you that if all other things are equal the article that focuses on just one keyword phrase will beat out one that tries to focus on multiple keyword phrases.

          That doesn't mean the method isn't valuable it just means it leaves you a little vunerable to someone who wants to work harder than you and write one article for each keyword phrase.

          Kindest regards,
          Andrew Cavanagh
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          • Profile picture of the author Bishop81
            Originally Posted by AndrewCavanagh View Post

            Common sense would tell you that if all other things are equal the article that focuses on just one keyword phrase will beat out one that tries to focus on multiple keyword phrases.

            That doesn't mean the method isn't valuable it just means it leaves you a little vunerable to someone who wants to work harder than you and write one article for each keyword phrase.

            Kindest regards,
            Andrew Cavanagh
            That works for me.
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