HOW MANY KEYWORDS DO I USE?

15 years ago

First, compare the amount of searches to the amount of search results in 3 major search engines (don't forget the "quotes").

A good example of the keywords you'd want to use are the ones that get a good number of searches, with not so many search results. I always target keyword that get 1500+ searches with 200,000-400,000 results.

Next, when writing your articles, only focus on ONE keyword per article and use 3-7% keyword density.

That usually does the trick for me.

I hope this helps!

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jmr2910

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Ryan Dodson

First, compare the amount of searches to the amount of search results in 3 major search engines (don't forget the "quotes").

A good example of the keywords you'd want to use are the ones that get a good number of searches, with not so many search results. I always target keyword that get 1500+ searches with 200,000-400,000 results.

Next, when writing your articles, only focus on ONE keyword per article and use 3-7% keyword density.

That usually does the trick for me.

I hope this helps!

Hi Ryan

Thanks for your help.

Is that daily searches from google, yahoo and msn, as in a keyword/phrase that gets searched 1500+ times a day.

Cheers
John

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jan roos

15 years ago

John, On my blog is a free keyword research tool that I use to do this type of research.
If you type in a keyword in the search bar of the tool then it will show you the top related long tail keywords and it shows how many times per day that particular keyword or phrase is searched for each day by google,msn and yahoo then the cool part of this tool is when you click check competition next to the keyword you want to target you will be able to see how many sites are competing for that specific keyword phrase.

Normally I go for a keyword that has at least 30 searches a day and less than 25000 websites competing for it. That way I know I can make the first page of google pretty easily for that keyword.

My blog is in my sig line just scroll down to the bottom left where it says free keyword research tool.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

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jmr2910

15 years ago

Originally Posted by jan roos

John, On my blog is a free keyword research tool that I use to do this type of research.
If you type in a keyword in the search bar of the tool then it will show you the top related long tail keywords and it shows how many times per day that particular keyword or phrase is searched for each day by google,msn and yahoo then the cool part of this tool is when you click check competition next to the keyword you want to target you will be able to see how many sites are competing for that specific keyword phrase.

Normally I go for a keyword that has at least 30 searches a day and less than 25000 websites competing for it. That way I know I can make the first page of google pretty easily for that keyword.

My blog is in my sig line just scroll down to the bottom left where it says free keyword research tool.

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Hi Jan

Yes, thank you, that was very helpful, it even shows you ppc activity. Have bookmarked that page.

Thanks again
John

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jmr2910

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Ryan Dodson

First, compare the amount of searches to the amount of search results in 3 major search engines (don't forget the "quotes").

A good example of the keywords you'd want to use are the ones that get a good number of searches, with not so many search results. I always target keyword that get 1500+ searches with 200,000-400,000 results.

Next, when writing your articles, only focus on ONE keyword per article and use 3-7% keyword density.

That usually does the trick for me.

I hope this helps!

Hi Ryan

I'm going with 2672 to 97800 ratio on my first article.
I will see how that works

Thanks again
John

Thanks

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carmene

15 years ago

How do you measure keyword density in the articles?

Originally Posted by Ryan Dodson

First, compare the amount of searches to the amount of search results in 3 major search engines (don't forget the "quotes").

A good example of the keywords you'd want to use are the ones that get a good number of searches, with not so many search results. I always target keyword that get 1500+ searches with 200,000-400,000 results.

Next, when writing your articles, only focus on ONE keyword per article and use 3-7% keyword density.

That usually does the trick for me.

I hope this helps!

Thanks

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kkchoon

15 years ago

Hi John,

I wonder if you already do a market research (Using keyword & forum research..) to determine your potential traffic and the will to purchase?

When you determine there are a market, you will use long tail keywords and article marketing to tap into search engine traffic.

Depending on your market, the longer the keywords, the easier for you to rank well in Google. That will ensure your listing and bring you targeted traffic.

Few things you might encounter:
1. You article does not rank for the keyword - May be another article already take the place or the keyword is too competitive to rank.

2. You article has some views but no click through to your site, you need to use the AIDA formula to write your future article !

If you haven't done market research before creating your product, withdraw now and save yourself some time and money... I suspect this because you seems to create the product then look for keywords.

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jmr2910

15 years ago

Originally Posted by kkchoon

Hi John,

I wonder if you already do a market research (Using keyword & forum research..) to determine your potential traffic and the will to purchase?

When you determine there are a market, you will use long tail keywords and article marketing to tap into search engine traffic.

Depending on your market, the longer the keywords, the easier for you to rank well in Google. That will ensure your listing and bring you targeted traffic.

Few things you might encounter:
1. You article does not rank for the keyword - May be another article already take the place or the keyword is too competitive to rank.

2. You article has some views but no click through to your site, you need to use the AIDA formula to write your future article !

If you haven't done market research before creating your product, withdraw now and save yourself some time and money... I suspect this because you seems to create the product then look for keywords.

Hi
Thanks for your reply.

I did do some research, as in how many people were looking for what I am selling.

But I still haven't really grasped the keyword structure and how to optimize them properly.

Which is what I'm trying to learn.

Cheers
John

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Franck Silvestre

15 years ago

Do not go crazy with the keyword count, and use LSI (related) keywords as well. Original content does help a lot.

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jmr2910 15 years ago

Originally Posted by aboutalhah

Do not go crazy with the keyword count, and use LSI (related) keywords as well. Original content does help a lot.

Hi
What does LSI mean?

Cheers
John
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- Scott Ames 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by jmr2910
  
  Hi
  What does LSI mean?
  
  Cheers
  John
  
  I didn't know either, so I did some research:
  
  LSI is an abbreviation for Latent Semantic Indexing, which is essentially a fancy term for an old technology that is being revived for use in search engine algorithms. The purpose of Latent Semantic Indexing is to determine the true meaning behind a website by analyzing the relationships existing between the words that make up its content.
  
  Google is the search engine that is making this concept a reality, beginning to implement this age old technology to better create an understanding of the relationships that link words together in website content.
  
  In essence, what this means is that Google can send it's spiders to your website, and they will sift through all of your website content, looking at each word rather than just the major keywords that are being used repetitively. This is so if your primary keyword is 'salt', Google's search engine spiders can analyze your website to determine if you are referring to Veruca Salt, Table Salt, Sea Salt or Bath Salts.
  
  Source & More
  
  http://www.isnare.com/?aid=238235&ca=Internet
  
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shinzo159

15 years ago

you should only have two or three keywords...

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jmr2910 15 years ago

Originally Posted by shinzo159

you should only have two or three keywords...

Hi
In what context?

In articles, website keywords bit (source) or copyright content on website?

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John
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Habitat

15 years ago

Don't use too many keywords for one post like the person above said 3-7% density is great. Make sure you're using a good keyword too for each article..Need help with article creation

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Scott Ames

15 years ago

Realize that search engines index pages, not sites. Don't try to optimize your whole site for a couple of keywords. Look at each page as an opportunity to optimize for certain keywords.

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jmr2910

15 years ago

Hi
Thanks Scott
And everyone else for there help.

Cheers
John

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