Article Keywords...Competing with Yourself?

It really depends....

Did the article you write put you on the first page of Google? If not, why not give it another shot?

If you did get to the first page or get good results and are getting traffic from that keyword, move on to the next one.

Sometimes though, instead of beating a keyword to death you can do some linking to your article to raise your rankings enough to get where you want to be.

The choice of keyword is very necessary to be good because keywords are the driving force behind the search engine optimization. The exact number of people who visit your web and its ranking depends upon keywords. So, choose the right option.
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cristina12

Imagine for a moment that you write two articles on a single keyword phrase.

Now imagine that you put each article on different sites. One on Squidoo and one on Ezine Articles.

Assuming Google likes them both well enough to put them on page one for that phrase, you would then have 20% dominance of that first page.

Instead of sabotaging your efforts, producing several articles on one keyword phrase should boost your results. How would you like to control 80% or even 100% of Google's first page? Do you think that would help you?

Michael's points are dead on, IMHO.

I used to feel the same way, that it didn't make sense to use the same keyword more than once. But I learned my lesson. Now I focus on one keyword for a few articles at a time. For one of my niches, I have three separate articles on the first page of Google.

Use some of the Web 2.0 properties and dominate that front page of google.

Try and use a different headline each time but use the same keywords.

Recieved this email that may help ->
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If you know about article marketing, you should be familiar with
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Merry Xmas

Ross

I'll just take one position and put all my efforts to build that up.

It's not just being in top position but also staying there for a looonnnngggg time.

Web 2.0 Domination is the way forward for article marketers...

You can use the same content and it will be ranked..

Test it and try it..

Get your article ranked on EA and leave it a week and
hit one of the Web 2.0 Properties. Social Bookmark. Submit RSS, etc
and you'll get another position for almost no extra effort..

This is going to be my big push in 2009......!!! (Watch this space)

I know what you mean. When writing articles that touch on similar subject matter I have often ended up choosing the same or at least very similar keywords. I'm sure that Google's search function/algorithm is wise to this. However, rather than selecting totally random keywords I stick to what makes sense even if it means some redundance. By constantly updating my blog and submitting articles to around 15 article directories I hope that at any one time more than a handful of my articles are published and searchable. A steady stream of traffic to my web site is the ultimate goal and as long as my articles as well as my efforts in forums, classified ad sites, and social networks are consistent, I should generate enough hits using a variety of strategies. Best, G.