Keyword Injection aka Page Customization SEO

by Godh
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Hello Fellow Warriors,

I have a quick question about keyword injection (aka page customization) for SEO. Now before you give the yay or ney, please take a sec to read the whole question.

So we know that keyword injection is bad for SEO. Having said that, it's clear that many sites use page customization which, as I understand (please correct me if I'm wrong), is just keyword injection in the proper context.

Let's take a simple example. Say "American cheese" and "yellow cheese" and "yellow cheese square sliced" are all talking about the very same identical product.

Now let's say that to rank for this you need to write a 3600 word article (because the competition is there).

Okay, you do it for American Cheese... now what?

We write another 3600 totally original and unrelated article about "yellow cheese" know that it's basically the very same product? Then repeat the same for "yellow cheese square sliced"?

Doesn't seem logical. (Links not permitted - removed by mod)

Just to be clear... I am NOT talking here about trying to game the system and dynamically injecting "concrete" instead of "American cheese". Just situations that warrant the dynamic injection because the subject, while the same, it's being addresses with different keywords by the end consumer.

Can anyone share how to go about doing this without problems. I am aware of canonical tags but I wanted to know if some experienced marketers have any Do's and Don'ts when it comes to this subject. Also, what were the results. How many of those pages ranked - besides the main one?

Thank you
#aka #customization #injection #keyword #page #seo
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  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    Not the greatest example because yellow cheese and American cheese are not necessarily the same thing. One is cheddar or Gouda or Muenster (and maybe a couple more) and the other is a processed "cheese" with other additives mixed in.

    You've been reading too much misinformation if you think there is a word count due to the competitiveness of a keyword phrase. Backlinks are going to be the key when it comes to super competitive terms.

    I'd start with the longer tail and include the more broad term as well, knowing it is quite possible to rank for both with the same article - especially if Google shows them as related terms.

    Since American cheese is one of several yellow cheeses, yellow cheese should be a category page.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anika Queen
    Hi there!
    Thanks for asking this important question about keyword injection. I can understand how confusing it can be when trying to optimize your website for search engines, while still keeping your content original and relevant. First and foremost, let me clarify that keyword injection, or the practice of artificially inserting keywords into your content to improve search engine ranking, is generally considered a bad SEO strategy. This is because search engines are designed to identify and penalize websites that use such techniques to manipulate their ranking.

    That being said, page customization can be done in a way that benefits your website's SEO, as long as it's done in a natural and relevant way. If your end goal is to rank for different variations of a product, such as "American cheese" or "yellow cheese square sliced," it's important to create separate, unique pages for each keyword. However, you don't need to write 3600 words for each page. Instead, focus on creating high-quality, informative content that provides value to your users, and include the relevant keywords in a natural and organic way.
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  • Profile picture of the author Zaira Soto
    To avoid problems with SEO, it is recommended to use a single, comprehensive page to cover a product and its variations, rather than creating separate pages for each keyword. This can help to improve overall visibility and ranking on search engines.
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  • Profile picture of the author dave_hermansen
    Funny ... you just got completely opposite advice from Anika and Zaira. Now what is the O.P. supposed to think?

    I have never had a problem with keyword injection and, in fact, think it is essential to creating well optimized pages. The key is to know what general keyword phrase you are focusing on but not to concentrate on it while you are writing for people. Then, after your article is finished, you can go back in a tweak a word here, a phrase there for the actual keyword and related phrases that Google might expect to see on the page.

    Above all, throw out any notion that there needs to be an optimal keyword density. It is utter rubbish. The phrase needs to be in the title, a form of it in a header and then once or twice in the text - that's it! Could it be more? Sure, if it happens naturally. The addition of related phrases once each is what makes the difference.
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    • Profile picture of the author Godh
      Thank you Dave - So how do you do the injection? Is it via parameters?
      So say "american-cheese.html" and "american-cheese.html?type=yellow-cheese" ??

      (Yes, I know not the greatest example but let's pretend it is)
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      • Profile picture of the author DABK
        Not relevant in urls.


        However, if you're talking about site structure, Silos work well for SEO.


        domain.com/cheeses
        domain.com/cheeses/American
        domain.com/cheeses/yellow
        domain.com/cheeses/french
        domain.com/cheeses/french/brie
        domain.com/cheeses/french/gruyere


        Originally Posted by Godh View Post

        Thank you Dave - So how do you do the injection? Is it via parameters?
        So say "american-cheese.html" and "american-cheese.html?type=yellow-cheese" ??

        (Yes, I know not the greatest example but let's pretend it is)
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