How to OnPage otimize a niche blog for more than 1 Keyword?

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Hello, i own a blog with 1300 exact searches/month and i'm ranking no.2 in google out of 8.6 Mio results.

Now i'd like to rank for other keywords too. The problem is they sound similar to my main keyword and i don't know what's the best way to optimize for the other keywords (OnPage). For example keywords like:

how to flirt with a girl
how to flirt with girls
how to flirt with women
how to flirt a girl
how to flirt girls

etc...they are all related to the same topic, but the spelling is different and so are the rankings for those keywords

Here are the ideas i have:

1. register a new domain with my other keywords in it? --> problem: more costs and effort

2. creating a new article with my other keywords in it on the same blog? --> problem: looks spammy in my navigation because all articles have a similar title

3. create an article on my main site with all keywords in it? --> problem: keyword densitiy is to low and i can't include all keywords in the title of the article and in the url

So has somebody a better solution for this problem?

thx in advance
#blog #keyword #niche #onpage #otimize
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  • Profile picture of the author eiilers
    I would go with option 3, or simply optimize your home page for both keywords.

    In the title tag, do "Keyword 1 | Keyword 2 - Website Title". And then just use both keywords on the home page, and in img alts and links. That always works best for me.
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    • Profile picture of the author JRCarson
      I think you choose the best of the "how to flirt with..." keywords. (the most traffic with the least competition).

      Then take that one keyword...so say, "how to flirt with a girl" and make that your site theme.

      Now all the pages branch off of that theme. I think your main page will probably rank pretty well for all those keywords you were talking about just by writing naturally. The keywords are so close to the same meaning, right?

      So now for the other keywords...

      I've been messing with the Google "Wonder Wheel" for ideas for other posts. So you type in your main keyword into Google, click on "more search tools" on the left, and click "Wonder Wheel".

      All those spokes that branch off of the keyword you type in are keywords that Google thinks are related. So if you made pages that were about those topics and linking to your website, then Google sees your site as that much more relevant for that keyword.

      It's been working well for me...for raising the ranks of the MAIN keyword page. If you want to raise the other pages, then repeat the Wonder Wheel with the other keyword in the middle.
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  • Profile picture of the author erazer
    All of the keywords you mention are not strictly "different" keywords but variations of the same, so I would go with option 3 as well and just write a l-o-n-g article with all those variations woven in naturally. Use the best keyword in your title, h1 etc. Then use supporting keywords, say "what girls want from men" and variations of that to create another page, linking to your main page. Rinse and repeat but don't stray too far from "how to flirt with a girl".
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    • Profile picture of the author shulink
      Write more articles optimizing these keywords and create more backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author bonusdays
    Personally, I never target more than one major KW per page because you will reach a point of diminished returns if you try to target more than 2 KWs (unless you are targeting really low competition KWs).

    The best way is with a fresh page on your current domain (yourkeyworddomain.com/secondkw) or you can use subdomains in the manner that about.com uses them:

    http://gourmetfood.about.com/
    http://homecooking.about.com/
    http://lowfatcooking.about.com/

    I only used subdomains when I was starting out and didn't have the money to buy tons of domains. Now I just buy a domain for each word I want to target except when I'm building huge authority sites.

    So... if additional domain costs are an issue for you, just use subdomains or separate pages on you existing domain.
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