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Rules for Keywords in <h1>?

by johnharvard
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The SEO gurus tell you that one of the places that you need to have your main keyword is in your <h1> tag. But let's say your keyword is "brown dog". Seems a little silly to have the main head of your page be something as mysterious as that.

Would it hurt the SEO score to expand a little on it and say something like "Tips for training a brown dog"? Or is it better to be just the keyword and only the keyword?

Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Capitalist_Pig
    It has been my experience that the nearer the beginning the keyword is placed, the higher value it gets. "Brown dog training tips" would be better than "How to train a brown dog".
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    • Profile picture of the author scott g
      Originally Posted by johnharvard View Post

      Would it hurt the SEO score to expand a little on it and say something like "Tips for training a brown dog"? Or is it better to be just the keyword and only the keyword?
      Thanks
      Originally Posted by Capitalist_Pig View Post

      It has been my experience that the nearer the beginning the keyword is placed, the higher value it gets. "Brown dog training tips" would be better than "How to train a brown dog".

      Exactly! And what's an SEO GURU?!? :p

      Obviously this depends on your Keyword(s). As long as you INCLUDE your keywords somewhere in your title, <h1><h2><h3> tags, meta description, whatever - That's all you need to do.

      Do You Have a Bad Brown Dog?! I've included ONLY my keywords in <h1> tags on several sites... But the way the site is laid out and the keywords I was targeting it makes sense and looks good.

      CHEERS!
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