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SEO Question - Ranking For Multiple Keyword Phrases

by dora3mon
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Hi all,

I have 2 questions regarding SEO.

1) Let's say I want an article (1 page) in my site to rank for "dog training tutorials". So I optimize my article and do some offsite seo only for the phrase "dog training tutorials".

Will I also rank for "dog training", since a part of my initial keyword phrase "dog training tutorial" contains the phrase "dog training"?

2) Is it advisable to rank for multiple keyword phrases in one article/page?

So for instance, I want my article/page to rank for "dog training tutorials" and "dog training". So I optimize my article and do some offsite seo for both phrases, "dog training tutorials" and "dog training".

Does anyone have experience/results with this?

The reason I'm asking is, if possible, I do not want to have 2 different articles/pages for both sets of keyword phrases. Preferably, I would like to have one article/page ranking for both these set of keyword phrases.

The example I gave above is just a general one. Both sets of keyword phrases I am targeting contain totally different words but mean almost the same thing. So I would have a tough time writing 2 sets of articles for both keywords.

I'm very sleepy so I hope I make sense! Any input will be greatly appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author GyuMan82
    1. If you can rank well for "dog training tutorials" you will likely indirectly rank for "dog training". For example if you were to rank #1 for "dog training tutorials", there is a good chance that you may also be in the top 100 for "dog training", even if you do not do any off-site SEO. Though this is not true in every case, usually you will rank decently for some variations of a keyword that you are ranking very well from.

    2. Yes you can target multiple phrases in one article. So in your above answer you can probably very easily optimize a single page to target both "dog training tutorials" and "dog training".


    It is important to note though that how well you rank for the related keyword is also dependent on the competition level of the related keyword. If the related keyword has an extremely high level of competition, you may not be in the top 100. However if the related keyword is extremely easy, you may be already in say the top 3 pages.

    There are many factors that determine how well you rank for related keywords.

    Also don't assume that just because you rank well for a given phrase that you will also rank for related phrases, especially if the phrases have good commercial value. If you are targeting competitive terms, you will likely have to have separate SEO campaigns that target each on their own.
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  • Profile picture of the author dora3mon
    firstly, thank you richard for your detailed reply. checked out your website and will be visiting again soon!

    both keyword phrases appear to have low competition. that being the case, is it advisable to target multiple keyword phrases in one article/page? or should we be more hardworking and just do one keyword phrase per article/page?

    googling told me that targeting multiple keyword phrases for a single article/page tends to dissolve the ranking for each keyword phrase.. so its not as powerful. any truth in that?
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  • Profile picture of the author GyuMan82
    No there is no truth to that.

    Assuming that the keywords you are targeting are related, ranking a single page for multiple keywords is fine and will not "dissolve the ranking".

    It is also more efficient to rank a single page for multiple keywords if you can.
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  • Profile picture of the author dora3mon
    Okay, got it. Thanks for this!
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