Using Keywords In On Page SEO
October 14th, 2008 by Dan
Having conducted thorough keyword research you should have a good list of relevant keywords. This list will usually combine highly targeted keywords with very little competition with some more competitive keywords in a bid to generate greater levels of traffic. Once you have a strong selection of keywords and have determined the page titles and topics where you will use those keywords it’s time to implement them in such a way that they will benefit your SEO campaign. Keyword research, though an important part of SEO, is only the beginning of your online marketing journey.
The Major Aspects Of SEO
There are two basic aspects to SEO that will require the use and consideration of your keyword research. Off page optimisation is the building of a strong link profile. A link profile consists of a measurement of the number and quality of links that direct to your web pages. Search engines don’t just count the number of link a web page has but they also consider the relevance of the page providing the link, the perceived quality of that page, and the relevance of the anchor text that is used in the code of that link.
On Page Optimisation
On page optimisation includes, among many other aspects, the addition of high quality, keyword optimised page content. It also considers the addition of meta tags and other HTML tags and there are many areas to consider the proper use of your keywords. While keyword placement is important to on page SEO, so too is ensuring good navigation, quick page load, effective code to content ratio, and much more.
The Diminishing Importance Of Meta Tags
Meta tags are far less important than they were several years ago. Initially, adding a list of keywords into the keywords tag and reinforcing this with a keyword rich title and description tag, as well as adding keyword rich content meant a web page was virtually guaranteed to perform very well in search results. This is no longer the case and search engines consider many more aspects in the evaluation of your web pages and your on page SEO. Meta tags are still used to compile a search engine’s results and it is widely believed that meta tag spam will be penalised so care is required.
Keyword Optimised Website Content
Website content should use a handful of related SEO keywords for each page. Each of these keywords should be introduced several times throughout that page’s content as well as in image alt tags and various other HTML elements on the page. Including the primary keyword for a page in the web page URL or title will also help improve your overall SEO performance.
SEO Keyword Research
Keywords and keyword research are vital to SEO performance. Using the right keywords and adding them to the appropriate parts of a web page will help to improve rankings; they shouldn’t detract from the value your web page offers to human visitors, however, and can actually further improve your visitor’s experience through the provision of relevant, easy to understand website content.
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Make sure all your web pages can be indexed by search engines – and also make sure they all have at least one link from somewhere on your site.
Make sure your meta-tags are organized correctly – your page title tags and description tags to describe the contents of their different websites. The page title tags should be less than 68 characters and the more detailed labels, but less than 148 characters
It’s essential to focus its efforts on SEO so that cascading reflects through its website. Tag clouds are one of my favorite methods of interconnection with the keyword rich text links.
Sitemap which is incompatible with the rest of the site and looks more like a list of keywords related should have been like other pages with meaningful information
Keywords have always been an integral part in determining your search engine ranking. An easy way to make sure you always get your major and minor keywords in your site is to use a language or two sentences as a description of the site.
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