This is a guest post by Kathryn Griffiths. She has been marketing on line for 4 years. Kathy is my partner at WPStartaBlog.com and WebPressUtah.com
Be sure to take note of how she chooses her SEO keywords for her blog title. Also notice how she uses her keyword as the anchor text (highlighted link text) for you to go to the next site. Take the journey and see how she has created back links for these posts using the same keyword.
Key word SEO – Choosing Keywords For Best SEO Strategies
by Kathryn Griffiths
How do you choose keywords for the best SEO strategies? Actually the the process is quite simple… and I’m going share with you some secrets on how you can select good keywords that will bring more seo traffic to your web pages.
I’m going make some suggestions on how you can find the best keywords for your title and for your text. For my examples, I’m going avoid the “online marketing niche” go into a smaller niche.
SEO Keyword tool
There are several good seo Keyword tools available. Some are free and some you will have to pay for. I’ve used both and found that Google Keyword External is very good and it’s free. Make sure it’s “External.”
Using The Tool
Log in and put your main key word into your search box. An entire list of relevant key words or keyword suggestions will show up below your selection. (I like to search by relevance.)
This Is What I Found For My Subject, Dill Pickles:
1. Main key word: Dill Pickles Searches: 60,500
I looked through all the keywords that were listed and I wrote down the ones that fit my subject the best.
2. Here’s the trick. I always search for keywords that don’t have extremely high searches. I search from the middle to the low range for my “Title Keyword.”
Why would I want to compete with 60,000 others for the main keyword.
Here Is My Selection That Fits My Post The Best
Dill Pickles 60,500
Sour Pickles 9,000
Canning Dill Pickles 3,600
Dill Pickle Canning 1,900
Genuine Dill Pickles 1000
Dill Pickle Canning Recipe 720
Cucumber Dill Pickles 390
The relevant key words to my main keyword were not listed in this order… there were many keyword suggestions in between. But, these fit my post the best.
Guess which one I chose for my title?
Dill Pickle Canning – Dill Pickle Canning Recipe
Then I used all of the other relevant keywords in my text including Dill Pickles…. which has the most competition.
Another secret is… don’t over use one key word in your text. Google and Ezine frown upon it.
In fact… Ezine will turn down your article if they think you have packed your article with one main keyword just for seo ranking. It doesn’t sound natural. They want relevant key words to be included in your text along with your main keyword. So does Google.
Now, if you want to see how this all worked out… go see what I did with my keywords in a Dill Pickle Canning post. I used every one of my selected keywords in this short post.
How did I do?
Kathryn Griffiths
P.S. Go for it… Do your keywords search before you write every post. And, make sure you use relevant keywords for best seo strategies.
P.P.S. “Online Money Making” has high searches and high competition. You’ll have to be very selective in the keywords you choose.
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Excellent tips. I do keyword research for the majority of my posts (really, it’s rare that I don’t). I’m currently using a free trial of a paid tool and I’m loving it. I find that I can drill down to some great, low-competition keywords with it. I definitely include my keywords in my title, in the first sentence and at the end of my post. I also add the odd keyword naturally throughout the text, depending on how long my post is. I do need to improve on using it as anchor text though!
Leanne Chesser recently posted..How to Increase Sales Online
Good for you! It is not as hard as most people think.
You would love this reference.
http://www.webconfs.com/15-minute-seo.php
Such great advice and really, a wonderful tutorial for how to do it! I am guilty of not researching keywords like I should. I love your idea of using all the other relevant words throughout your text. Clever!
MarthaGiffen recently posted..The Art of Up-Selling
Thanks Martha,
It is not my idea to use the relevant keywords. I have to admit I have taken the idea from the research I have been doing. I first saw it in a tutorial by Google Sniper. http://bit.ly/dcbl44
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