Choosing the best key words for your site: Data processing
June 10, 2009 by Marney
Filed under Virtual Business
If there is one particular challenge that you will face when trying to get the traffic to your site, then it is choosing the best key words.
Key words are the instruments that are used by any user of the search engine to get the information they require on the internet. At the moment, the internet has become the most popular means of searching for information.
You become lucky if the results people are looking for are able to present you web pages on the top of the search results. Therefore, it means that you need to be calculative when trying to get the key words to the website. You also need to be aware that there is a way that the key words must appear to generate the best of the results. This knowledge may be available from the SEO experts, but as an average web content writer, the following tips will assist you get to come with the right key words:
1. You must be well aware of your business. Analyze the main services that you provide and write as many key words as possible, then settle on the top key words
2. Be specific on the words that define your business. Avoid general or common words used by everyone in your industry.
3. Use software to get the best key words as used in the search engines. You can try Good Key words software.
4. Try your preferred keywords in the search engines. Try to see which results are coming on top, and then view the sites. They may be the sites of your competitors.
5. Take time to ask your friends and other users of your site whether thee keywords are appropriate. In other words, consult widely
6. Be flexible. Review your key words if you think they are not helping you.
7. Remember that your keywords will go well with the other means of traffic generation. Ensure that you also follow the rules.
At step 4 also check out the competitor’s PR, this will indicate how easy it will be to get ahead of them.
Great point Florian! Thank you! I use Google Tool bar or SEO Quake for PR detials. SEO toolbar for Firefox is great is you use it.
I’m a realtor trying to get traffic to my website. What is a PR?
Great to meet you Lisa!
“PR” is Page Rank. The higher the number from 1-10 the better your page rank is. Page Rank is calculated on from your web traffic, quality of content, internal and back links, etc.
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1)By Analyzing the Competitors Backlinks, we can get an idea of keywords for which they are ranked.
2)Find out who would be your targeted audience and what keywords they may be using to find you.
3)You can use Keyword suggestion tools like Google adwords ,Google insight which helps in selection of your targeted keywords.
4)Keywords must be placed in accordance with the relevancy of the page.
AWESOME! Thank you Chronis for this great comment. Excellent points and a good addition to the post.
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Marney Lewis
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