Searching for good keywords and using them on your legitimate home internet business blog or website is important not just for [tag-tec]page ranking[/tag-tec] but more targeted web hits. Although one can hire the best [tag-tec]SEO consultants[/tag-tec] to provide you a list of valuable keywords, their services usually cost an arm and a leg. Besides, anyone who is serious about his home internet business ought to learn a little about SEO and you can easily use the [tag-tec]SEO techniques[/tag-tec] I am discussing in this post.
What is a Good Keyword
Before trying to find your keyword to be used on your work at home internet business blog or website, you should first analyze this word’s overall popularity in Google. If nobody uses that keyword or phrase, it would be useless to include it in your content post since no one is searching for this specific keyword in Google or Yahoo.
On the other hand if you used a common keyword which is very popular with Google this may give you lots of web hits but they may not be specific enough to describe what your article content is about. A good keyword is therefore one which can provide the best description of your product, service or a solution which you are writing about. It is often better to use keyword phrases to effectively convey how good your product is.
Keyword Phrase and Relevance
It is recommended to use keyword phrases as much as possible especially in your post title instead of one single keyword. This is because single keyword by itself is very common and too popular for any high ranking to be achieved. Try to invest some time to find the perfect combination of such keyword phrases which are relevant to the context of your website or blog and to the topic you are now writing.
The more relevant your keyword phrase is the better it is to target the right web visitor to your legitimate home internet business blog or website and ultimately your products you are promoting. To give you an idea about relevance is an advertisement ‘Car Repair’ compared to ‘Car Repair Chicago’ The first keyword phrase may give the idea of car repair “how to” knowledge whereas the second keyword phrase most probably means someone is looking to repair his car in Chicago.
Word Order in Keyword Phrase
It is important to take note that for some keyword phrases, the order you choose to put them may have different interpretation that affects the traffic you ultimately received at your work at home internet business website or blog. Taking an example for the phrase ‘Car Unlock’ in which a company is promoting a device to unlock cars. It has been found that about 20 times more traffic is generated with the keyword phrase ‘Unlock Car’ than it is with the phrase ‘Car Unlock’. You can use Google traffic simulator to determine a more accurate prediction. Similarly ‘Hilton Paris’ and ‘Paris Hilton’ produces interesting and different [tag-tec]search term[/tag-tec] results too.
Best Ways To Find Your Perfect Keyword Phrase
The best tip I can give you is ‘think like a searcher’ You need to ask yourself how you would find your legitimate home internet business site if you had to look for it yourself on Google or Yahoo! What would be a perfect description of your product or service you promote? It should be a phrase that is frequently used by the common man and appeals to him too.
Since you are targeting many different countries, you also need to think globally, which means you have to consider what a person in US or England might enter to search for your service. It may be useful to write down other relevant keywords perhaps with weighted popularity. Finally examine these words and figure out a two to three word combination that sounds like what you as a surfer would enter into Google’s search engine.
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Using keyword phrases is a great strategy for a high [tag-tec]page ranking[/tag-tec] and traffic building. However not every [tag-tec]search term[/tag-tec] is going to be a winner for you. You have to test, improve and test some more until you succeed. It’s always better to get 500 visitors to your website or blog that converts 10% into customers, than to get 5000 visitors who click away immediately. It may take you some time to accomplish it but these [tag-tec]SEO techniques[/tag-tec] will for sure lead you to home internet business success.
What’s your opinion?
So what do you think of the [tag-tec]SEO techniques[/tag-tec] I just shared with you? Do you now have a better understanding of Keyword strategy? Share your thoughts with us and if you were able to apply some of the techniques here.
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May 25, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Excellent article on keywords and keyword phrases. Includes stuff I’d never even thought of.
May 25, 2008 at 7:16 pm
In online business world, keywords holds a very important role because these keywords will relate to the type of people you’re targeting. Great tips, Peter!
May 30, 2008 at 11:29 am
Hi
Keywords are the key to the SEO’s.I use them all the time,also staying with a theme is good to example: if you post about cars then you would want to stay on that topic and not post about anything else.
Good blog I love to come here
David
May 30, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Top Advice,
SEO is a must if you want to rank good with search engines so time should be took when researching new keywords.
May 31, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Thanks for the tips on proper SEO strategies. SEO is one of the most important factors when building an online business. It can bring customers to your website resulting in a profitable online business.
June 1, 2008 at 12:42 am
Hey, Peter:
Very comprehensive info on SEO strategies. Well organized and well presented. Sure to be of benefit to all who are interested in building and improving their businsses.
GT
June 1, 2008 at 9:06 am
Thanks for the information. I’m still learning the basics of SEO and this has been very useful
June 2, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Hi Peter,
Great article.
SEO may be the most important thing you can do for the long term life of your home based business. There is no better customer to target than the ones who are searching for exactly what you are offering.
Thanks for the info!
Matt
June 7, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Peter,
This post is packed with useful info, well done.
Alan Thomas
June 18, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Peter,
Nice post, SEO is your backbone of your business. If not done it may be all for not!
Thanks,
Bill Shultz
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August 4, 2008 at 10:44 am
Great article that covers all the basics. I’d just like to add that seotools.com has a bunch of great free tools for home based business owners to use
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August 4, 2008 at 11:31 am
Hi James,
Thanks for dropping by and I believe it’s your first visit so welcome! Thanks for recommending seotools.com and I find them great too. Do visit us often to share your SEO knowledge with us.
Peter
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February 14, 2009 at 3:10 am
hi peter, its a good i can read you article.its really give me the info and its help me to find more resources.thank you
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February 14, 2009 at 10:19 am
sometimes i have difficulty to point what keyword that is right that i can implemented to my blog.but i am still learn to give the best shoot to that keyword so i don’t miss it anymore lol
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February 14, 2009 at 12:14 pm
@joe comp: You should already have determined some keywords for your blog when you first started your blog. Then use a good keyword tool to help get more long tail keywords whenever you write new posts.
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Peter
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August 11, 2009 at 9:02 am
Really informative post..I have to apply this strategy to my blog. Thanks for sharing the information..
August 11, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Really informative post..I have to apply this strategy to my blog. Thanks for sharing the information..