Keyword Research for Good SEO

Keyword research should be the focal point of good search engine optimization, or SEO. Whether optimizing your individual pages to attract search engine traffic or building links into your site, you’ll always be focusing your attention on a keyword or a group of related keywords.

Every web site needs traffic, and there are many ways of getting it. One of the more popular ways is to get the site noticed by the search engines as a quality site on a particular topic. This topic is identified by the use of certain terms or “keywords.” When a searcher uses a search engine search box, the word or phrase he types is matched up to keyword-focused pages throughout the Internet in order to find the information he seeks.

Website owners like this type of visitor because he is free and targeted. He is coming to the site because he has been told by the search engine that this site will give him the information he is looking for. Other visitor-attracting methods can be cost-prohibitive for the newbie or non-commerce site, and some of them aren’t as well-targeted as search engine traffic can be.

Targetting Those Keywords

In addition good SEO includes building a good amount of back links to a site. Not just any back links will do, however. A website about knitting will find little benefit from a link from an automotive parts site with the anchor text being “turbo speed.”

However a link from an article about the pros and cons of using synthetic wool yarns with the anchor text “synthetic yarn” linking to a page of synthetic yarns for sale would be highly relatable and effective for the search engines and for the site.

To build a large website you’ll use many keywords. It could be in the thousands. To find which keywords are effective for your site and to get good ranking for them in the search engines is what keyword research is all about.

There are many tools and services available to assist in this task. There are even some basic tools that are free; however it is wise to invest in a more thorough keyword research tool when looking to build an authority site or on-going blog. Hiring a professional SEO service is another excellent way of attracting this free search engine right from the start.

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