What are Keywords and where do ya find em?

[GaryJay]

I have been developing my blog on a hit or miss basis since last april. I keep hearing references to the use of Key Words but I don't understand just how one makes use of these special words, and I sure as heck don't know where to find a list of em? anybody help this old dude out on this subject?

[Shopping4Coupons]

Nothing really special about keywords, it is just how you use them after you find the ones you want to use.

You can try freekeywords.wordtracker.com to get an idea of what terms are searched more often than others then you can use those keywords in your blog in the headers, the body of your text, meta tags and links that point back to your posts. If you cover all of those bases your blog will hopefully be found in the search engines for those keywords or related ones.

Good luck on the journey....

[GaryJay]

Hey Shopping: thanks for the site infor regarding getting keywords, will have to check it out and see over time if it works to improve my readership---whats a guy have to do get a google page rank of 3?? Marry into the family??

[pressreleasepr]

Originally Posted by GaryJay

I have been developing my blog on a hit or miss basis since last april. I keep hearing references to the use of Key Words but I don't understand just how one makes use of these special words, and I sure as heck don't know where to find a list of em? anybody help this old dude out on this subject?

Hey GaryJay,

Proper use of keywords offers one of the most effective forms of blog promotion around. Some tips you'll want to keep in mind:

* Don't over-saturate your post with keywords. Stick to between 2-4% of keyword ratio to body text. So, 2-4 uses of the keyword for every 100 words.

* Try using longtail keywords as well. Not only are these excellent for search engines, they also make blogs and content for easier to read, as opposed to looking like they were just thrown together with search engines in mind. So, for example, instead of using "keyword articles" all the time, use something like "when you're writing articles, keyword usage is important". It still has the phrase "keyword articles" in there, but reads more naturally

* Try use your keyword phrases more effectively in your posts by having them more at the start and end with sprinkles through the rest of the post. Try and have your keyword placed in the first 90 characters of your opening sentence, and once more in the first paragraph. Same goes for the close - last paragraph and last 90 characters should have the keyword in there. Then the rest of the keyword placement can be worked out with your 2-4% ratio.

You could try this blog as a resource for some keyword density checking tools:

15 Free SEO Tools to check keyword density - Daily SEO blog

Hope that helps! )

[Habitat]

you can type in keyword tool into google. google has a nice one

[GaryJay]

Pressreleasepr: Your explanation of keyword usage is fantastic, and this newbie at blogging is totally excited to follow up on your advice, if others reading my response here, I recommend you scroll back on this thread and read how to use keywords as suggested. I have added to your reputation too. again many thanks for the great information.

[pressreleasepr]

Originally Posted by GaryJay

Pressreleasepr: Your explanation of keyword usage is fantastic, and this newbie at blogging is totally excited to follow up on your advice, if others reading my response here, I recommend you scroll back on this thread and read how to use keywords as suggested. I have added to your reputation too. again many thanks for the great information.

Hey GaryJay,

Thanks for the - appreciate it, and glad you liked the tips. Let me know how you get on or if you need any other tips, etc

Cheers!

[Shopping4Coupons]

Another thing that is important is to have some web tracking software like statcounter or Google Analytics so you can see what is effective and what is not when it comes to driving traffic to your blog.

[GaryJay]

Currently I am using Sitemeter and find their stats rather interesting, not at all sure how to use them ----yet. I was unable to get the google analytics to work for me.

[Shopping4Coupons]

Well as long as you can tell what keywords your blog is being found for then that's the main thing