City Name in the Keyword???

I am wanting to be very specific in my keywords. Is there any benefit to using "window film denver" as opposed to just "window film"? Will my page show for people who search "window film" in the denver area regardless if I have "denver" in my keyword?

How does google select what geography your company is in for returning organic results?

Thank you,

Tim

 

Let me add a little to my question... I need traffic to be targeted at local searchers, how do I do that?

 

Used 'window film denver'. From the keyword tool in google I see that this keyword has only medium competition. The keyword also is more specific.

 

The more specific you can get the better, but use the google keyword tool and check out some terms and see what pops up. You will also want to do the same with all the surrounding cities and maybe even counties and why not the entire state. Been through Denver several times, but don't remember just how close another state is to it, but if it is reasonably close, you may even want to work some on that market too and since you are on the net and people do order to be shipped to them, you may want to do some more generic searching to see if anything there will work for you too. I personally was looking for some window tinting/Film back in the early summer and was not having any luck finding what I was looking for and would have been happy to have ordered it from somewhere else and had it shipped in, know what I mean?

 

So it is advantageous to work in geographical keywords? Does Google not return more local results on the organic side? Is that just for adwords?

 

We actually install the film, so we work in a pretty narrow geography....

So you are saying that I should have keywords that include the names of all of the cities that I want to target?

 

Any more thoughts?

 

Its better you be more specific. For targetting the local surfers, use the meta tags with the city name. It worked for me.

 

Yes of course! If you're operating a window film service in Denver, then all you're really interested in is search traffic from Denver.

It's not search engine traffic which converts to sales / new business - it's targeted search engine traffic, so if you're operating a local physical service, then the only traffic which is targeted for you is local search traffic.

Does your domain include the word "Denver" as well as the term "window film" ? If not - then you're missing an opportunity for faily easy page one ranking.

Thanks

Kev

 

Thank you for the reply!

I have a domain "SunGloWindowFilms.com" that redirects to my main site "SunGloWF.com", does that count? Is there a way that I can work Denver into my domain name?

Thank you!
Tim

 

Great! Thank you for the advice. So there is two areas that I am really targeting, do I put both of those cities in the Meta Tags?

Thank you,

Tim

 

Put your keyword in domain and page url. Don’t forget to build links (with anchor text) to your site.
P.S. "window film denver" is definitely much better for you, than "window film"

 

Thanks all, this information really helped me as well!

 

My suggestion would be to use Google Insights to determine what is being searched in your area.

 

if this is about the keyword meta tag, then you're wasting your time. Google doesn't use it. I keep posting the article from Google that says it in the title , and qouting the bit that says "Do you use it..No" but nobody ever reads it....

 

I think he meant the title and description tags also.. he should be dumb to add them in as meta keywords and not add them on the meta title and description.

@tjordan06 The more specific the better..

 

I guess I need some advise for handling my meta keywords... Can you take a look at the source code on this page http://sunglowf.com/about-sunglo/online-coupon-denver-window-tinting and let me know what I need to do to improve my meta keywords?

I have seen that article, but I am just using a plugin on wordpress to insert kws into the meta info, so I figured that it couldn't hurt.... Is that true? Could it hurt inserting my keywords into any of the meta tags?

Thank you!

Tim

 

go for specific long tails, and set your geo settings to focus on your target area. that's about it

 

Hey Tim,

No harm done having a meta keywords field on your site.

Do not spend more than 30 seconds a page thinking of Meta Keywords, because - as Magda points out, they are of no use to search engine spiders (however, I still use them, regardless).