Bolding Keywords

SO I have a website that has many articles, and each page is target towards one keyword. Would it help to bold the keywords on each page that that individual page is targeted towards?

 

Make sure you are using header tags for your articles (h1 through h6). These are given more weight than for text that is bolded. Once you have done that, sporadically bold keywords in your page copy only when appropriate. Don't go bolding every instance of the keyword. Be natural, and only use it when it would be beneficial for your readers.

 

I use an external website builder that doesn't use h1, h2, etc... What size font are those tags?

 

By using CSS, you can format these however you'd like all while receiving all of the SEO benefits.

 

No I will not go for it. Only thing is that do when situation demands. Keep in mind to offer h1 and h2 tags for your writing...

 

I don't believe bolded keywords do any good unless it is an anchor link, the heading tags are another story. Bolding all your keywords will just annoy your visitors and may get flagged by many different search engines.

 

I think header tags have greater impact/importance than bold keywords

 

It's not about font size, it's about heading HTML code:

<h1-6>keyword</h>

Code (markup):

You may not replace the 'h' tag wit a 'size' tag.

Use chosen keyword in the title and use some h tag, then use keyword again in some subtitle and use smaller h tag. DO NOT repeat h1 tag twice in one article.

Bolding is much less effective, but you can use it for long tail keywords, that is for keyword phrases, for which you know, that are popular.

You don't bold all keywords of course. And I believe it works, hard to prove though. Keyword phrase Sweet apples, bolded and placed high on a page, can help you to be listed in Google high for 'sweet apples' search..I'm talking about this website, which doesn't have 'sweet apples' in the title, but is still #6 in my Google.

 

It help but less impact than header tags.

 

If you are going to try "bolding" a keyword or too...us <strong> instead of <b>...you may get better results. (<b> is deprecated...and is seen simply as a visual...<strong> technically means emphasis)

 

I checked 'source' of that sweet apples, and it uses <b>.

I've heard about <strong> before, though. Have you any experience with <b> vs <strong> tag?

 

<b> which is a presentational element (compared to <strong> which is a semantic element, and means "stronger emphasis") will carry slightly more weight than STRONG, but at the end of the day you should remember that you're developing Web sites with semantics in mind, rather than abusing them to game the search engines.

Afterall, what would a person who's blind think of your "SEO'd Web site" if it has markup that the screen reader doesn't understand, and starts shouting at the user? Would you appreciate it if some day a friend of the person who was using the site met you, you told them that you built the site and they punched you in the face for having your site scream at the top of its lungs at their blind friend? (I know, the chances of that actually happening in the real world are statistically impossible, but it still makes a great example.) I know I wouldn't.

Focus on the semantic meaning of the tags your'e using to mark up your page so that the relationships between the content and the markup you're using is as close as possible. If a screen reader has no problem understanding it, chances are very good that a search engine will be able to understand it perfectly loud and clear as well, and you WILL be rewarded for it.