Well, I know the basics for SEO-writing, that you need to have the keywords in, should be the right amount of keyword density blah blah, but is there no easy way for this to be done? Like for example, on MS Word, it automatically counts the number of words in your article for you without you having to do any hands-on counting. So is there some software I don't know about, or perhaps an MS Word feature, that takes care about figuring out keyword density based on a keyword you set? Or do I have to do it the hard way and refer online?
HTML-Kit has an add-on that does an interesting job of picking the keywords out of the HTML file. It's not 100% as it is more single word-based than phrase-based but it can also help find words that you might not want to optimize on by accident.
Content is always the king... Good and uniques contents are still the best way to attract human visitors as well as SE's. gabe
Do a search for "click here" #1 result is Adobe reader, yet the words click here do not appear anywhere on that page. Just goes to show that volume of text hyperlinks with the search phrase trumps copy that reads weird because someone says you need 11.98% keyword density (or whatever it is). Have the keywords in the page title, header, then just concentrate on solving their problems with your product.
5%-6% keyword density is crazy. Search Engines consider this kind of content as spam, and you are bound to get Google slapped by doing this.
There is no such thing as a perfect keyword density. It's all about natural inclusion. Write about your topic,and the keywords will find their place.
Google is forever changing what they are looking for. If you go to Google and do a search for SEO and keywords, you'll find that they don't pay a lot of attention to keyword density. They are looking for the Title and the Meta tags, but when they spider they are looking for content that flows naturally and is reader-friendly. When I write for my website I make sure I use the KW/KP in the first 90 characters, in the title and in the last paragraph. Then the rest of the content should flow naturally and the KW or related KWs will take care of themselves. JMHO & checking with Google.
Wow, very helpful post, especially the tid bit about including keywords inside the last paragraph (I totally get this description-wise), I never thought of this technique myself.
Glad you found that helpful. Recently I've hired several writers and I find that the best writers are those who have never heard of SEO. If I get a writer who is used to SEO, they will plaster the 500-word article with the KW/KP to the point that it often makes absolutely no sense. However, give me a new writer (new to content writing) and they can turn out a terrific article, following my simple guidelines of Title, 1st 90 characters and last paragraph.
OMG I know, I'm one of those who try too hard and end up with a something completely ridiculous. (So basically I'm needing all the help I can get) I'm trying to optimize all pages of a Myspace resource site that I own, & so instead of just plastering graphics all over the page I'm adding some text content to try to have each page rank better on SEs. A page would have content similar to the one below (below is supposedly optimized for the key phrase: "Military Graphics") I'm so aware that everything is SO redundant & it hardly makes any sense at all (to the normal brain ) & it's like I'm addressing ret@rds, but I have no idea how else to optimize it. What do you think?
I think that's why G-d invented words like "these", "they" and other pronouns. "These graphics"...How about "Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Graphics"? There are any number of ways that you could make that easier to read and not so obviously head-bashing (as in hitting the reader over the head with a baseball bat called "Military Graphics") Hope this helps.
Keyword density is bs, H tags aren't that big of a deal anymore, Title tag on your page is most important, and external links make all the difference. Write natural, include related terms (use google's wonder wheel for ideas) and let google do their job of figuring out what your site is about, you do your job by providing quality content for them to spider.
I totally agree with Brawnydt....if you write naturally about the subject given, the keywords will flow. Leave the rest up to Google!