Same keywords on every page?

Discussion in 'Keywords' started by khalid, Jun 18, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Hi,

    I have two questions I'm hoping you can help me with...

    I have a site I want to compete in competative areas - "Uk flight", "cheap uk flight" and "domestic uk flight"

    1. Should I have the same meta tag keywords on each page, i.e. all of the above?

    2. I have put the keywords in the footer with links to the hompage. The same keywords/links at in the footer of evey page, is this ok or should I have e.g. one keyword on each page?

    Thanks,

    Khalid.
     
    khalid, Jun 18, 2007 IP
  2. E13 9AZ

    E13 9AZ Peon

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    1 = no
    2 = no

    Here is one of your main competitors look how many pages are indexed and how most pages have unique meta descriptions and titles. An informative article to read on meta keywords is worth 5 mins of your time. This site has a plenty of back links if i was you i would study this site very closely and see how they have optimized their site to rank high for a very competitive niche.

    It would be a good basis to start your SEO campaign.
     
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  3. hooperman

    hooperman Well-Known Member

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    I doubt that either of those points you mention is going to help you too much. 1) Meta tags do not hold the same power they once did.
    2) Links are 'votes' so of course you are voting for yourself (re: the sitewide footer links), but don't you think that saerch engines would give more weight to links from external sources?
     
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  4. khalid

    khalid Active Member

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    Thanks for the replies, it seems like content within the body is worth a lot more than meta tags these days, therefore do you recommend internal links within the content of your body?

    If not, how do search engines know to rank you well under a particular term and not other words within the body of the content?

    Khalid.
     
    khalid, Jun 18, 2007 IP
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    Yes internal links - how else will they spider your pages!?

    How do they rank terms - text analysis (keyword density, body text, title, meta, alt, filename)and inbound links.
     
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    #6
    always use different keywords for each page that helps in ranking your site
     
    sheena24, Jun 20, 2007 IP
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    websitetools Well-Known Member

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    Through backlinks anchor text and theming... However, you website title and website content also matters. If you focus on 1-2 important keyword phrases in body text, make sure to also have it in page title, headers (h1-h7), meta description etc. Everything that naturally increases the keyword density. One aspect of this is that as people link to you, their links will automatically begin to contain relevant keywords.
     
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