Thursday, January 22, 2009

Good SEO Requires Crafty Inclusion Of Keywords

By Julie Johnson

The importance of proper Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques is well known by most web developers and designers. The mysterious multitude of SEO techniques which are employed with the desired result of higher search engine rankings is a murky world for most, but these methods must be used to their greatest extent if you are to draw traffic to your website. For small companies, the task is usually assigned to a webmaster, but for larger organizations, there may be development teams of dozens of people assigned to the task.

One good place to start in SEO is called keyword research. In fact, it may be the most important place to start when considering a comprehensive SEO development plan. Keyword research is harmonious with web page content. The content must be written so that it includes the keywords which you have decided are important to your site's identity.

When writing an internet article, for example, you will want to make sure you repeat your keywords several times, while avoiding using them excessively or in places where they dont belong. Proper SEO development involves a careful balance of using the keywords enough times to get your point across, but without making your content sound too artificial.

One way to maximize the effect of keywords is to use synonyms, because they work very well. You can also change the capitalization of some words because the engines treat them differently. Some SEO pro's acknowledge that many misspell words when using search terms, and therefore they deliberately use misspelled words as keywords.

Deciding what keywords to use is a question that has no solid answer. Some of the more popular search engine sites will provide you with a list of commonly searched terms, but this can certainly change from one to the next. In the end, general internet experience helps with keyword research perhaps more than anything else. And just simply being aware of what is popular and trendy on the World Wide Web can go a long way in the world of SEO.

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