BigLar Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 What are the best practices when it comes to keywords? My site uses the Header Tags Controller contribution and Ultimate SEO URLs. I sell reptiles and wonder what the best keywords are to use. For instance I sell Leopard Geckos. I have different morphs of Leopard Geckos too. I have some of my geckos setup like this: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meta Tag Information Products Page Title: Leopard Geckos Page Header Description: Leopard Geckos Product Keywords: Leopard Geckos ** I've added "tampa" to some -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And some like this: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meta Tag Information Products Page Title: Partial Reverse Striped Albino Page Header Description: Partial Reverse Striped Albino Product Keywords: Partial Reverse Striped Albino Leopard Gecko tampa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also, should I drop the "s" after Leopard Geckos? Check out my site: www.sunshinestateexotics.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevermind Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Gecko, leopard gecko, Geckos, leopard geckos, lizard gecko The list is endless try you keyword in the link below, this tool will show you how many people searched for that word PM and other words to use. http://inventory.overture.com/ This site can sometimes go down, i mean this site goes down loads but i guess its a very busy tool... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLar Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 Gecko, leopard gecko, Geckos, leopard geckos, lizard gecko The list is endless I was unsure whether this should be kept simple like "Leopard Gecko" or a large list of keywords. Should my list of keywords be separated with a comma? Would this be better? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meta Tag Information Products Page Title: Leopard Geckos Page Header Description: Leopard Geckos Product Keywords: Leopard Gecko, baby gecko, gecko, reverse stripe leopard gecko, lizard, albino leopard gecko, leopard gecko tampa, leopard gecko for sale tampa -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 The list should be separated by commas. Any more than three keywords per page is generally not a good idea. You shouldn't just pick keywords because they sound like they might be good choices. They need to be researched with online tools like Overture. What good is it if you reach a number one position for a keyword and no one is searching for that keyword? Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigLar Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 The list should be separated by commas. Any more than three keywords per page is generally not a good idea. You shouldn't just pick keywords because they sound like they might be good choices. They need to be researched with online tools like Overture. What good is it if you reach a number one position for a keyword and no one is searching for that keyword? Jack Just curious, why is more then three not a good idea? I haven't been able to get on Overture yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satish Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 You need to research on Key Phrases rather then Keywords. Once done then optimize considering those Key phrases. Satish Mantri Ask/Skype for Free osCommerce value addon/SEO suggestion tips for your site. Check My About US For who am I and what My company does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Just curious, why is more then three not a good idea? I haven't been able to get on Overture yet. The keywords by themselves don't count for much if just used in the meta tags. They have to be used in the text on the page. That usage doewn't mean much if what is called the keyword density (KD), which is a ratio of the number of times the keyword is used in relation to the total number of words, is not around 4-6%. To achieve that for three keywords generally requires around 500 words (it will vary with how the text is worded, of course). If you have 30 keywords, then the text required to support them would be around 5,000 words. Most, if not all, customers, upon seeing a page with such a large amount of text will just leave. Jack Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reflous Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Not to be discouraging, but I think the usefulness of your keywords depends on what market you're in. I've played with keywords for seven years and have yet to have a result anywhere near what I get from google base, yahoo shopping, shopzilla, or anything else that lets me put my products in and allows users to do a price comparison.. My market (clothing) may be just be messed up this way because my keywords are going to be super-generic like "t-shirts" "sweatshirts". (However that said, I do have two keywords that consistently drive in business, so maybe I'm just incapable of picking the "right" keywords). If you want to do some exploration and overture remains down forever (likely), you can do a free trial at http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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