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December 31, 2006

The Keyword Mess

While optimizing your website with good keywords is an important part of your search engine strategy, I do think however, that too many webmasters spend way too much time tweaking it to death. I don’t think that this is a good idea nor do I think that it is beneficial to their website. All that time spent on one thing while neglecting the rest of their marketing strategies in the long run is hurting their online business. So much time is wasted getting those keywords just right actually hurts the quality of the content on their web pages.

I know that most of us are taught to find a main keyword and build your website around that keyword. I know that’s what I did in the beginning. I think that’s a big mistake because it takes away from the quality of the content on the website because too much focus is put on the keyword trying to fit it in to get that web page optimized for the search engines. I’ve seen so many websites where you can tell that the website was built around specific keywords because so much of the content is really hard too understand and that it doesn’t make much sense at all. You can actually pick out the keywords because they are used so many times. While you need to use your keywords throughout your content, you don’t need to overkill them. Using your keywords too often will actually hurt you with the search engines more than it will help you.

There’s a better way to optimize your website without hurting your content. I have found that the best way to optimize a web page is to use just one keyword that is super targeted to the content on that web page. Use the best keyword that you can possibly find and put it aside for the moment. Using a good word processor go and write the content for your web pages. Forget about using your keyword or writing any html tags altogether until you have finished writing the content. When you have finished writing your content, read through it to make sure that it makes sense. Also check to see if your content doesn’t already have a keyword that you may have already written unintentionally that may be better than the one that you have already chosen. I have found many great keywords by going through this process. It is advantageous to check to see if there are any hidden gems sitting there in the already written content.

If there is not a better keyword within your content, you can now go back and start inserting your keyword in the body your web page. The main objective when doing this is that your keyword blends in with the content in a way that it makes sense. You will probably have to make some changes so that it does blend in, and that it does makes sense. Of course you will need to put your keyword in the normal places. It should appear in the title, description Meta tag, keyword Meta tag, heading, and the body. The body is where the keyword is most abused by webmasters. While the keyword needs to appear throughout the body, it doesn’t need to be there hundreds of times. Using your keyword two to three percent of the time within the body is more than sufficient.

Repeat the above process for all of your web pages. You will find that you will have a well optimized website that makes perfect sense.

The last and probably the most important thing that you need to do when you are finished is to forget about doing any more optimizing. It takes time to see if your chosen keyword will be of benefit or not. If you use a super targeted keyword it will be. Forget about it and go focus on the things that you need to get done with your online business that you may have been neglecting

December 30, 2006

Is Getting Web Traffic an Endless Chore?

If you are one of most webmasters getting web traffic probably feels like an endless chore with little or no results. You probably have shelled out a handsome amount of money to this end. I see it all the time.The biggest problem is that most Internet marketers look at the normal ways of advertising their web site. They try to market their product online as the only means of advertising. Think for minute here. Before the Internet, how would have you tried to sell something?

I’ll bet that you came up with a few places, didn’t you? I will guarantee you that almost none of the Internet marketers who are failing have advertised their site outside of the Internet and I will almost guarantee that those who are successful have at one time or another have.

A few places to consider is your local newspaper and add the URL to your web site in your ad. You may want to consider making up some signs and putting them up on busy streets around your area. Another idea would be to make up some flyers and put them on windshields of cars at local shopping malls. These ideas may not get a ton of results but they will give you results. If you are just starting out this may be the way to go. You need to start somewhere. Brainstorm on other ways to advertise outside of the net. I guess you have to ask yourself this, is what you are doing now working? Advertising using outside sources will help you create a small viral market which can result in a bigger market online. There is not a more powerful way to get customers than through word of mouth.

To be successful on the Internet, you have to do things that others are not doing. The most successful marketers use approaches that others don’t. If you do what everyone else does you’ll get what everyone else gets which is nothing. Be different from the rest and understand that will take work will separate you from the rest of the get rich quick Internet marketers out there who expect the sales to drop into their lap without having to do anything to get it.