Website Keywords And Ranking

dennis

For those of you with websites;


1. What are your most important keywords? What do you think people are typing when they use a search engine?

2. How well do you rank in google when those keywords are used?

MattCoops

Using a program like Google Analytics will help you find those answers

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tinner666

***xx ***xx ***xx rank me on first or second page Roofing is in the title and domain name.
***xx ***xx in Rich, Va. usually rank me #1. I have other combos too that rank well.

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tinner666

I get calls from lead generators that claim they can make me #1 for the keyword 'Roofing". Now, I ask you, what would be the benefit of that? Would the benefit be the $8.00 bid for that keyword in a PPC campaign?

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CF Construction

....for some reason that doesn't work for me. I've tried using it since it since a few months back and it always give me a 0 stat for my visitors when in fact I know we're getting lots of traffic through the website

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dennis

I guess that was a stupid question. No one is going to post what their keywords are in case there are competitors lurking. duh

How about this.

How well does your website rank in google.

silvertree

I use longer phrases like St Paul kitchen remodel, Twin Cities kitchen bath.
Not great, but I'm on top with phrases like that.

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orson

Here's a web tool that will give you related keyword phrases and their search traffic based on an keyword you submit:

http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/search.html

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Ed the Roofer

Another one is called Word Tracker.

Here is the direct link to the free word checker:

http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/

Keyword Discovery is more approved though.

Ed

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Mike Finley

Why do you think this is such a secret?

Everybody knows what those keywords are.

ChrWright

Local keywords will yield the most qualified traffic--but your page's relevance to search engines is a factor of ALL of your content and keywords--including generic ones like "roofing", "kitchen remodeling", etc.

I've posted the following tool in a few threads today, but it bears repeating:

http://www.seocentro.com/tools/searc...-analyzer.html

I target my local keywords most heavily:

Indianapolis Kitchen Remodeling, Indianapolis Remodeling Contractor, Indianapolis Room Additions, etc. and usually come up 1, 2 or 3 in the results.

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HomerJ

I'm learning all this stuff for the first time, so please bear with me.

I've read many of the SEO posts on this forum and from what I understand I think I'm supposed to:

1. Make sure each page of my site contains certain relevant keywords

2. Register certain domain names that contain important keywords for my biz and geography, (eastbumblehell-lightbulb-replacement.com) and have them all point to my main site.

3. Use something called meta tags on each page. (still not sure exactly what these are)

4. Update my blog with fresh content weekly. Question, if the main site is gocohome.com and the blog is gocohome.com/blog, will the search engines automatically pick up the fresh content for both the site and the blog? Does this happen because the blog has a link to my web site? I'm not sure I understand how this works.

5. Register my biz with search engine local directories and as many other online directories as possible.

Does this sum up DIY SEO? And will doing all this start moving me up in the rankings?

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HomerJ

So, do you write out the above keywords exactly as they're written on each page of your site? Just the home page?

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ChrWright

Do some online research to understand how the search engines work. This will help you prioritize changes and improvements.

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orson

I'd say this is a pretty good start. To be really successful at SEO you need to be patient and determined. It's not something that happens overnight.

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Hammer_Nail

Keyword 'Kane County' and various construction phrases.. rank page 1

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rbsremodeling

The code was inserted incorrectly ( you did insert the code on your website?)

you did not insert it on all your pages

you don't exist

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Hammer_Nail

You Rank #1 with your Key Phrases, and I see you are using your Signature here to improve your SERP's.. good job, and nice website

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ChrWright

Thanks..... backlinks are big with Google.

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rbsremodeling

I believe it is shameful the way you guys use CT to plug your websites and attain back links, I would never do something like that

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