Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Basics of keywords Selection

Search Engine Optimization involves different processes, out of them Keyword Research and selection of appropriate keywords is one of the primary and Important procedure for it. Before making a strategy to optimize a site, keyword selection is very necessary work to do rather than going for link exchange. It is very much important to select the right keywords for the businesses to advertise online (eg. Adwords) to make profits. An advertising campaign can be viewed as unworthy if the wrong keywords are chosen for it.

In a brief, SEO is a technique that aims to make the better position of a web page in listings shown by search engines (SERP) and also to increase google page rank. The profits involved in getting listed on front page or top ten on SERP increases the possibilities of great business because online visitors can view their pages and can buy the products and services offered by Website. It also gives visitors a convenient way to choose the product of their choice online with security. Every site should have unique goals to attract visitors to sell their products and services.

When it comes to keyword research every site does need some focused keywords i.e. less competitive, frequently searched by people. We incorporate all these keywords in Meta Description, Meta keywords, Alt Tags and Title Tags. Description of site should contain keywords in accordance of their targeted arrangement, but it shouldn’t seem to be stuffed Keyword or advertisement. Don’t write any offers and prices of the products.

The process of selection of appropriate keywords for a particular site is not a easy task. Always make sure the keywords you are using in your tags should be relevant to services you are providing and web site must contain good content for visitor that can attract and stop them in your site. Be specific on what the services you are going to provide are and the process of getting them all should be user friendly.

There are many tools are available online to get suggestions of keywords, they are called keyword suggestion tools. You can use Google AdWords Keyword Selection Tool, Wordtracker, Overture Search Term Suggestion Tool, Digital Point keyword suggestion tool etc to take number of suggestions for your targeted keywords.

If you want keywords suggestions for newly developed site, it is recommendable to choose some initial keywords related to the theme of the site. Keep in mind always user always searches for lower case keywords so that make them all lower case and past experience speaks that it is easy to get good rank for phrases or long tail keywords. Always be careful about proximity, Prominence and density of keywords.