Choosing Your SEO Keywords

royal Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:44 am

Hi,
Using SEO or search engine optimization can greatly improve the ranking of your website, which is why choosing the keywords you use is very important in achieving the best SEO results. When the proper SEO keywords are chosen you will begin to see improved rates of traffic to your website and properly executed SEO is that the results will continue to work long after you are finished. Below we have listed some tips for choosing the best SEO keywords for your website.

1. When choosing keywords you should consider the content of your website. Create a list of all the keywords you can think of that visitors may find interesting and that they would use when searching for a website like yours. Ask your friends and family what keywords they would use when searching for your company, people often think differently and this will give you a greater list of keywords to work with.

2. You may also want to use a keyword tool that will provide you with even more suggestions. There are many free versions available online for free. A keyword tool will be able to provide you with the most popular keywords or phrases that are relevant to your website and drive more traffic to you website.

3. It has also been proven that by finding out which keywords websites similar to yours are using can help you in choosing relevant keywords. This can be done by looking for keyword tags in the source code to find the keywords. To view which keywords a competitor is using simply click "Source" in your "View" menu to gain access to the list. If that option is not available simply right click in an open area of the webpage and click on "View Source" from the menu that comes up. Viewing a competitor's keywords will help you see how they have optimized their website and which keywords are working for them.

4. There is also the option of using a pay-per-click program which will allow you to see how many impressions you are receiving from the keywords and phrases you have chosen. After a short time you should be able to determine which search terms are achieving the best results for your website. You can utilize this information to make changes to the SEO keywords you are using and make the appropriate changes to ensure that potential visitors will be able to easily find your website using search engines.