How to Check Your Significant Keywords
by Frank Jovine on 12/07/2009 in Google
It’s important that the keywords you use are significant with your sites content. You do not want keywords that have little or no relevance to your site.
Your most significant keywords should reflect the subject matter of your site.
I try to use at least one of my top five significant keywords in my content. This tells Google that these keywords are the most relevant. You should always optimize your web pages for a targeted keyword that consists of many words. A keyword that consists of many words is called “keyword phrase”. By optimizing your web page for a keyword phrase, you automatically optimize your web page for the parts of that phrase.
Example: People interested in music may search for “Free iTunes Music”. In this phrase there are two keywords – iTunes and Music. I would not try to optimize for Free, it is too competitive.
How many keywords should I use?
The fact is there is no right number of keywords for every situation. A site that sells movies will more than likely have tens of thousands of keywords compared to a site that sells services. You can optimize for 1, 5, 10, 20, or even 100 keywords. If your list is large, it will require a lot of maintenance to maintain keyword optimization. I am not suggesting that you keep your keyword list small, but make it manageable to optimize.
How to check the most common keywords on your site
- Login to Google
- Go to Google Webmaster Tools
- Click on Your site on the web
- Click on Keywords
The Keywords page lists the most significant keywords Google found when crawling your site. The significance of each keyword reflects how often it’s found on your site’s pages. This tool can also tell you about unexpected keywords. An unexpected keyword such as “Viagra” could be a sign that your site might have been hijacked or it still is.
How many keywords are you trying to optimize for?
Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills
Dec 7th, 2009
Frank, you are going to make an SEO conscious blogger out of me yet. It hasn’t been easy so far, has it? I really appreciate your help, it’s above and beyond.
Frank J
Dec 7th, 2009
Jonathan,
I love to help and this is why I blog. You are welcome!
bloggista
Dec 15th, 2009
Helpful as ever. As I have said before, techjaws always gives me something new to learn everytime I visit the site.
It’s good to see you really doin’ great Frank. I’m back hoppin’ sites and greeting friends.
Frank J
Dec 15th, 2009
Bloggista,
Long time my friend. How are you doing? How’s the bloggista blog doing? I have to head over and check things out. Thanks for the kind words.
Joanie
Dec 7th, 2009
Nice tip. I didn’t know that webmaster tools did that. I learn something new every time I come to your blog. Thanks!!!
Frank J
Dec 7th, 2009
Joanie,
I am glad you can walk away with something new, it makes me want to write more!
BunnygotBlog
Dec 8th, 2009
Great information! My hubby does that for me.
Frank J
Dec 8th, 2009
He is a good man, I think I said that before.
Kevins Custom Screen Printed T shirts
Dec 9th, 2009
I love google analytics. It has really helped me improve traffic to my site. The price is right too
Frank J
Dec 9th, 2009
Kevin,
I am glad you found this article useful. Thanks for your comment!
Vance Sova
Dec 11th, 2009
Hi Frank,
This is the first time for me on your site which I’ve just discovered.
I do pay attention to keywords and seo.
I must say that I didn’t know how to use Google Webmaster Tool to check my significant keywords though.
I try to optimize the keywords that are relevant to a particular post.
I have no idea how many of them would be on my blog but it’s below a hundred for sure.
Your blog looks very helpful and well worth visiting.
Vance
Frank J
Dec 11th, 2009
Vance,
You’re an SEO addict, which is a very good thing, as we are all trying to help each other. Thanks for the first time visit and guest posts are welcomed.
Nick Harper
Dec 12th, 2009
Nice article, will bookmark it.