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Lesson 10:
Introduction to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)		 Back to Lesson Menu    

Keyword density is an important important feature in SEO. Find out yours at http://www.keyworddensity.com/. Some say the optimum is 6-8%, others say Google doesn't care.

Vaughn Aubuchon's "1-pagers" can be very useful, particularly his summary of information on various aspects of Google. The section on how Google treats keywords, is excerpted below. The first three are considerably more effective than the remaining.

Use these as a guide as you fine-tune your site content.

No.

ON-Page Rankings

Suggestions
  KEYWORDS ...  
1
 in URL First word best, second is second best ... 
2
 in domain name Same as in page-name-with-hyphens
3
 in title tag Close to beginning, tag 10 - 60 characters
4
 description meta tag Shows theme - less than 200 chars.
5
 in keyword metatag Shows theme - less than 10 words.
Every word MUST appear in the body.
NO single word more than twice.
6
 density in body text 5 - 20% - (all keywords/ total words)
7
 Individual kw density 1 - 3% - (each keyword/ total words)
8
 in H1, H2 and H3 Use H1 font style
9
 font size In strong, bold, italic, etc.
10
 proximity (for 2+ kws) Adjacent is best
11
 phrase order Anticipate query - match word order.
12
 prominence
(how early in page/tag) 		Most important at top of page,
in bold, in large font
13
 Keyword in alt text Should describe graphic
14
 in links to site pages
(anchor text) 		Links out anchor text use keyword?

How did you do?

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