If you have been Blogging for some time, you might have heard about importance of Keyword research. But have you ever thought how to use Keywords which you have found after hours of researching? In, this article I will helping you with some of the factors and techniques you should be using to use Keywords at places in your article for better ranking.
We all know that keywords are very important for getting good search engine rank. If you are not aware about importance of keywords then check out an article about keywords on Shoutmeloud. Keywords must be used smartly in your blog. You can use keywords in title, heading tag, body content, URL, Meta description etc.
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Learn How to use Keywords in WordPress:
In WordPress, adding Keywords is fairly easy with the help of many plugins and themes in built SEO feature. For example, WordPress SEO by yoast, Thesis theme they all add option to fill meta value for any article in WordPress. Something, I’m sure you might have used tons of time by now.
Keywords in Title Tag
Title Tags appears at the top of the browser. It is always better to use keywords in starting when it comes to Title Tags. Title Tag helps search engines and visitors to know what the page is all about. It provides the vital information to search engines and thus beneficial to get good search engine rank.
Keywords in Heading Tags h1, h2…
Heading tags helps you to structure content of your blog post. The main benefits of using these Tags are to inform search engines about the topics you covered in your post and your visitor will get good scan ability of your article. Thus, try to use keywords in your Heading Tags, it will surely attract visitors as well as search engines.
Keywords in Body Content
All bloggers knows the importance of having keywords in your blog content but remember that you should not stuff relevant keywords and take care about the density of keywords in body content of your article. Having keyword density from 3% – 5% is said to be good for SEO. Hidden keywords and irrelevant keywords might ban your blog, so keep your hands off from it.
Keywords in URL
When I started blogging, I was not aware that keywords can be used in URL also. I was bit amazed when I knew that fact. URL is effective when it’s having proper permalink structure and it easy to read. Search engines and visitors like the user-friendly URLs. Your URL must be like:
http://www.shoutmeloud.com/importance-of-keyword-for-search-engine-optimization-seo.html
Though you can use stop words like of, for, the, an from your permalinks to make it more effective. But, I prefer to keep them natural.
Also Read:
- Why Changing of Post Permalinks After Publishing is not a Good Idea.
- Deans Permalink Migration Plugin.
Keywords in Meta Description / Tags
It is important that you must use keywords in Meta description because that is the content which is shown in search queries in search engines. Like:
Visitors will click your link, if they find something relevant to query in your article’s Meta description. It goes same with Meta Tags, if you have relevant and good keywords in Meta Tags then the chances for getting good rank automatically increases.
To achieve all the above mentioned steps in WordPress, I will suggest use All in One SEO WordPress plugin. Read
These are few basic tips for using keywords effectively for improving SEO of your blog but make sure you play safe with your keywords, no stuffing and irrelevant keywords for your blog. How you use keywords in your WordPress article?
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Great tips Ruchi. I try to work keywords into my blog posts while still making the post sound “right”. Sometimes it gets a little awkward when attempting to employ the proper keyword density. There’s an art to it.
For a while I neglected to use keywords in Header tags. When I began to do so I noted higher rank in search engines.
Right Ryan, Keywords for sure gives you good ranking. If you want to know more about keyword density , you can check out this article http://www.shoutmeloud.com/importance-of-keyword-for-search-engine-optimization-seo.html
Great post. People tend to forget or know about Anchor text at all most of the times..
Thanks NpXp. Agree with you, Many bloggers ignore anchor text.
When I started blogging I never used keywords in my blog posts but now when I realized the importance of keywords I started using keywords. These are really helpful for search engine rankings.
Many bloggers ignore using keywords , but keywords are vital and should be used efficiently. It’s good that you started using keywords in your blog.
All valid points there. Also it is important to use some keywords in your very first beginning paragraph. It can help you to rank higher. My 2 cents…
Thanks for adding tip Techchunks .
I also have idea about the keyword strenght.Before starting the blog post all keyword should be well determined and use keywords with above tricks .All the point are very necessary for traffic generation…….thanks for sharing the hidden tricks.
Glad you like the tips Jai.
Keywords in meta tag is not so relevant these days as far as Google is concerned. Keywords in URL & title carry more weightage than anywhere else.
Yeah URL and Title keywords are more important but it bloggers should not ignore meta tag.
Keywords are very important to be used. I started my blog and still learning all these things which makes my blog more powerful. Thanks for your tips Ruchi Mam
Glad you found it useful Pushar.
wow ruchi good post, yes keyword is most important for any blog and after long journey of blogging i realized it now and getting good result also..
Thanks MostlyBlog, Keywords for sure provide good results. Keep Rocking.
Yaa keyword are very importance..I have follow the above rules and my traffic has in month got about 6500 unique visit
That’ s great Ajeet. Using keywords efficiently is very important to drive traffic.
great… tips really… because… i use all in one seo but.. was not aware of some thing you described here… thanx for sharing…
1 que for you, you have suggested to use google sets… but it doesn’t show any keyword is searched how many times ? and another link given by you is not working.. can you tell me in detail how to search keyword for any post.. with example ?
regards and thanx,
Though informative, it also leaves a very vital component practically all articles and bloggers are guilty of – lack of awareness that some readers may be ignorant of some of the words and terms used.
For example, what is a title tag. Then you wrote that it can be seen at the top of the browser. What browser? top left, right, center? What does it tool like?
I have a question? Why do you prefer using also the stop words on your url? Can that be more effective?
By the way, great tips.
Thanks, I use keywords in all the areas that you have suggested, it works well.