basic keywords advice??

[Michael 23]

I am looking for some basic guidelines for adding keywords, especially
regarding single words vs. phrases

I am wondering the best way to approach this without "spamming" ...

For example, I have a new site which is "Kanab, Utah Real Estate"...

should I use <<Kanab, Utah, Real Estate>> or <<Kanab, Kanab Utah, Kanab Real
Estate, Utah Real Estate>> ???

Any and all advice greatly appreciated

thanks


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[John Bokma]

Michael 23 wrote:

> I am looking for some basic guidelines for adding keywords, especially
> regarding single words vs. phrases
>
> I am wondering the best way to approach this without "spamming" ...

Just write content your visitors like to read.

> For example, I have a new site which is "Kanab, Utah Real Estate"...
>
> should I use <<Kanab, Utah, Real Estate>> or <<Kanab, Kanab Utah,
> Kanab Real Estate, Utah Real Estate>> ???

Kanab, Kanab Utah, Utah Utah, Real Estate, state Utah, real real, utah
utah, Kanab?


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[Michael 23]

oops.
should have said "meta tags" advice... my fault.

any suggestions of the best method for determining and adding keyword meta
tags?
can I use comma-separated phrases, or must they be single words?

if phrases, can I use different variations of the same words, or is that
'spamming' the search engines.

or, perhaps I should be asking, do meta tags even make a difference at all?


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"John Bokma" <postmaster@castleamber.com> wrote in message
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> Michael 23 wrote:
>
>> I am looking for some basic guidelines for adding keywords, especially
>> regarding single words vs. phrases
>>
>> I am wondering the best way to approach this without "spamming" ...
>
> Just write content your visitors like to read.
>
>> For example, I have a new site which is "Kanab, Utah Real Estate"...
>>
>> should I use <<Kanab, Utah, Real Estate>> or <<Kanab, Kanab Utah,
>> Kanab Real Estate, Utah Real Estate>> ???
>
> Kanab, Kanab Utah, Utah Utah, Real Estate, state Utah, real real, utah
> utah, Kanab?
>
>
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[John Bokma]

Michael 23 wrote:

> oops.
> should have said "meta tags" advice... my fault.

keywords in meta are not used by Google, and probably several other search
engines.

> any suggestions of the best method for determining and adding keyword
> meta tags?
> can I use comma-separated phrases, or must they be single words?

Don't, waste of time, unless you know an obscure search engine that
actually uses them.

> if phrases, can I use different variations of the same words, or is
> that 'spamming' the search engines.

Just write good content.

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[Michael 23]

so... it wouldn't even matter if I left that tag out altogether?

wow. thanks for the tip.
I obviously have a lot to learn - expect to get a lot from just watching
this group.

thanks again.

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"John Bokma" <postmaster@castleamber.com> wrote in message
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> Michael 23 wrote:
>
>> oops.
>> should have said "meta tags" advice... my fault.
>
> keywords in meta are not used by Google, and probably several other search
> engines.
>
>> any suggestions of the best method for determining and adding keyword
>> meta tags?
>> can I use comma-separated phrases, or must they be single words?
>
> Don't, waste of time, unless you know an obscure search engine that
> actually uses them.
>
>> if phrases, can I use different variations of the same words, or is
>> that 'spamming' the search engines.
>
> Just write good content.
>
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[SEO Dave]

On 20 Dec 2004 00:51:43 GMT, John Bokma <postmaster@castleamber.com>
wrote:

>> should I use <<Kanab, Utah, Real Estate>> or <<Kanab, Kanab Utah,
>> Kanab Real Estate, Utah Real Estate>> ???
>
>Kanab, Kanab Utah, Utah Utah, Real Estate, state Utah, real real, utah
>utah, Kanab?

You missed Pokemon, Disney, Sex, Google, Yahoo. Kylie's Knickers :-))

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[John Bokma]

SEO Dave wrote:

> On 20 Dec 2004 00:51:43 GMT, John Bokma <postmaster@castleamber.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> should I use <<Kanab, Utah, Real Estate>> or <<Kanab, Kanab Utah,
>>> Kanab Real Estate, Utah Real Estate>> ???
>>
>>Kanab, Kanab Utah, Utah Utah, Real Estate, state Utah, real real, utah
>>utah, Kanab?
>
> You missed Pokemon, Disney, Sex, Google, Yahoo. Kylie's Knickers :-))

torrent, you just missed torrent

Ahhhhh those were the days.

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[John Bokma]

Michael 23 wrote:

> so... it wouldn't even matter if I left that tag out altogether?

For Google, and several others, they don't use it. The description tag has
with Google the same status, it's only used in reporting, when there is no
relevant snippet available to show.

I focus on <title>, <h1>, and good content, especially the latter. Recently
I got blogged because of the content of a page, got a lot of extra hits.
(The blog owner most likely did find me using Google, however).

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[Michael 23]

alright, alright...
I get it - I think....

;)

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"John Bokma" <postmaster@castleamber.com> wrote in message
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> SEO Dave wrote:
>
>> On 20 Dec 2004 00:51:43 GMT, John Bokma <postmaster@castleamber.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> should I use <<Kanab, Utah, Real Estate>> or <<Kanab, Kanab Utah,
>>>> Kanab Real Estate, Utah Real Estate>> ???
>>>
>>>Kanab, Kanab Utah, Utah Utah, Real Estate, state Utah, real real, utah
>>>utah, Kanab?
>>
>> You missed Pokemon, Disney, Sex, Google, Yahoo. Kylie's Knickers :-))
>
> torrent, you just missed torrent
>
> Ahhhhh those were the days.
>
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