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Keyword Rich?

How do you use keywords? Do you use as many as you can and repeat them over and over in every single piece of content? If you do these things then it could be why your site and your business are not doing as well as they could be.All too often on the freelancing boards you see requests for ‘keyword rich’ content. Keywords are a critical aspect of any website.

If you want to get found by the search engines and start ranking with Google, then you need the right keywords. It is unfortunate that so many people think that the more keywords they have in a document the better it is for the search engines, never mind the quality! Using keywords properly is a skill that takes time and effort to learn. You need the right
keywords, which are not necessarily the most obvious ones. If you want your business to do well, and you want to find the right keywords, then you need some understanding of the people that you are selling to.

Using too many keywords in your site metadata is not a good idea and using keywords and keyword phrases so many times in a document that it is virtually unreadable, is worse than a bad idea, you could upset Google. Then where would your rankings be?