{"id":62846,"date":"2019-03-12T20:50:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T03:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/?page_id=62846"},"modified":"2023-09-17T16:50:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T23:50:37","slug":"add-keywords-to-content","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bruceclay.com\/seo\/add-keywords-to-content\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Keywords in Content"},"content":{"rendered":"
You will not rank for words you do not use! Your page is not about what you do not write about!<\/strong><\/p>\n Keywords In Content:<\/strong> if you don’t establish clear subject relevance by writing compelling content about and using SEO keywords your \u200bpages won’t rank in search engine results pages (SERPs). You cannot be worthy of ranking if you do not demonstrate that your content is about what people are searching for.<\/p>\n How do search engines know what your keywords are?<\/strong><\/p>\n As search engine spiders crawl around a website, they look for naturally repeated words, phrases, synonyms, <\/em>and related words<\/em>. Using advanced topic-modeling algorithms, search engines use these “key words” to determine what topics the page or site is about.<\/p>\n Where you use keywords in your content matters.<\/strong>\u00a0Too few mentions of your keywords can leave the search engines wondering what you’re about; too many repetitions tell the search engines you’re a spammer.<\/p>\n Remember the key considerations for writing content<\/a>\u00a0discussed in the previous step of the SEO guide. Primarily aim to\u00a0create something uniquely valuable for users<\/strong><\/em>, and then apply these SEO copywriting guidelines for how to use keywords in content.<\/p>\n Once you decide what the primary keyword(s) should be on a page, you’ll want to create content that includes the phrase naturally and evenly throughout the page.<\/p>\n Note: You’ll get to test your keyword distribution using our Single Page Analyzer in the next step of this guide.<\/em><\/p>\n Your main keyword should appear in both parts of a webpage,\u200b the \u200bhead section and the\u200b body section.<\/p>\n The \u200bhead section is hidden in a webpage’s HTML code. If you use WordPress, chances are you edit the head section below the body text, probably in a plugin like Yoast SEO.<\/p>\n Head tags are read by search engines and are critical for SEO. What you write in the \u200bhead section not only tells search engines what your page is about but may also be displayed in search results. Also, keywords the user searched for appear in bold<\/strong> in the title and description of search results (as shown below).<\/p>\n People click through to your site more often if they see what they’re looking for bolded within your listing. So use your best marketing know-how and write these tags to attract clicks.<\/p>\n On the SEO side, follow our best-practice guidelines below.<\/p>\n (Note: These copywriting guidelines are not “rules”; \u200blook at what the top-ranked \u200bresults for your keywords do and make your page the “least imperfect” for each item.)<\/p>\n SEO GUIDE BONUS VIDEO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Listen to Matt Cutts explain why Google will sometimes replace <\/strong>a page’s title tag with some other text to display as the big blue title that can be clicked in search results.<\/em><\/p>\n This is proof of why it’s important to always use relevant keywords in your title tags.<\/em><\/p>\n What the \u200bhead section promises, the \u200bbody section must deliver.<\/p>\n The body section is what users read when they visit your webpage. It must give them what they expect to find.<\/p>\n Throughout your high-quality content, you’ll need to have your keywords and natural language about those keywords. These SEO tips tell you where to put the keywords.<\/p>\n With these SEO copywriting guidelines, you now know how to use keywords in the content. Next, in the SEO Guide, you’ll learn more about how to optimize your new content pages<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/a>SEO Copywriting Guidelines: Where to Use Keywords in Content<\/h2>\n
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SEO Copywriting Tips for the Head Section<\/h3>\n
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SEO Copywriting Guidelines for the Body Section<\/h3>\n
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