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By: ashok

ashok — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:11:05 +0000

Agreed about transparency generally: it’s vital for SEO bloggers but also for bloggers as a whole, and I don’t think that point can be emphasized enough. Not to pull us off-topic, but I’ve been running into a lot of bloggers who think that having no about page and just lots of random keywords are going to magically result in hits and conversions.
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By: ashok

ashok — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:27:32 +0000

You make your point about these keywords very effectively, and yeah, it does seem like some – perhaps many – are tempted to pursue these keywords.

I think one way around that temptation is to do a combination of “write posts with keywords people are searching for” with “what keywords are unique to you that you’d like to see searched for?” A blog is a powerful tool – it is possible not just to get attention, but focus that attention on areas you’d like to see people address.
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By: Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing

Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:23:40 +0000

Very well said; the same goes for niche marketing. The more successful a niche marketer is, the less websites he/she will show you.
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By: James Pruitt@Email Marketing Success

James Pruitt@Email Marketing Success — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:15:34 +0000

I totally agree with you here. Bragging about your keywords will lead to losing the rankings you claim to have.

If you notice the Gurus who do this, they give a way one or two keywords, or websites that they don’t really care if it continues to make money.

if you have 100 websites, and you lose rankings on one, you probably wont feel it much. However, if you have 1 or 2 sites, and you give away your keywords, you can lose everything fast.

Of course, it is really hard to hide your keywords if you are into an SEO site. After all, people will be looking for the SEO that you use on your own site, and if you practice what you preach, they will be able to pick out what your keywords are ( or am I just too analytical here, and the only one that ever does this when I visit other sites?)
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By: Kimi

Kimi — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:27:48 +0000

I feel awkward to brag about my keywords, if i win and be in the first of Google for some keywords, i will be happy about it, but i don’t want to tell everyone about it, i guess no use of it or no benefits.
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By: Ryan Biddulph

Ryan Biddulph — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:47:12 +0000

I never heard of this terminology Rhys but your argument seems to make sense to me.

Keyword 101 is finding a semi-competitive keywords and building your campaign around them.

Thanks for sharing your insight.

Ryan Biddulph
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By: Tia@Blogging Guide

Tia@Blogging Guide — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:35:26 +0000

Hi Rhys,

Great point about search results and not taking them 100% at face value. It’s true that many, many people searching for particular keywords are SEO-ers, as well as bots and systems constantly doing keyword searches and driving up the search traffic. I don’t know if the Google numbers take that into account, but if they do, beware indeed.

In theory what you’re saying is true, but if you’re an SEO blogger, I think talking about what you are ranking for (or, more often, what you *have* ranked for in the past) comes with the territory. No one will believe you unless you have an element of transparency. Transparency is good. Bragging, not so good. But transparency is really important for credibility.
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By: Colleen@Kennewick Real Estate

Colleen@Kennewick Real Estate — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:35:37 +0000

Funny you ask, as we are going to start doing just that. We’ve targeted the school districts, but it is about time we go longertail and hit the individual schools in the districts. Some folks are pretty adamant on what school their kids will go to.
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