Do Keywords HAVE to be in your content?

[HTMLBasicTutor]

Originally Posted by Ord Allenbea

I disagree but the OP has not mentioned the word "meta keywords".

You are allowed to disagree.

Perhaps the OP could explain where he is going to do this:

Originally Posted by robertoblue

So I might put the project name Dirty Lake Estates in my keywords, but not in my content.

If he didn't mean the keywords meta tag.

[deepaksahay09]

If you insert keywords in content, Then keywords is unique and fresh content then benifits of your sites.

[invst]

keywords play a vital role in optimizing a website. So therefore it should be merge in your content, metagas, if possible it shouls be in your domain name, that really helpful in oprimization

[carlhenson]

There is nothing really wrong about it. A lot of websites benefit greatly from such kind of links especially if it is from a high PR pages.

[Noahqw]

No, it should be fine as long as there not loads of them so it doesn't look black hat.

[c5c1lia]

However, such keyword relevance score will be very low. The relevance is very important in SEO point of view.

[virtueinfo11]

Originally Posted by robertoblue

Is there anything wrong with using keywords that are not actually in your content? Are there rules against it?

I'm not talking about XXX and other sneaky things. I have a legitmate reason.

you can use keywords that actually in your content.

for example, you offer services to many location, then you can add that location with your main keywords.

like
designer handbags los angeles
designer handbags texas
cosmetic surgery texas
cosmetic surgery los angeles

etc...

[james0225]

Hi,

From what I understand there is not, as long as it does pertain to your site, however, most SEO experts would tell you that, the more relevant your anchor text is to the page and content on the page the more weight it holds. I hope this was helpful.

[Donnie]

Originally Posted by james0225

Hi,

From what I understand there is not, as long as it does pertain to your site, however, most SEO experts would tell you that, the more relevant your anchor text is to the page and content on the page the more weight it holds. I hope this was helpful.

The only reason relevancy matters is for user interaction....

Google will not penalize you for anything external, they can't. It would leave room for competitors to destroy your results.

If you follow most SEO specialists onsite guides, they are all very similar.

Build your page for your user and stay within recommended guidelines.

Long tail keywords - is great for SEO as long as the traffic your are driving can BENEFIT.

http://www.searchengineguide(dot)com...-long-tail.php

[virtueinfo11]

Originally Posted by james0225

Hi,

From what I understand there is not, as long as it does pertain to your site, however, most SEO experts would tell you that, the more relevant your anchor text is to the page and content on the page the more weight it holds. I hope this was helpful.

agree with you, but we can target other keywords, that are no in content.

[Ord Allenbea]

This is true to a point, how do you think you over take "high competition keywords". You do so by dominating the semantically related lower end keywords. If a high end keyword has 1,000 semantically related keywords we obviously can not have all those keywords in our content.

By targeting those semantics it makes it a great deal easier to over take the high end keyword.

Originally Posted by james0225

Hi,

From what I understand there is not, as long as it does pertain to your site, however, most SEO experts would tell you that, the more relevant your anchor text is to the page and content on the page the more weight it holds. I hope this was helpful.

[dofollowforum]

If you want the Ad Bots to be targeting your keywords to show relevant and related CPC ads then definitely! Use as much of the important keyword as you can in your text but keeping it natural.

[addlinkweb]

it is important to use keywords in content of the website, because if google didn't find any related keyword then it will not optimize your website

[Steve Michael]

Keywords are the list of works that are commonly used by the users to search the content of your website. Using a keyword which is not relavent to your website may increase your bouncing rate and cause fall in your ranking. using of keyword at right quantity in your website content helps in increasing your page ranking

[nocent_dvil]

Definitely it should, as if one is making a website, it would be about a particular niche, so he is plainly required to publish content which portray the site.

For instance, it would really be awkward if you find keywords like, "Images", "Pictures", "Wallpapers" over youtube site, which is straightforwardly related to video and streaming.

[PromoDirect]

A keyword which is surrounded by the content is more valuable then the keywords which are used may be in the blogroll, footer or navigation for outgoing links.
After the placement or position of your keyword the next important thing is the relevancy, the keyword that is linking to your website has to be on a page which is relevant to your website or has to be relevant to the surrounded content.

[Ord Allenbea]

Ummm Images and Pictures are related to video

Originally Posted by nocent_dvil

Definitely it should, as if one is making a website, it would be about a particular niche, so he is plainly required to publish content which portray the site.

For instance, it would really be awkward if you find keywords like, "Images", "Pictures", "Wallpapers" over youtube site, which is straightforwardly related to video and streaming.

[robertoblue]

Originally Posted by HTMLBasicTutor

You are allowed to disagree.

Perhaps the OP could explain where he is going to do this:

If he didn't mean the keywords meta tag.

Ok, let me explain further. I sell real estate. I even sell real estate that might be owned and listed elsewhere by the owner. Common in real estate sales.

I might make a deal with "Dirty Lake Estates" to help sell their listings. Dirty Lake Estates is a well known development, and they have their own high-traffic website.

BUT, I do not want to use the name Dirty Lake Estates in the text on my website as I promote their property. I would prefer to get someone interested, then once I register their name with the seller Dirty Lake, and once I have my commision secure I would let them know where the property is located. But now, my commision is secure. This is all fine with the property owner, Dirty Lake Estates. They are happy to let me use their name, their pictures, their maps, etc because the faster they sell the quicker they can move onto the next project.


My original question, is it ok (or even worth it) to place Dirty Lake Estates in my Meta Tags Keywords, but not have it mentioned in my text on the site?

Using their name is highly relevant. Nothing spammy intended, but if the big Google is going to frown on it then I will not do it.

[HTMLBasicTutor]

Originally Posted by robertoblue

My original question, is it ok (or even worth it) to place Dirty Lake Estates in my Meta Tags Keywords, but not have it mentioned in my text on the site?

Using their name is highly relevant. Nothing spammy intended, but if the big Google is going to frown on it then I will not do it.

Google says they don't use the meta keywords tag for web search. Bing (according to Danny Sullivan) uses it to weed out spammers.

If someone did a search for Dirty Lake Estates and you happened to show up they are going to be annoyed when they couldn't find anything in your visable text about the property = they are going to bounce off your site and you are going to loose any chance of a sale.

IMHO, putting the name is your meta keywords tag is spammy and has no benefit to your site or your potential customers.

Why not "sell" the property in your description of it's features and amnetities instead.

I might be a different type of shopper, but you are not going to get me to sign anything which "secures your commission" until you disclose where the property is and you have shown it to me so hiding where the property is isn't going to work with me.

[robertoblue]

Originally Posted by HTMLBasicTutor

If someone did a search for Dirty Lake Estates and you happened to show up they are going to be annoyed when they couldn't find anything in your visable text about the property = they are going to bounce off your site and you are going to loose any chance of a sale.

I might be a different type of shopper, but you are not going to get me to sign anything which "secures your commission" until you disclose where the property is and you have shown it to me so hiding where the property is isn't going to work with me.

Thank you. That was my original question - Will I show up even tho the keyword is not in my text. Not concerned about the annoy part, because the landing page is relevant. They're looking for Dirty Lake Estates, I show them Dirty Lake Estates. And I provide better value-added service then they would get at the Dirty Lake site. I'm happy, the buyers happy, and Dirty Lakes is happy.

As far as "secure the commision", it only means that the potential buyer is now registered as "my" customer - and that happens with the very first contact. They know what/where they're looking real quick. Nothing sneaky going on.

Thanks for all the comments