Articles and SEO

Estreetloans · 07-25-2007, 06:52 AM

Hello,

I have a SEO question that I have gotten multiple answers to. One one of our websites, the loan site in my signature, we have an articles page.

There are a ton of article, but they are not organized in anyway.

What we wanted to do was optimize them for SEO. We also have articles not on our site that are our own original content. When we redo this aritlces page we were planning on including those as well.

What would be the best way to organize them, for seo purposes and also user friendly.

We considered breaking the article down into categories and then adding a search.

Any thoughts and comments are appreciated. THANKS!!

Mihai · 07-25-2007, 07:35 AM

I suggest sorting them by categories and / or topics while afterwards reviewing them for keyword desity (a 5% should do for a 500 - 600 word article).

On the other hand I would really recommend a search method for this knowledge base as it looks you are pushing towards a considerable resource.

This should get you started. In case you need hands-on support with content writing and consultancy in this field, send me a PM and my team will be glad to help.

Estreetloans · 07-25-2007, 07:49 AM

Thanks for the input, how do you check key word density? Do you have a website? I tried to go to the one in your profile but it didnt work.

Let me know thanks!

Mihai · 07-25-2007, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Estreetloans

Thanks for the input, how do you check key word density? Do you have a website? I tried to go to the one in your profile but it didnt work.

Let me know thanks!

Our company is not public but will be ready by the end of autumn. For now we are still working with customers from all around the world as we cannot wait for any reason.

Contact me via YM. We can discuss in detail.

TroyM · 07-31-2007, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Estreetloans

Hello,

I have a SEO question that I have gotten multiple answers to. One one of our websites, the loan site in my signature, we have an articles page.

There are a ton of article, but they are not organized in anyway.

What we wanted to do was optimize them for SEO. We also have articles not on our site that are our own original content. When we redo this aritlces page we were planning on including those as well.

What would be the best way to organize them, for seo purposes and also user friendly.

We considered breaking the article down into categories and then adding a search.

Any thoughts and comments are appreciated. THANKS!!

Hello,

Categorize them first.. and link those categories from your main page. Here is the tip..Use most popular related search terms on those category links.. get those terms from inventory.overture.com
There is no specific density number, I always go with analyzing top ranking competitors..

Good luck...

Thanks
Troy
SEO Expert
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Estreetloans · 08-01-2007, 06:52 AM

Thanks for the advice, we are going to start fising that page soon. We will have a link to the articles page on our home page, is that enough?

Mihai · 08-01-2007, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Estreetloans

Thanks for the advice, we are going to start fising that page soon. We will have a link to the articles page on our home page, is that enough?

You should have multiple links on the main page to the content sub-pages divided according to the topics of the articles.
You can call that section of links something like "Knowledge Base" and list under it the topics which will link towards sub-pages with articles from that topic.

Hope this suits you.

Janna122003 · 08-01-2007, 12:03 PM

Categorizing your topic really helps to improved your SERP which help in content relevancy.

TroyM · 08-01-2007, 04:30 PM

Not enough but it is a good start.. do not use too much links on ur pages..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estreetloans

Thanks for the advice, we are going to start fising that page soon. We will have a link to the articles page on our home page, is that enough?