SEO Dance

Good Keywords is a freeware program that is a one stop SEO tool for finding keywords from various sources. Just simply put in your keyword, choose which research listing to use (like Overture) and click the go button. Good Keywords then does the rest by sending the query and returning a list of popular keyword phrases. I have a game website, so I used the keyword puzzle games to see what keyword suggestions would pop up with Overture.

There are some useful suggestions that the next time I am writing about a puzzle games I might consider using. Good Keywords also has a tool “link website and popularity” that will return the PageRank, Alexa ranking, and other SEO related information for a website. Also you can search for misspellings of keywords that turn up frequently in search results.

Good Keywords has been freeware since it was first introduced in 2000. It’s a small simple download that can be a great SEO tool to have that is much easier to find than some bookmarked webpage that offers keyword results.

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Keyword stuffing is the practice of putting excessive non-relevant keywords into web pages for the sole purpose to trying to gain search rank for these words that have nothing to do with the content on the page. This practice is, of course, frowned upon by Google. In fact, a site might be penalized for taking part in such practices.

While we all know that keywords rule the world of search results, it is important to optimize pages for readers to find your work. It’s also equally - if not more - important to have valuable content for readers who are looking for more information associated with the keyword that landed them on your webpage.

From Google, here is a little more information about keyword stuffing and how to fix stuffing problems like hidden text or non-relevant alt tags on images.

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What would you do with $300? I can think of at least a dozen ways I would spend $300 right now. Sadly, I will have to keep dreaming because I am not eligible for this 451Press contest but readers are.

All you have to do is comment on any 451 Press blog during the month of August for your chance to win $300, $200, and $100. Each comment earns you one entry into the contest. Winners will be chosen at random from all entries.

So, get started right now. Finish this sentence, “If I had $300, I would..”

There are many benefits to running a contest on your website but there are also benefits to taking part in contests, too. Increase exposure to your website and brand by jumping right into various online contests. Running a contest can increase traffic and exposure to a blog or website. It can also increase exposure to the participating bloggers or webmasters as well.

I recently entered a contest where the entry was a blog post about the contest. It was easy enough to do. When it came time for voting, a link was placed on their website to my blog entry encouraging their readers to click on the links to read the entries. Reviewing my stats, I noticed a nice amount of referrals from this one link.

So taking part in contests can be good for not only an all-mighty link to your website but also be a chance for your blog or website to be seen by new readers. You might just even win a cool prize, too.

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Field of Dreams is one of my favorite movies. The line “If you build it they will come” is one of the more well known phrases made popular by the movie. This saying can be applied when it comes to web content in that if you write it, they will come to your website.

I had written a small generic piece on how to personalize The Sims 2 using the Sims 2 Body Shop. This off-the-cuff article repeatedly brings in a lot of traffic to my website. After reading my original article, I decided that I could do something more valuable to readers, so I created a tutorial using the keywords that bring most people to that original article.

While my original article brings in traffic, it also a big exit point because it really lacks specific instructions on what people are looking for when they click on the article. I have fixed this by writing an in-depth tutorial and adding an update to my original article that will refer readers to the tutorial.

I plan to write several more tutorials on the Sims 2 program because it brings a lot of traffic and if I have better content on it then I might convert some of that traffic to regular readers. Writing the tutorials is on topic for my website plus it’s something I really enjoy doing. That’s the key to good content on your website: write your passion and what fits in with your website. If you write it, they will come and possibly come back again.

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