When you submit an article online in
hopes of driving traffic to your website and/or blog you want to make it as seo
friendly as possible! The reason for this is simple, although people will
likely view what you wrote at the article directories you also want to position
yourself to attract search engine traffic as well. Simply stated if you do not
optimize the content of your articles they will remain 'invisible' to search
engines and you will not show up in any search results.
Keyword Research
By finding the right words that best
describe what can be found in your content you are completing the first step in
making your article seo friendly! These words will be what people will use when
searching online to find information like what your article will contain.
Keyword Placement
After accumulating a list of words
applicable to the subject you are writing about you then designate the one word
or phrase that best describes your article subject. Secondary keywords can then
be sprinkled about your content placing them where they fit the most naturally
within your content. Now these words will help people locate your articles
sending you targeted search engine traffic which is the best you can get!
Keyword Density
The 'density' of the keywords you
use should not be less then 1 percent nor exceed 5 percent as a rule of thumb. Using
too few keywords will not give much relevancy to your article while using too
many will get you penalized for keyword stuffing. Search engines view this as
an attempt to deliberately draw more attention to what you wrote in an attempt
to increase the search engine traffic you receive. Of equal and probably
greater importance however is you also want to make what you wrote seo friendly
to attract as much free search engine traffic as you can!Plainly stated if your
composition is not properly optimized with keywords as discussed above the
search engines will not be able to find you. This will result in your articles
NOT showing up in any search results whatsoever. Ouch! As you can see from the
discussion above the steps needed to be taken to better position your articles
for attracting search engine traffic are relatively simple.
