where to put keywords on your website

The keywords on your website aren’t entered in some magical place. Since Google doesn’t like mystery of any kind, keywords belong in the text that’s displayed on your site. Right where your site visitors can see it.

So, the best way to get keywords on your site is to start writing. I know. Sounds like homework. But here are a few shortcuts that may help

• Listen to yourself. Customers call or stop in all the time and you give them the information they need about your expertise, services, products, etc. Put that in writing on your website and you not only automatically add keywords, but you may eliminate some time spent on the phone answering the same questions multiple times.
• Your company brochure. You know, the nice shiny one that’s on your counter. No doubt you carefully compiled all that information and gave it to the printer. Is that information on your website? Unlike the printed publication, you have nearly unlimited room on your site to explain all the details.
• Don’t use the word Welcome. The most important words – your most lucrative keywords – are at the tops of your website pages in bold. Websites that use that precious space for “Welcome to Our Website” are losing a huge opportunity for better Google rank. The word “welcome” is probably not something people will search to find your awesome services.
• Bulleted lists are your friend. Google loves them. People love them. And, you don’t need to be a grammatical genius to write a list of the stuff you do or sell. There they are: a simple list of what you do – chock full of keywords.

If you hate wordy websites, remember that Google loves them. So get those words out there for Google to see.

Does anyone read this stuff?

Even if your customers don’t read it (although research says they do) write it all out anyway. Google reads all the words on your website and files them in a humongous list buried somewhere in the deep dungeons of a secret cave in California. When someone searches the Internet, Google lists the websites that contain the words typed in by the searcher (keywords). If your website text contains those words, it’s more likely to move to the top of the page in search results.

Don’t like writing?

Hire it done. The money you spend on a website full of relevant keywords – surrounded by well-written text — will pay off in higher search rank, more click-throughs to your website, more customers and a blacker bottom line.

Need help sorting this out? Just ask. I really will answer your questions for free.