Okay can someone straighten out SEO for me
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If my keyword is dog training and I wanted to make 5 posts on a blog, do I target all the posts with the keyword of dog training or what?
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Read that so many times; no help about if I should make all my posts about 1 keyword was provided.
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I think this should clarify it
http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo/growing-popularity-and-links
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I'm trying to rank my homepage though not my posts.
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Yes, linking with anchor text as your keyword from the blog post to the page that are you are trying to optimize for that keyword will help you rank higher for that keyword. But do not over do it - 1 link per post is probably enough.
If your blog ranks high enough then it would pass some link juice to the page you are trying to rank.
Make sure that that keyword naturally placed in your post not just tacked on for the sake of having a keyword. Blogs are written primarily for humans(your customers) and not the search engines.
one piece of advice,
before deciding to optimize for a keyword that you think your customers are using, do research and find out what they are actually using.
Google Insights is an excellent tool that can help you see what people are actually searching for.
here is the link http://www.google.com/insights/search/
For example in the last 12 month the top search terms in the USA that were ralated to dog training were
| 1. | training a dog |
100 2. training dogs 70 3. puppy training 50 4. obedience training 40 5. dog obedience 40 6. dog obedience training 40 7. obedience 40 8. dog training collar 30 9. training your dog 30 10. dog training classes
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