Is 10 Keyword Targets for Page Rank too many?

[dseasterling]

My client has selected 10 keywords that they want to rank on the first page of Google for. Is 10 keywords too many to try and rank for? I have heard that you should focus on top 5 keywords instead.

[TahirLiaqat]

Ryan is spot on, you cant write content for ten different keyword on one page especially if it is your home page. so it is always advisable to target max 3 keywords per page and you will have higher chance of ranking high in SE

[AnthonyMangia]

The short answer is: it depends.  Nobody can really give you an accurate response here without more information about what type of company your client is, how big their website is, how competitive these keywords are, what page your client would like to rank for these keywords, etc.

Generally speaking, any given page should FOCUS on anywhere between one and four of your most valuable keywords.  Of course, this page will, ideally, be optimized for dozens of long-tail keywords, but the main focus (in your on-page factors and in your link building efforts) should be on a select few.

Likewise, how many keywords can you run an effective linkbuilding campaign for at one time?  And can you find natural ways to accumulate all of those links you'll be needing?

The converse is, if your client has a big website with hundreds of products, focusing on 10 keywords isn't going to quite cut it.  You're still going to need to focus on a few "money" keywords, but you're also going to really need to consider the long-tail end of the spectrum.  In this case, that might mean really focusing on the technical side of things, as your client will see the biggest impact from those changes that affect dozens of pages.  Perhaps you're also going to make a big push for an initiative that will help acquire user generated content for all of your products (reviews!).  You need to find ways to be able to scale your solution across hundreds of pages, and that type of approach will be very different from that which you would implement on a smaller site.

Give us a bit of information to work off of:

• What type of business is your client?

• How big is their website?

• What general industry are they in?

[AdoptionHelp]

There's no limit to how many keywords you can try to rank for on your site.

However per page its different: targeting 3 keyword phrases per page is ok, 2 per page is better, and 1 per page is best.

The only question is how much time/resources can you devote to creating high quality pages and getting them ranked.