How many keywords should I target per page / per site?

[barnst]

Hi,

I am doing some keywords research and I just wanted to check my understanding of keyword theory.

Is it best to select 1-2 keywords per page of the site?

Or should you target the whole site towards a few keywords?

Thanks,

Barney.

[JesseCWalker]

I also found this post by Rand to be helpful for planning individual pages and the site architecture as a whole.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/keyword-targeting-how-to-employ-multiple-keywords-for-seo-conversions

[barnst]

Thanks - the link is very handy...

[ref.price]

Hi Barney,

It really depends on the size of the site you are trying to optimize.

But Idealy every page should be optimized for it's own keywords.

You also want to make sure that your meta tags are different on every page of the site.

here is a post by Rand on the subject: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/tactical-seo-how-many-termsphrases-should-i-target-on-a-single-page