Hello,

With the new mobile indexing 1 st do search engine (google) give as much value to content in tabs and no visible in the 1 st place as content which is visible on the page ?

Thank you,

Thank you for the confirmation. I thought it was but wasn't a 100 % sure.

It is based on moz keyword tool. 5 most relevant related keyword, 1 least relevant.

I know it needs to stay as natural as possible but sometimes it is hard if you stick with the original keyword as a secondary keyword and one that a relevancy of 5. Not to sounds spammy is it better to use a keyword that might have relevancy of 3 instead of 5 but that doesn't have the original keyword in it ?

Thank you also for the clarification about the bullet points.

I understand that it is 2 different topics but you can't you cover the topic of SEO with a sub topic that is SEO tools ?

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Thank you, I guess as long as it reads normally, it is best as you mentioned.

Good to know, thank you

Ok, thank you.

Can I have a page with a different user intent that is what already ranking and still outrank the top results ?

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In content, does the proximity of semantically related keyword matter ?

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Never thought about this. Thank you,

Hi,

1. If my keyword is SEO consultant when I write a paragraphs with with my secondary related keywords do I always need to have my primary keyword used in the secondary keywords. "SEO consultant prices", "SEO consultant training" etc.. or can I just surround my primary keyword with the words with the words "prices" and "training" in a sentence ?

2. In a bullet style format if my title is SEO consultant, do the bullet need to include the secondary keyword with the primary keyword in it or not like that

SEO consultant

• SEO consultant training* SEO consultant prices

or can it be like that

SEO consultant

• Training* Prices

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That is what I think too, I need to wait. I guess the times it takes to see the results depends on your DA and other factors.

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Hello,

Is there a tool that can tell me what the user intent of my keyword is and how I should present my page (the type of content users want to see it, what questions they want answered ?

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Great, thank you,

Do alt tags really give you a boost in terms of ranking or is it more for ranking in google images ?

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Hi,

When you do keyword research and my terms is SEO for example. Do I need in the content to have the word "SEO" by itself and then a related keyword like "SEO tools" as 2 separate keywords or can I have "SEO tools" only and will this be counted as 2 separate keyword. The 1 st one will be "SEO" and the other one will be "SEO tools."

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Hello,

When you do a major change of content on a page I know it takes time to start seeing some results in terms of ranking. Let's say I make a change today expecting to see the first results of that change 2 months from now. Let's say in a month I decide to add some content and make again some minor changes. Do I have to wait another 2 months starting on the date I made my 2 nd changes to see some results or will I see the results of the 1 change as originally planned 2 months after my major content change ?

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Hello,

I believe mobile indexing 1 st is in place. Since then, does google give  the same value to content that is hidden behind a tab (for example a question where you need to click on the + to see the answer) as content that would be directly visible ?

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Ok, Thank you,

Hi,

It means that when the keyword tool gives me for the word "city" for example as a related keyword "a city", I shouldn't take it because "a"is removed, correct ?

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Hello,

Is it ok to talk about multiple topics under an H tag or should I stick to 1 topic per H tag.

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Hello,

I have that search engine discounts stop words in order to gain computing power.

Is there a list of those words that are discounted ?

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Thank you Tawny for the explanation, that is very helpful.

Hello,

What is the difference between "based on the closely related topics" in the keyword tool and the content suggestions (also called related topics) for the page optimisation score ?

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Thank you for the clarification.

Thank you Andy,  It is dood to hear.

How about if cut the expression in 2 with words in the middle of it does it still work.

For example if I write Barcelona a beautiful city ?

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Hello,

Let's imagine I do a search for barcelona in the keyword tool.

One the the words that comes back with high relevance is barcelona city. I am writing a my content but as a human it sounds more natural to write the city of barcelona.

My problem is the the city of barcelona is not given by the keyword explorer, what should I do stick with barcelona city use the city of barcelona even though it is not in the list of keywords ?

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I updated a page and the ranking of the page on mobile has already changed whereas on desktop it hasn't.

Has anyone noticed that on mobile it takes less time to see changes than on desktop ?

Thank you very much Ruth, this is a very helpful answer that answers my question in detail.

Just got one more question. For example if in the keyword explorer I type "south tyrol" and the keyword explorer gives me as a related keywords "südtirol" and "south tyrol villages", which one is best to use ?

Is is best to use the one with the word south tyrol with in (south tyrol villages) even the tough it has a relevance of 2 or südtirol even though it doesn't have the word south tyrol within it but a relevance of 5 ?

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Hello,

I have noticed that pages rank much faster in some countries than other. For example it seems that in the usa it takes much longer than in France for example. For the same keyword in English.

Have anyone noticed that also and why is that ?

I have also noticed that the more monthly searches the keyword has the longer it will take to rank.

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Hello,

The related searches we see at the bottom of google search results.

Is this what people also search for ?

If it is why does the keyword so no volume for those related searches ?

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Thank you Steve for your answer but I don't see how it answers my questions. Sorry...

Could you develop on it so that I understand what you mean.

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Hi,

Let' say one of the topics I want to talk about is "wine tasting2. I do a search in the keywords tool and I find related keywords such as "wine tasting chicago" and all the words that I find do not apply to me because I do "wine tastings in Bordeaux". How do I deal in a situation like that ? Can I type in the keyword tool "wine tasting bordeaux" even though my topic is wine tasting ?

I took "wine tasting" but I could apply that to the word "chateaux" where none of the related keywords apply to me. I run into issues when the topics are "large".

The other question I have is still about "wine tasting" if I find secondary related keywords that apply to me such a "wine tasting in bordeaux", "wine tasting cellars" do I still need to add in my content the word "wine tasting" by itself in addition to the 2 related keywords or can I just only put the 2 related keywords ?

Thank you,.

Thank you Rand, I will have a look at all this. By the way if one day you could take one keyword and do a post on exactly how your do the research using the keyword tool and how your write your content I think that would be of interest to a lot of us.

The idea would be to do something on a commercial keyword because when blogging it is seems easier to rank than on commercial keywords. For example to rank on "content marketing" from what I understand you just have to answer the questions people have  such as  "online content marketing" and cover this topic in depth, "content marketing for beginners " and cover it in depth and so on.... but let's imagine that I want to rank on "Hiking tours in Italy". People don't really have questions, do they ? How do I cover different topics making my page pleasant without having to writing lots of content like someone would do in blog.

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Thank you Rand for the clarification and just to confirm how to do the keyword research

1. Type a keyword and look for the words that go with it based on relevance. For example if my keyword is "Dijon" and in the list of keyword explorer I noticed that "Dijon mustard" is listed. The idea is to make a list of all the words that come up with Dijon, find what is the most relevant for me and then write sentences with with the words that go with Dijon. Correct ?

Hi Rand,

I will do that but one more question.

For example I noticed that the relevancy of a word when I do mix of sources is for example 1 but the same word appears  in closely related topic is 5 ? why is that ?

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Hello,

In Keyword explorer out of all the possibilities : https://moz.com/blog/announcing-keyword-explorer-mozs-new-keyword-research-tool

Include a Mix of Sources

Only Include Keywords With All of the Keyword Terms

Exclude Your Query Terms to Get Broader Ideas

Based on Closely Related Topics

etc...

Which one should I use to do my keyword research because they all me different possibilities of keywords.

Rand in his article says closely related topic is best for single words like piedmont for example I imagine but what about 2 word keywords like bike tours what is best to use...

Thank you,

I am trying but let's be honest I have more chances of winning the lottery than ranking...

It is a matter of what words goes with which word surrounded by other words and only the computer know that, doesn't it ?

In the past I managed to get from 3 rd page to 3 rd position on a requested keyword just by adding 3 lines of text and the reason was just that the words used correlated well with the other words but honestly this was luck.

If someone has a technic that works that isn't luck I can't wait to hear it

How about I I used alchemy api and use all the keywords of someone ranking 1 st to write my text, could it also work ?

Does it mean that once the page is cached the ranking is "final". So if a page is cached every 5 weeks it will take 5 weeks if it cached every week it will take a week ?

Thank you for sharing the link about rank brain.

I do understand that it isn't necessary to pepper my content with all the possiblity semantically connected keywords are it won't look natural. However, from what I understand the idea is still to use those semantically connected keyword but naturally.

For example about Laptop chargers if I wrote a sentence like this would ok ? I have used semantically related keyword such as voltage, battrary, tablet and transformer.

"Laptop charger come with different voltages, 110 and 220. Once you have selected the battery that matches the voltage of your tablet you are good to go. If you can't find the correct voltage by a transformer and then plug it in. "

Hey Nigel.

In one of your messages you say it can take up to 6 weeks to see some results. I checked my pages and sometimes I see no changes for 5 weeks and then on week 6 I see a climb.

Sometimes after I made changes, within  a week I see my pages climibing up the ranking. Sometimes when I make a change it moves down the ranking for a week and then moves back up...

Is 6 weeks based on on your experience ? I am just wondering starting if it wouldn't better to wait 6 weeks as I have seen rankings not move for 5 weeks and then move suddently instead of make changes after 3 weeks of no movement...

The thing is that based on my experience in 90 % of the cases if I don't make changes I see no ranking variations.

Hello,

Can someone give a example of what primary and secondary keywords are and how to implement that in a sentence ?

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No problem, just wanted to make sure you received those to.

Nigel,

Just to confirm you got my private message ?

Thank you,

Time for action, you are right. I will send you what I wrote once done so you can give me your thoughts on it.

Thank you,

Hi Nigel,

How many semantically connected keywords do you recommend in a 1000 word post ?

I have read about rankbrain but not sure how it makes my keyword research different ?

Hey Nigel,

Just bothering you one more time. I am wondering if we take our current text and just change some of the words we currently have with some semantically related keyword from the keyword tool if it is going to have an impact or if you recommend writing from scratch ?

My question is out of a 1000 words how many semantically related keywords do I need to add to see an impact. Is there a percentage recommended ? I have the feeling that 10 words peppered here and there won't be enough ? am I right ?

Thank you again for all you help,