Now that you have your list of best and most important keyword phrases, here is the general strategy of how to use them on your web pages. Exactly how to optimize your use of keywords on your web pages is the subject of the entire next section.
The general rule of thumb is that you optimize each page for ideally no more than two different keyword phrases.
Each page should include your Primary Keyword Phrase. Your home page should also contain your best Secondary Keyword Phrase. Each product, service, or content page should also contain the best specific variation to your Primary Keyword Phrase.
Because your home page is generally the one that gets the highest ranking, and is linked to most from other sites, you need to place special emphasis on the use of your Primary Keyword Phrase there. Your home page will then link to other pages on your site that contain (and are optimized *or) your other, more specific, keyword phrases.
Using the example again for “house plans”, here would be the general strategy:
- Home page: optimize for “house plans” (primary phrase) and “home plans” (best secondary phrase).
- Country House Plans page: optimize for “country house plans” phrase and any other variations, such as “French country house plans”. Note how these phrases already contain the Primary Keyword phrase within them. This is the ideal situation to achieve.
- French Country House Plans page: optimize for “French country house plans” phrase.
- Contact Us page: include the phrase “house plans” several times on the page. This is because this page, along with the other “fluff” pages that are sites, are not really relevant against any specific keyword phrase. So use your Primary Keyword Phrase here.
- About Us page: again, include “house plans” phrase several times on the page for the same reason as the Contact Us page.
This example, while being quite general, nonetheless should give you an idea of how to proceed.
Now let’s look at how and where to use these on your web site correctly.
