Comments on: Picking the Right Tags For Your Feeds http://LinContEx.com/the-missing-link/picking-the-right-tags-for-your-feeds/ Link & Content Exchange Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:01:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Antone Roundy http://LinContEx.com/the-missing-link/picking-the-right-tags-for-your-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Antone Roundy Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:11:10 +0000 http://lincontex.com/the-missing-link/?p=17#comment-21 This raises an interesting question: if the search engines think your site is about one thing, but then you start getting links from pages about something else, do the search engines say "oh, it must NOT be about that, it must be about this", or do they say "oh, it must be about BOTH this AND that"? In other words, can a page be optimized for multiple keywords, without the one hurting the other? If not, then you're right to stick to your primary keywords and avoid getting optimized for anything else. If you CAN optimize for multiple keywords, you may still be right -- the question then is whether you'll benefit more ON THIS SITE by going after the lower-traffic keywords that you want to optimize for the most, or whether it would be better to target less specific exchanges with potentially higher volume. Thoughts, anyone? This raises an interesting question: if the search engines think your site is about one thing, but then you start getting links from pages about something else, do the search engines say “oh, it must NOT be about that, it must be about this”, or do they say “oh, it must be about BOTH this AND that”?

In other words, can a page be optimized for multiple keywords, without the one hurting the other?

If not, then you’re right to stick to your primary keywords and avoid getting optimized for anything else.

If you CAN optimize for multiple keywords, you may still be right — the question then is whether you’ll benefit more ON THIS SITE by going after the lower-traffic keywords that you want to optimize for the most, or whether it would be better to target less specific exchanges with potentially higher volume.

Thoughts, anyone?

]]> By: Kent Website Design http://LinContEx.com/the-missing-link/picking-the-right-tags-for-your-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Kent Website Design Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:10:46 +0000 http://lincontex.com/the-missing-link/?p=17#comment-20 Hi Antone, Its my feed. I can see your point, yes. But considering the ideal scenario is people picking up a feed that is relative to both people and ideally the right keywords, so the feed benefits from the link backs. However, in my situation, "small business blogging" isnt what i want to optimise my site for. I guess the way around that is to post general feeds but with my choosen anchor text in the blog article. Hi Antone,

Its my feed. I can see your point, yes. But considering the ideal scenario is people picking up a feed that is relative to both people and ideally the right keywords, so the feed benefits from the link backs. However, in my situation, “small business blogging” isnt what i want to optimise my site for. I guess the way around that is to post general feeds but with my choosen anchor text in the blog article.

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