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The most important factor for successful SEO (hint: it's not inbound links)
Published by Brandon
10-24-2007
The most important factor for successful SEO (hint: it's not inbound links)

If you want to get high rankings on search engines then you have to consider many different factors.
On-page factors and off-page factors
Regarding on-page factors, the content of your web pages is important, the position of your keywords in your web page elements is important, the keyword density matters and much more.
When it comes to off-page factors, the number of the links that point to your website is very important. It's also important that the the links to your website contain your keywords and that the links are from related websites.
All of these factors are important. However, there is another factor that is even more important than the other ones. That single factor will determine whether your search engine optimization activities will be successful or not.
A single factor is more important than all other factors
You might have lots of inbound links with the anchor text "my great product" and your web page might be perfectly optimized for the keyword "my great product".
You might even be number 1 on Google for the keyword "my great product": if the wrong people or too few people search for that keyword then your SEO efforts will be in vain. The most important factor that decides whether you succeed or not are the keywords that you choose for promoting your website.
If you target the wrong keywords, you'll waste a lot of time, energy and money.
Don't think that you already know the answer
Many webmasters think that they already know the best keyword for their websites. If they haven't done some research, they are usually wrong. There are several reasons for that:
  • You know your business much better than anybody else. You know the special terms that are used in your branch and you know what you should search for when you're looking for products like yours.

    Your customers don't know as much as you. They don't know your terminology and they might use totally different keywords.
  • Did you consider the intention of the searcher? Just because a keyword is used very often on search engines it doesn't mean that you'll get many customers. People who find your website through a special keyword might not be interested in purchasing.
It's very important that you take some time to find the best keywords for your website. The time and efforts that you invest in finding the right keywords will pay back in no time.
Effective keywords must be popular, specific, and they must be used by motivated searchers. Detailed information on how to find the best keywords can be found in our free SEO book.
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By Yogesh Sarkar on 10-25-2007, 02:21 PM
Re: The most important factor for successful SEO (hint: it's not inbound links)

Quite true, keyword research is one aspect that can make or break a website. However most of the time we lack the ability to foresee which keywords can actually bring us quality traffic.
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