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The Art of SEO
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The Art of SEO

by Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Rand Fishkin, Jessie Stricchiola
October 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
602 pages
19h 50m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Traditional Approaches: Domain Expertise, Site Content Analysis

One of the smartest things you can do when initially conducting keyword research is to use automated tools to brainstorm original ideas with the participants in the business. This can be surprisingly effective for coming up with numerous critical keywords.

Start by generating a list of terms and phrases that are relevant to your industry and pertain to what your site or business offers. The brainstorming phase should ideally result in a list of several dozen to several hundred or more keyword searches that will bring relevant, qualified visitors to your site.

One easy way to begin this process is to gather your team in a conference room and then follow these steps:

  1. Produce a list of key one- to three-word phrases that describe your products/services.

  2. Spend some time coming up with synonyms that your potential customers might use for those products and services. Use a thesaurus to help you with this process.

  3. Create a taxonomy of all the areas of focus in your industry. It can be helpful to imagine creating a directory for all the people, projects, ideas, and companies connected to your site. You can also look at sites that are leaders in the industry and study their site hierarchy as a way to start your thinking about a taxonomy.

  4. Broaden your list by thinking of higher-level terms of which your products or services are a subset.

  5. Review your existing site, and extract what appear to be key phrases from your site.

  6. Review industry ...

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