Before worrying about Keywords and SEO you MUST Understand your Market, Your Niche, Your Blog audience

Before you can develop a list of words and phrases for Keywords and SEO you need to understand what people search for when they enter a search into Google or Yahoo when they want information like what is in your Blog or Website. To figure this out you can

• Start by actually entering words and phrases about your blog or Website into Google and checkout the search results. Is are they what you expected? While you are at it, check out the competitions websites to see what they are talking about.
• Use the Google Adwords free keyword suggestion tool (see the article link a few bullet points down from here to access it). Enter some of the keywords and phrases in there and see how often people search on them every month. See the different variations that the Keyword Tool shows you.
• Continue to check out other websites that you find on the same subject and learn the lingo they and the users use. Read the blogs and the comments.
•  Go to this web page which has links to a lot of FREE Google tools that will help you do this; http://wordpress-how-to-wp.com/Google-keyword-tool-links-and-seo-tools-links-and-information

Develop a list of Target Keywords that you wish to use for Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

There are a few places where you should spend money on your blog this is one of them. An automated  keyword Software System will give you a huge advantage over the competition when it comes to SEO and getting free traffic from the search engines.:

• Click on this link to read about Keyword Research Pro the best tool out there http://www.keywordsoftwareguide.com/keyword-research-leader-keyword-research-pro-releases-new-version
• Click on this link to read about Keyword Elite 2.0 the second best tool in our opinion http://www.keywordsoftwareguide.com/keyword-software-guides-keyword-elite-2-0-review
• Click on this link for a list of 5 free Keyword tools if you really really don't want to spend any money:
• http://wordpress-how-to-wp.com/5-free-keyword-tools-for-keyword-research.

Whatever the tool you should do these basic keyword and SEO steps

 Find relevant keyword and keyword phrase niches

Group closely related keywords into related primary and secondary keyword pairs that you could focus one page on

Then Evaluate your keyword and Keyword phrase niches for SEO potential. Click on this link for an article on Keyword Research and evaluation in 6 simple steps: http://www.keywordsoftwareguide.com/6-keyword-research-steps

Then Prioritize your keyword and Keyword Phrases that you want to use in your posts and articles

              Then Focus on building a page of content for each keyword or phrase. 

Each Page should focus on 1 to 2 Keywords and related SEO

Your page will be targeting many more than those two keywords – they are your starting point and your focus

• To get started, target each page’s SEO on a primary and secondary keyword.
• Don't try to jam your entire keyword list into your home page you WILL NOT get ranked for all those keywords and without a focus, Google will most likely place no emphasis on the page at all!
• Don’t make the common mistake of initially using different pages to target the same keywords.  It may seem hard not to if your Website is on a given subject. But even then you want to target unique phrases for each phrase. IF you run out of phrases and keywords from your original research list you can always do more keyword research and market niche research and add to your list.

When it Comes to Keywords and SEO Use your target keywords and Phrases in these specific places

Use your primary and secondary target keywords in the following positions on your page:

• Page title tag
• Description tag
• Note that for the Page Title and Description and Keywords Meta Tags use the Keywords Statistics plugin if your blog uses wordpress. Click on this link to read a review of the keywords statistics plugin. It is quick, easy and it rocks for Keywords and SEO!: http://wordpress-how-to-wp.com/the-keyword-statistics-plugin-for-wordpress-search-engine-optimization
• Headlines, sub-headlines and body text
•  Internal and external links (use text)

For your Keywords and SEO efforts to work, you need content that is interesting and related

Content is where the rubber hits the road!

• Your content must relate to the keywords that you are targetting. You can't fool the search engines and if you could it would take more work then is required to give them what they want: Value adding information of a given subject.
• The search engines nowadays do contextual analysis and if the heading and keywords do not flow with the content they will be ignored. page will be targeting many more than those two keywords – they are your starting point and your focus
• Try to write 1000 words, no less then 200 or it will be ignored. The focus should be on your primary and secondary keyword. But sprinkling in long tailed keywords from your keyword list will give the site more "Juice" and more opportunity to getr ranked for related keywords.
• The Content should be informational and easy to read. If its not, even if you get people there, they will just leave and never come back.
• Add value. For example this article gives links to free tools and related information saving the readers time. Give your readers what they are looking for and Google will send more readers your way and they will all come back! And that is what you want from Keywords and SEO!

Keyword Research is the cornerstone of a Niche Market Strategy. Even with great keyword software (like Keyword Software Pro) you need to understand the concept of Niche's and why keyword selection and a well thought out keyword strategy are the key to Niche Domination. In plain english, Keyword research is just the start but it is the foundation! if you want to have a website that is focused on a specific topic (a Niche) and you want toget people to come to your website more then other peoples websites, then they have to be able to find your website.

Now there are several ways for people to find your website. They can get there from social bookmarking (where they read about your website on places like Digg or Facebook), They can get thjeir from other blogs or Forums,etc. But most commonly people just type in the term they are looking for into a dearch engine like Google or Yahoo and click from the list of sites that come up.

The few words that people type into search engines are called Key Words. If you want these people to find your website then the search engines have to have your website ranked high enough so that  you come up on that list of sites that they show the person typing in the keywords.

In order to have YOUR websiite ranked highly in the search engine you need to understand the Niche Market well enopugh that you understand what people will type in when they want to get information or products from that niche market. That is what this Keyword Research video is about.

Oh but if it keyword research were only that easy! The problem is that your competitors (every other website focused on that same niche market) is trying to do the same keyword research  thing! And then they are trying to understand the entire process so that their keywoprds are well represented in their content and so that their website and pages have the right Meta Tags (special code that tells the search engines what the site is about, what KeyWords you use, etc) That is why you need great Keyword Software to help you. You need a system that helps you identify your niche, understand the keywords, understand what keywords your competiotors are using and then helps you focus in on those keywords that you have a reasonable chance of dominating.

!I recomend Keyword Software Pro for the software. I have researched dozens of keyword software packages and keyword software pro is and end to end system that walks you thru the entire key word research, selection and utilization process. It is what you neeed to get your website noticed by the search engines. Keyword research is only the start of itThis is a great video by Michell McPherson How to do keyword and niche market research quickly & easily – watch Michelle macphearson uncover high traffic and low competition keywords. Learn how to build and promote a site targeting the niche keyword uncovered in this video.