This article is concentrating on keywords and keyword phrases to possibly rank your website into the search engines. Your selective keywords that you use for your website are critical in making the success of your online business. Keywords are what people type into a search engine to find something on the internet.

How many keywords should I use in the meta tags?
How many keyword phrases should there be?
What is a keyword phrase?

A keyword is a single word or collection of words used to describe your services and what your website is about. If you are doing your own website these words are applied in the html, where the meta tag states the following:

meta name="keywords" content="this would be your keywords typed here with each keyword separated by a comma"

Although this meta tag area is important it must be also combined with several other tactics to rank your website high in the search engines. This meta tag presents keywords that reflect the content of your site. They should not be words that do nothing at all that pertain to your site.

The number of words and phrases should be no more than 25. I have seen websites that had stuffed keywords into this meta tag and it did no good. Most search engines will ignore anything over the 25 word limit.

A keyword phrase is defined as more than one word. "Real Estate Agent" and by demographic area "Real Estate Agent Texas" is a keyword phrase.

Select about 25 words or phrases that descibe your product or service, and separate them with a comma. This line would look like: real estate, real estate agent, texas, etc.

By carefully planning and selecting the right keywords, your site will be more visible in the search engines, and as a result, more visitors and this means more possible sales for you.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR : All Day Web Design based in Houston Texas is a web design and development company who possesses over 10 years experience in highly ranked dynamic websites.