Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'keywords'

About ten days ago, we asked our readers "Right Now, How Much is Google Loving Keywords in URL?" We have about a 185 responses in and I wanted to share the results. Overall, about 75% of the responses said that...

Posted on September 8, 2009 8:50 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread has new discussion around how important it is to have keywords in the URL. This is a very old SEO topic, but new chatter in the industry is saying how keywords in the URLs actually make more...

Posted on August 27, 2009 8:34 AM

Say you imported hundreds or thousands of keywords into your Google AdWords account. Chances are if you are working with high volume, you may have duplicated your keywords across ad groups. How do you find these and address them? There...

Posted on November 7, 2008 9:06 AM

A HighRankings Forum thread has discussion around an old patent from IBM named Prediction of query difficulty for a generic search engine. In short, the patent describes ways to determine how difficult a specific keyword is. Now, the patent was...

Posted on October 22, 2008 7:44 AM

There is an outstanding subscriber (paid access required) WebmasterWorld thread that discusses the topic of short term versus long term phrases. These are the types of threads that make me feel, hey - that $150 subscription pays for itself. Without...

Posted on June 16, 2008 7:49 AM

An interesting phenomenon is occurring within Yahoo Search Marketing that has been expressed pretty intensely by affected advertisers at WebmasterWorld. According to the impacted advertisers, the quality of their campaigns have gone down because of false impressions that have been...

Posted on May 16, 2008 9:23 AM

An interesting thread has been brewing over at WebmasterWorld with reports of an unusual Google query test. It seems like searchers in the UK, searching on UK based IPs at Google may see different results when they search first in...

Posted on February 28, 2008 9:04 AM

When you do your keyword research, my bet is that you may have tens or hundreds of keywords to choose from. How do you keep track of it and monitor your rankings? A High Rankings Forum thread asks this question....

Posted on December 27, 2007 9:40 AM

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread asks a unique but very interesting question. In short, this SEO's client wants him to rank a page well for a keyword phrase, but at the same time, he does not want the page...

Posted on August 28, 2007 7:07 AM

A Search Engine Watch Forums member asks if he's been given solid advice: basically, he was told that he should delete his highest-performing keywords from his current Google AdWords group and put them in a group of its own. I've...

Posted on August 17, 2007 9:56 AM

A webmaster asks WebmasterWorld if hyperlinking terms on a single page to link back to that page is considered spam. His argument is that it shouldn't be construed as spam if it's only being used for emphasis. However, the majority...

Posted on July 2, 2007 11:05 AM

The 5 to 6 percent figure is not scientific, it is based on several members sharing their log file statistics in a Cre8asite Forums thread. Those that did the leg work to figure out how many people they see come...

Posted on July 2, 2007 7:33 AM

If you integrate Google Checkout into your AdWords campaign and have the Google Checkout badge displayed in your Sponsored Results, is there a way to track what keywords led a user to click on the Google Checkout badge? In a...

Posted on June 19, 2007 10:28 AM

When you have a website and are looking to market it, which keywords should you target for your SEO campaign? How can you tell which keywords convert? In a Search Engine Watch Forums thread, a member is advised to use...

Posted on June 13, 2007 9:48 AM

A WebmasterWorld thread reports a member seeing a new tab within the Google AdWords Keyword Tool. The new tab is for "Negative Keywords" and reportedly "will come up with potential negative keywords for your campaign." I hope to obtain a...

Posted on May 1, 2007 7:48 AM

WebmasterWorld moderator, martinibuster, posted a thread at WebmasterWorld documenting a pattern he is seeing recently with Google. He is asking, not telling, if people agree or disagree with his theory. In short, he is noticing that Google is apparently ranking...

Posted on April 25, 2007 7:34 AM

A Cre8asite Forums thread asks what should one use as the format for their keyword lists. Let me compile the answers for you into this post. Number of searches (overture, word tracker, keyword discovery) Number of results for google search...

Posted on March 2, 2007 7:17 AM

A Search Engine Watch Forums thread has links to several free and useful keyword suggestion tools that are still available to us. Remember last week, we discussed Yahoo!'s plans for a new keyword tool, Wordtracker opening a new free version...

Posted on February 8, 2007 7:12 AM

At least for now, the Overture Keyword Selection Tool is now back online, I think as of yesterday some time. Monday we reported some sporadic reports of the tool going offline for a bit. Then on Wednesday we reported Yahoo!'s...

Posted on February 2, 2007 7:27 AM

Monday we reported that Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool Offline? YahooSarah replied to that at WebmasterWorld and DigitalPoint Forums explaining that the Overture tool is having issues but they are not taking it down. I wanted to confirm that YSM's public...

Posted on January 31, 2007 7:22 AM

We know that when Yahoo! fully moves over from the old search marketing product (Overture) to the new one (Panama) that the Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool won't be that useful anymore, but it still will have some valid and useful...

Posted on January 29, 2007 10:54 AM

I am proud to inform you that the first edition of the Search Pulse is now archived and available for download and listening at WebmasterRadio.FM. You can listen also by clicking on the link to the MP3 file or opening...

Posted on September 6, 2006 12:27 PM

We have confirmation over the long debated topic on if the keywords in the URL or file names help with rankings. Some SEOs say it does not help, some SEOs say it may hurt (still true - be smart), some...

Posted on September 1, 2006 7:21 AM