Keywording strategy
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I'm optimizing my personal website which display my portfolio and the services offered for my city, Colorado Springs. The first 5 content keywords in webmasters tool in order of the signifiance are photography, clotaire, damy, colorado, springs. Should I change the order of the keywords by emphasizing more on the targeted area or on the services offered?
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Have you checked the google keyword external tool to get an idea of the # of searches per month you get on certain combinations of keywords? That will help you decide the order of the keywords.
For example you might find out that more people search for "Photographer Colorado Springs"
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Hey Mark,
That's what I'm doing, I started all of my title tags, alt, H with that sentence and also I'`m using any resource available from Google from Places to GWT and GA. The targeting systems on GWT only allows me to target at a country level...
Thanks,
Clotaire Damy
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Clotaire-
Within Google Webmaster tools you should always focus on the services offered for keywords because there is another section that allows you to focus on the geo-targeting of your local area.
But also, depending on how competitive your local situation is in photography, don't forget to combine keywords together to create additional value. "Colorado Springs Photography" can be more powerful for you that just plain "photography".
Also, make sure you are registered on google places and have some of your customers provide some citations and reviews. This can deliver short and long term SEO value for you.
Good luck. Hope this helps.
Mark
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