Thank you so much! This is the best explanation I've gotten so far!

Yes, I think it is safe to say that ALL of my traffic is from social media since I just started and have a tiny little following. But, I would like to learn how to get traffic based on my SEO. I really appreciate you breaking it down for me. That makes sense to find a "gap" and fill it with content.

So if I'm not so much focusing on one single keyword per post, should I focus on adding overall keywords through out my whole website? Like incorporating "dog clothes" or "dog fashion" into all my posts? I know not to stuff keywords, but if I can organically incorporate them?

Sorry for all my newbie questions, but I really appreciate your help!

Like I said earlier, this is a brand NEW blog to try to help me learn SEO (which I am clearly terrible at) so does that mean I need more text so it's not appearing only as social media? I did use some Instagram posts to get started. So that is probably why it looks like that.

I guess what I am wanting to do is make it like a fashion blog so I can promote products. Those have SEO, right? I find them when I search for them. So would that mean I should focus on overall keywords to use throughout my website? Like maybe "dog clothes" or "pet clothes"?

My "dog contest" it's a contest I hold on Instagram and then post the winner's images on my website. So wouldn't I want to optimize it for that?

Sorry for all my newbie questions but I REALLY appreciate your help!

Thanks for your response! Okay that makes sense. So if I make my focus keyword for example - "brown retriever puppy"  then I would be better off making one of my main keywords "dog contest" ? Because that is something people search for.

Am I understanding that correctly?

Thanks again for the help!

Hello everyone!

I am new to the community and I have a question about determining keywords. I have created a blog {LulusLikes.com} to practice my SEO.

I have installed the Yoast SEO plugin and I have noticed the plugin always encourages you to choose a different focus keyword. So if my focus keyword is "Dog of the Week" and it's a weekly contest, wouldn't that be my focus keyword each time I had that type of post?

How should I choose my focus keyword for that type of post?

I hope that makes sense. Thanks!