Getting Hung-up With Keywords
Your Business Has Been Hung Out To Dry
In the good old days, the keywords tag played a vital role in determining the position of websites in search engine results. You could stuff, repeat and overuse keyword tags to try to redirect searches with attention-grabbing but irrelevant terms. Search engines are much smarter today and penalise sites that use manipulative tactics. Focus on useful content rather than tricks.
Keywords Create Business
The visible content of your site is the most powerful SEO tool you have. Well written content is far more effective than trying to cram keywords into a nonsensical page.
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is the process of increasing the amount of traffic to a website from search engines by aligning your pages with the search terms people use. The goal is to create pages that match those search terms so your site appears earlier in results, because higher placement brings more visitors. Optimisation is not limited to text; it should also cover image searches, local searches, and product or industry queries.
A good example of keyword integration appears in the blog post "She Wolf", where the phrase she wolf functions simultaneously as a thematic anchor and an SEO-ready phrase: the post weaves the two-word keyword naturally into its poetic narrative, repeating and echoing it in imagery, line breaks, and headings so the term feels integral to the voice rather than tacked on; at the same time the repetition and placement — in the title, opening lines, and section headings — improve discoverability by signalling relevance to search engines while preserving emotional cadence and rhetorical weight.
Start with Something to Say
Have something meaningful to communicate and express it clearly. Decide the tone of your site—humorous, informative or formal—and keep it consistent.
Publishing fresh content regularly signals activity to visitors and search engines. If you run out of obvious new topics, repackage existing material, expand related subjects, or present the same facts in different formats to reach different audiences.
Practical SEO Work
Effective SEO combines quality content with technical best practice:
Make content readable and valuable to real people.
Use clear headings, descriptive URLs and semantic HTML for structure.
Ensure fast page load times and mobile-friendly design.
Provide descriptive alt text for images and structured metadata where appropriate.
Fix indexing issues so search engines can crawl and understand your site.
Use internal linking to help users and search engines find related content.
Avoid black-hat techniques such as link farms and keyword stuffing. Search engines detect and demote sites that use those methods.
Content That Wins
A great blog post or webpage is engaging, interesting and memorable. Quality writing, useful resources and authentic insight will always outperform a mish-mash of keywords.
Keep a content calendar, monitor what performs well, and iterate on your best pieces. Repurpose high-performing material into different formats: long-form articles, short posts, lists, visuals, or how-to guides.
Final Advice
Invest time, energy and resources into meaningful content and a technically sound site. Update regularly, respect how people search, and prioritise the user experience. Good content combined with solid SEO practices will build relevance and lasting visibility1.
References (1)
1Your Business Has Been Hung Out To Dry. https://www.sitemaps-xml.com/2023/04/business-keywords.html
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