http://www.goodkeywords.com/
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/
http://www.wordtracker.com/free-trial.html
http://www.adwordanalyzer.com/
http://www.iwebtool.com/keyword_lookup/
http://www.wordtracker.com
http://www.keywordelite.com
http://www.rankalert.net/keyword-popularity.php

Most of these other keyword tools dont have as large a sample to draw their data, but they can provide you with some interesting data that allows you to compare them to overture rankings and give you a more well-rounded view on your selected keywords.

If you have any keyword tools that should be added to this list, please contact us with your suggestions.

• Web Developer
• SEOpen
• User Agent Switcher
• Flashblock
• ShowIP
• Server Spy
• X-Ray
• SEO For Firefox
• MetaTags

If you have any questions about these SEO plugins for firefox, please dont hesitate to contact us.

I am guessing that many in the SEO community are tired of these contests and there wont be a large number of participants. That should make the contest a bit easier. However, i am a bit tired of the seo contest also, and busy with other projects so I wont be able to devote much time to this.

So, i thought i would make this entry in my blog here and see how things go. If I take the lead early on perhaps i will become more motivated to maintain the rankings. Otherwise best of luck to you in the Ambatchdotcom Seocontest.

The main concept behind SEO Copywriting is that search engines want pages with relevant content that is useful to the user. It is in fact the sole purpose of the search engine to provide relevant useful results. So, the strategy of SEO copywriting is to increase the relevancy of a web page to a specific search. This strategy provide a logical progression for developing text and content for the web;

SEO copywriting steps:

1. Keyword Research
We must first know what terms are being searched for in order to develop content that is relevant to a specific search. There are several methods for researching which keywords are good to target. More on keyword research. Once we have accumulated a list of keywords that are relevant to our website, we can begine creating content.

2. One Page per Keyword
Once we have created a list of keywords we would like to target, we will then create at least one page for each keyword in our list. Some SEO copywriters will attempt try to target more than one keyword per page but this is not the most effective method for gaining good results in the search engines.

3. Write the SEO Copy
Now that we have chosen one keyword to target, we can begin writing the main copy for our page. I reccomend writing around 400-750 words using the keyword once every 4-5 sentences. While wirting the SEO copy, it is important to maintain a natural read to the user. The keyword should not be noticeable to the reader – it should flow nicely with the copy. Also, it is important not to overuse your keyword. Do not try to put your keyword in every sentence – the search engines may see this as spam and rank your site negatively. Once you have finished the main copy of the page, you are ready for the finishing touches.

4. SEO copy: final touches
There are several elements of the page that are not immediately recognized by the reader, but are big factors in the ranking of a page in the search engines. The targetted keyword should be present in all of the following elements:

• Title
• File name
• Description
• Keywords
• Image ALT tags
• Header / H1 tag

5. The copy is now search engine optimized
Once you have completed these steps, your copy should be well optimized for the search engines. Now you just need to building links pointing to your pages and you are on your way to high rankings.

After the Copy is Written
SEO Copywriting is just the beginning. The use of good SEO copy will only get you so far in the search engine rankings. SEO copywriting, by itself, only works for search terms that are not highly competitive. For more competitive search terms, other, more aggressive, methods are required for top rankings in the search engines.

About this SEO Copywriting Guide
This guide is provided by eCentral Marketing, a small business SEO firm in Washington DC, and is about SEO copywriting and not about copywriting in general. SEO Copywriting is specialized writing which can improve the rankings of a website. But the copy can only do so much. If the website fails to sell its products/services, the effort of the SEO copywriting is all for nothing.

If you enjoyed this copywriting guide, please digg it.

So, the crossword puzzle can be found here: SEO Crossword Puzzle

I hope some of you enjoy taking a break from your work to test your SEO knowledge. If you enjoy the puzzle, please digg it.

If you would like to suggest some SEO terms to be added to the puzzle, please leave a comment in this blog or contact me via the contact us form on this website.

The instructions below will enable your wordpress blog title and meta description to become relevant to the on-page content. Instead of having the same title for each page of your blog, the title for each page will use the title of the post. And, the description will be a handful of words taken from the content of your post.

Here’s what you do:

In your theme’s directory, open the file “header.php.”
Replace the current title with:

<?php if(is_home()) { echo’<title>’; bloginfo(‘name’); wp_title();
echo’</title>’; } else { echo’<title>’; the_title(); echo ‘ | ‘; bloginfo(‘name’);
echo ‘</title>’; } ?>

Under that, add:

<meta name="description" content="<?php if ( is_single() ) {

single_post_title(”, true);

} else {

bloginfo(‘name’); echo " – "; bloginfo(‘description’);

}

?>" />

The first code change will put the blog name in the title, and use the post title and blog name as the title on the post pages.

The second part will put the blog name and description (found in the Options / General section in the Tagline field) on the home page (for the meta description), and put the post title as the description on the post pages.

I hope that helps some of you. I got this code from the “SEO Scoop” blog here.

Listed below are a handful of blogs and forums that are a great resource for SEO and online marketing.

Digital Point Forums
SEO Chat
Webmaster World
HighRankings
Search Guild
SEO Company Forums
SEO Book.com
ABAKUS SEM/SEO Blog
Search Engine Roundtable
Scott Fish
SEO Scoop
Oilman
Stuntdubl SEM
Matt Cutts Blog
RealSEO.com
fantomNews
SEOmoz.org
Link Building Blog
Jim Boykin Blog
Dan Thies Blog
searchdope.com

Although i havent linked to each of these forums and blogs, a quick search in Google should land you in the right place. I hope these sites help you to learn as much as they have helped me.

For those of you that dont know what SEO stands for, let me enlighten you. S.E.O. stands for: search enginge optimization. Which makes the phrase “seo optimization” a bit redundant. You wouldnt say search engine optimization optimization would you? Heh, I hope not.

In any case, if you are interested in learning more about SEO or are looking for someone to help you with SEO optimization, you have come to the right place. You may learn a few things just by browsing this blog and you can learn what SEO services we offer here.

Also, thanks to AaronsIdeas.com for bringing this valuable keyword to my attention.