Niche sites and on-page SEO

[nighthaze]

So how do you optimize a site around a single keyword?

Let's say that you're going to build a niche site and have ~30-40 articles on that subject. My goal is to get #1 spot for a certain keyword.

My question is: should I try to include my primary keyword at least once in as many articles as I can?

I know how to do on-page optimization, but I'm not sure as to the frequency I should be using the keyword on the rest of my site.

 

[c4yrslf12]

As a fellow "newb", key things to do:

Have that keyword in the Title to the page, as Google crawlers look for that, have it in the article, the URL, and any permalinks you have to all your site pages.

Anyone concur?

 

[nighthaze]

^ already doing that.

Actually I've answered my question (sort of). I'll sprinkle variations of the primary keyword in articles, as naturally as possible. I have a series of posts that focus solely on the primary keyword (ex.: How to lose weight with raspberry ketones - Part 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on) and interlink them.

I'll use some tools later for linkbuilding, but it'll be on tier 1 manual properties and never direct <-- only to give an initial bump to the SERPs after which I'll focus on promoting it naturally with guestposts and social media.

 

[thehobbster]

I like to have the keyword in:

Title
Meta Keywords
Serp Description (3 times)
Article (10% density)
H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6
and a little known secret... H7
I also bold, italicize, and underline the keyword once each.
Then I bold, italicize, and underline one of the keywords all at the same time, like this: keyword
I name my picture "keyword" and then put it in the Alt tag too.

That's the basics of my on-page optimization. I don't fool with LSI voodoo and all that nonsense. I'd tell you more, but you know, I had to work for these secrets through much testing.

 

[c4yrslf12]

I like to have the keyword in:

Title
Meta Keywords
Serp Description (3 times)
Article (10% density)
H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6
and a little known secret... H7
I also bold, italicize, and underline the keyword once each.
Then I bold, italicize, and underline one of the keywords all at the same time, like this: keyword
I name my picture "keyword" and then put it in the Alt tag too.

That's the basics of my on-page optimization. I don't fool with LSI voodoo and all that nonsense. I'd tell you more, but you know, I had to work for these secrets through much testing.

what is "article density"

 

[thehobbster]

Keyword density. And please don't take my post seriously. I was totally joking. That's over-optimization city.

 

[Maxamillion]

I name my picture "keyword" and then put it in the Alt tag too.

Describing your picture in the metatag isn't so dumb.
Google likes to help people who only have the
ability to hear what they are surfing through.

Though keep it at max. 3 words or so.

Exp.:
3 guys, sitting, bar

 

[IceToEskimos]

Take a look at what the pages that are already ranking for your KW are doing.

 

[acenoers]

I do all, and those are useful to help my site in order to increase pageranks, so my site get traffic immediately.