Despite the numerous debates on best online marketing strategies, SEO article writing has proved to be beyond reproach, Click Here!. The tricky part is to make sure that your target market finds your articles when they search the internet. This is what then brings me to my topic on best search engine optimization (SEO) article writing techniques.

In addition, the other thing to consider in SEO article writing is making sure your article is picked by publishers, thus helping you broadcast your articles on the internet. Here are some simple proven tactics to take up:-

• Choosing the appropriate keyword phrase is the first thing you need to get right before drafting an article. Research well using tools like “Google insight for search” and “Google keyword tool”. This ensures you pick keywords that have moderate competition and still have high search volume. Do not make a mistake of going for phrases that have very high competition otherwise your article may never be found.

• For example if you what to write about “making money”, I discovered this keyword has about “180,000,000” search results which makes it very competitive. On further research using the tools I mentioned above you will notice that there are other highly searched and less competitive keywords like “money making opportunities”.

• You may ask me how I determine the competitiveness of a keyword since it is vital in SEO article writing success. All you need to do is, in the Google search box insert the words “allintitle:” followed by your keywords, in our case it will be “allintitle:money making opportunities”. This show other sites using the same keywords. You can still do more investigations and find other targetable keyword phrases that suit your article.

• The title plays a pivotal role in SEO article writing. The idea is to make sure that you include your keywords in your heading and preferably at the beginning.

• Throughout the body of your article ensure that you also use the keywords. But remember to be careful not to overuse keywords, online marketing experts recommend your keywords should be 3% of the article. Failing to use your opted keywords will mean that search engines will not know what your article is all about. While over using your keywords will make your article to be considered as spamming.

Use your keywords at the beginning and the end of the body of the article. This are some simple rules to follow to make sure your articles appear on the first or second page of Google. Fast Listings.

This article is the usual copy and paste drible on the internet on how you can make money online. I can assure you that it is not as easy as the fellow is suggesting. There is more to SEO than writing shady copy and paste articles with keywords spammed all over the article.

@Tony Stark

just because one person doesn't make it online doesn't mean it is not viable. What if they did it all wrong?

If you open a shop, you don't want every omondi and wanjiru coming to your shop to browse, do you? If you want to get clients, a loyal following is not one of your priorities.

Internet marketing is simple. You give what people NEED and they will buy from you.

Right now, there is no Kenyan content because Kenyan businesses have no clue on how to create content for their clients.

I have verifiable statistics of kenyan businesses that are doing well online. The problem they had in the beginning is that they were more concerned with the beauty of their sites rather than giving the services or products that everyone needed.

My advice is that the market in Kenya is huge online. It is the early bird that will succeed in this.

Note this fact. In terms of getting new clients. A website that has been up for 4 years will be sent 4 times more clients than a site that is new. So, do you want to be the new guy who finds out that the net is good in 2013 or do you want your business to have authority starting today?

All you should be wary about is information like the first post that will lead you very quickly to the google trash can. Never to recover again.

this should be interesting.

Let me begin with Alexa.

every time I hear someone mention alexa as a statistic I puke.

I have issued this challenge before, give me $20 and I can change your alexa rankings from 5million to 100,000 in a week.

Alexa is not a statistical reference of any shade in internet marketing. It can and is always gamed.

I know of a company in Kenya that touts alexa rankings in the sales pitches. I am here to tell you that they are lying. If you think otherwise,bring them to my office for an education on alexa rankings gaming.

CCK and Users

I really would not set up a site for people who go to facebook. Why would I want people to come and chat on my site. I want them to buy my stuff.

I can show you one site with 100000 visitors a day and another with less than 10 and the 10 one always making more money. It's about learning what SEO is and working on the needs of your market. Not being popular.

Google ads

Honestly, if you want to go broke quickly online, try relying on google ads.

Of my numerous sites, google ads only exist on two. I just have never got the time to revamp them in 3 years. they are also my poorest earners.

Websites are property, if Kenyans are relying on Google ads to monetise their sites, therein lies the problem.

No Sales on Kenyan Sites

I can attest that this is not true. Actually it is far from the truth. I have personally found clients online. Very few of my clients come to the office.

One of my clients had 100% increases in their sales online. All because they were doing websites wrong. From a site with no sales to calls from all over the world in a business you could not imagine people look for.

I have more statistics Tony, but you are not my client so I will keep them to myself.


The Problem

The problem does not lie with Kenyans who go to facebook. It lies with entreprenuers.

If you build a site and never think about your client, you will never make a sale.

You will then come up with all sorts of excuses as to why the internet sales are still behind in Kenya.


Fact:

Did you know that the big hotels in the world spend at least $15 dollars every time someone clicks on their ads about their Kenyan hotels? do you think they would pay that much if there was no market.

Yet: Kenyan hotels have not invested a penny in SEO work. I have a site set up recently, that is already ranked in the top 3 in a high search, high paying keyword in the industry.

My cost; my time. The cost for the last kenyan hotel site set up...over 300k. They should have come to me. I would have charged them 299k and they would have made a few sales by now.

So Tony, there is a market out there, Kenyan entreprenuers just don't know how to find it. yet, we blame the internet and the consumer.

@ Bony stork you really are a jack ......
You line of thinking is so wrong .........
Internet is for fun.......
Are you having fun .........

@Alma
Tell him boy-girl semenya......
you do have the hall marks of a confidence trickster .....
In your whole rant all you said is everything is bad .....
and i am good.....
Show a list of business doing well online who are not your client....
Or all all of them your clients ......
and you a lawyer website designer .......
with confidentiality clause .....
can't even advertise for your clients .......
Tsk tsk tsk!!!!

@ Alma .. thanks for the link
I try to keep abreast on what is happening on the local ICT region but everything is for the future and has potential etc etc!!
A new webbase and mobile based paying platform is coming ... when
a new service that does this and this and the list goes on. Follow skunkworks etc
But all that is marketing!! Until these 2-3 million mobile users start to actually use the internet for things other than facebook and local content increases our Kenyan internet presence will be just that a presence!
Cheers and good luck!

@ Cindano .... Kwani nimekula mbuzi yako?

Wow interesting thread let me throw in my 2 cents.

@ moneywise let me give u some advice on whatever campaign u r trying to undertake that is improve ur sites ranking & probably get some traffic.

1. Avoid duplicate content running a quick search i stumbled on ur article in a number of domains here are a few of them:

http://www.sooperarticle...phrase-usage-77162.html

http://www.zuqka.com/fyn...ds-keyword-phrase-usage

http://ezinearticles.com...se-Usage&id=4301923

http://widbox.com/seo-ar...word-phrase-usage/f944/

If u really want to rip the benefits of this u better post unique articles to different locations....just research on duplicate content on Google it will save u a lot of time in future.

@ Inf8nity wewe ndio msema kweli .......
This bony stock and alma chaps...........
have just been wasting wazua bytes .......
Both of them should get over themselves ......
Help keep wazua ego free .............

@Moneywise I know they are all yours! I can tell with the username My point is at least try and rewrite each article before posting it to a different Social network site or blog.

That way you will rip the benefits of your efforts by gaining higher rankings since each article linking back to your website will be unique rather than just a duplicate.

But if you are only after traffic and not ranking then its okay to keep doing what u r doing at the moment.