how many keywords do you target?

[Djfreema]

Hi,

Was just wondering how many keyword terms that people optimise for?

i originally thought it was just a few but I now realise that a lot of sites optimise for over 20 keyword terms and some up to and over 100 terms.

Thanks,

Darrell

[JustOneUK]

Hi Darrell,

Are you talking about per page or per site?

It is not very effective to target too many keywords on a single page. Normally one-three words or phrases per page is enough.

A site with 1000 pages could therefore be targeting 1-3000 keywords or more, however most will have one or two main themes pointing back to the homepage or main categories.

James.

[Djfreema]

I was thinking per site.

I try and target 2 per page so I guess when my site is to launch I will be targetting about 100 pharses.

[george75]

I would suggest targeting 2 main keywords. More importantly, I would suggest that you choose your longtail (not your most important keywords you are targetting) very carefully. I can guarentee that if your website is relatively new, you will get more traffic from these longtail keywords.