How should i incorporate keywords in an article?

anayadesignerstudio said:

Hello, I suggest you use maximum time LSI keywords in your article. or you can find the best result in Google Search Like "cabbage health benefits". You must search keywords with double-quotes to get exact results.

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Ballsman said:

For example; if I have "cabbage health benefits" as the main keyword, it's expected I use this 10-18 times, depending on the volume of my article.

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Ballsman said:

What about the long tail questions? Since there are limits to H2 tags we can use, how do I deal with most of these?

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Ballsman said:

Then other keywords that bring in traffic also like, "is cabbage an oxidizing agent?", is it okay to use it just once?

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Ballsman said:

Most times when I write an article, I struggle with LSI placements and all that. So, I'm wondering, how I can make a great SEO-optimized article?

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tazarbm said:

why is it expected to use it 10-18 times?? And since it depends on the volume of your article (which it does) the number could be way less than 10 or way bigger than 18. Usually, you want to keep keyword density at 1-2%, so if your article is 1000 words long, your keyword should appear 10-12 times in the article....


this guide written by one of the more knowledgeable members of the forum might answer many of your questions:
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/guide-full-example-of-how-to-do-on-page-seo.1251425/
But in general, long tail questions need to be grouped together under one (parent) topic with each question used as H2.


"is cabbage an oxidizing agent?" and "cabbage health benefits" look like 2 different keywords to me because they address 2 different topics. So, I would create 2 different articles, one that talks about the health benefits of cabbage, and the other article would have the keyword "is cabbage an oxidizing agent?" in H2 and in the 1st paragraph of its corresponding H2, but find several more question-type of keywords like it that could be grouped together under one topic / parent category, whatever that topic / category might be. I didn't research these keywords so I can't give an actual example of which category this keyword could fall into, but from experience I "feel" like it should be put in its own article.

Of course, you can still use it as a H2 in the main article (the one about "cabbage health benefits") and it's actually a good idea to use it like that if you can't find other keywords similar to it that you can group together under a relevant category, but if you do find more keywords similar to this keyword (is cabbage an oxidizing agent?) then you will want to put them all in one article in order to attract more traffic and build more topical authority because all of these similar keywords will talk about the same topic while if you only included this keyword in the "cabbage health benefits" article you would only mention it once or twice in an article that is not about oxidizing agents.


yeah, that's one of my biggest issues, too. That's why tools like SurferSEO / Frase.io are so good for beginners! They tell you outright which keywords / entities to use in an article, how many times and so on... And the guide that I've linked you to above can help you figure out how to plan out and optimize your content, too, so make sure you read it!

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Vicetemple said:

Instead of focusing on stuffing keywords (which is a bad SEO practice), try focusing on bringing user-friendly articles that meet search intent. In response to your question about the keyword "is cabbage an oxidizing agent?" generating traffic, it would make more sense to write it as a separate article rather than cramming it into the previous one.

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tazarbm said:

why is it expected to use it 10-18 times?? And since it depends on the volume of your article (which it does) the number could be way less than 10 or way bigger than 18. Usually, you want to keep keyword density at 1-2%, so if your article is 1000 words long, your keyword should appear 10-12 times in the article....

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Kinetura said:

Should the keyword density still be 1-2% for an article that is 3000 words long?

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tazarbm said:

of course

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DeadJoe said:

@Ballsman The only thing that matters is having the keyword in your Page Title/H1. On all of my sites, I have the H1 and Page title as the same thing. I get my writers to write freely, without worrying about placing keywords in the article. This was something that worked many years ago, keyword density isn't really a thing anymore. What you want to do instead is focus on creating content that answers the search query better than your competition.

Please note, you can + should however add related keywords inside the article, and super related + combination keywords creatively in the page title, so for example if you had two major keywords in an article:

kw 1: cabbage health benefits
kw 2: cabbage health hazards

Then your page title / H1 should be something like: Cabage Health Benefits and Hazards (this is going to cover both topics and will show up in the search results for both queries, but I would only do this on a site that has a lot of topical relevancy or is has some authority in the niche, otherwise it may sometimes be hard to rank for both) - then you also have to structure your content to answer both questions. If a user was to land on your page, they would get both the benefits and hazards.

Coming back to the original question you asked. If your keyword is "cabbage health benefits"

You want to create an article like:

Page title & H1: top 10 cabbage health benefits OR even a variation of "cabbage health benefits" will work e.g. "Health benefits of eating Cabbbage" they are both the same thing, you want a title that reads well even if the words get shuffled around. (I am not saying the variation I provided reads well, it is just an example)

The rest of the H2,H3 etc. should be on point, they should answer the search query and introduce sections in your article that are benefits along with any other super relevant information so your article may look something like:

H1/Page title: Cabbage Health Benefits
H2: Introduction
H2: Top 10 Cabbage Health Benefits
H3: Benefit 1
H3: Benefit 2
H3: Benefit 3
...
..
H3: Benefit 10
H2: Should you eat Cabbage daily?
H2: What are the alternatives to eating Cabbage?
H2: Final Words

You need to research other ranking articles and find other relevant information that you can insert in the article to get something cohesive that addresses the benefits and anything else that is super related completely. Don't insert random things that are not super related, it is better to add another article because the search intent will change and unless you are a big authority in the niche it is hard to rank with a single page for multiple keywords with different search intents.

Good luck!

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Ballsman said:

Very nice input! I have a little more question, can I use the H2 and H3 tags as much times as possible?

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davidelzs said:

Do not repeat the long-tail keywords in the blog. Not good for SEO.

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DeadJoe said:

@Ballsman The only thing that matters is having the keyword in your Page Title/H1. On all of my sites, I have the H1 and Page title as the same thing. I get my writers to write freely, without worrying about placing keywords in the article. This was something that worked many years ago, keyword density isn't really a thing anymore. What you want to do instead is focus on creating content that answers the search query better than your competition.

Please note, you can + should however add related keywords inside the article, and super related + combination keywords creatively in the page title, so for example if you had two major keywords in an article:

kw 1: cabbage health benefits
kw 2: cabbage health hazards

Then your page title / H1 should be something like: Cabage Health Benefits and Hazards (this is going to cover both topics and will show up in the search results for both queries, but I would only do this on a site that has a lot of topical relevancy or is has some authority in the niche, otherwise it may sometimes be hard to rank for both) - then you also have to structure your content to answer both questions. If a user was to land on your page, they would get both the benefits and hazards.

Coming back to the original question you asked. If your keyword is "cabbage health benefits"

You want to create an article like:

Page title & H1: top 10 cabbage health benefits OR even a variation of "cabbage health benefits" will work e.g. "Health benefits of eating Cabbbage" they are both the same thing, you want a title that reads well even if the words get shuffled around. (I am not saying the variation I provided reads well, it is just an example)

The rest of the H2,H3 etc. should be on point, they should answer the search query and introduce sections in your article that are benefits along with any other super relevant information so your article may look something like:

H1/Page title: Cabbage Health Benefits
H2: Introduction
H2: Top 10 Cabbage Health Benefits
H3: Benefit 1
H3: Benefit 2
H3: Benefit 3
...
..
H3: Benefit 10
H2: Should you eat Cabbage daily?
H2: What are the alternatives to eating Cabbage?
H2: Final Words

You need to research other ranking articles and find other relevant information that you can insert in the article to get something cohesive that addresses the benefits and anything else that is super related completely. Don't insert random things that are not super related, it is better to add another article because the search intent will change and unless you are a big authority in the niche it is hard to rank with a single page for multiple keywords with different search intents.

Good luck!

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Ballsman said:

If the keywords are like questions, for do I go about it?

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