Sunday, September 6, 2009

What Do SEO And MLM Lead Generation Have To Do With Each Other - Can You Afford Not To Find Out?

By Ana Hoffman

The world of search engine optimization (SEO) is growing almost too fast to keep track of. There are always new ways of adding to the popularity of your MLM Lead Generation page and increasing your page ranks.

However, there are several SEO methods that will always be at the core of search engine optimization. That is what we are here to talk about.

This is where your SEO should start: keywords are an indispensable aspect of your search engine optimization efforts. You must understand the concept of keywords, or else you might as well give up on your SEO MLM lead generation dreams right here.

When you search for something online, you usually use the search box of a search engine where you type in what you are looking for - keywords, speaking SEO language. A keyword can be just one word or can consist of multiple words.

For instance, /MLM/ is a keyword, but /MLM Opportunity/ is also a keyword. When the keyword has more than one word in it, it can also be called a keyword phrase or a keyphrase. One of most important things that you can do with your SEO is target specific keywords. You can do this by including them in your website content.

So, why should you go to such great length looking for the right keywords? Well, simply put, if internet surfers can't find you, you do not exist. Let's say they are looking for information on your MLM opportunity by name, but your website is not optimized for that keyword. In that case, all your potential MLM leads will go to your competitors who actually took their time to master this step.

A word of caution though: don't make the mistake that many internet marketers fall victim to. A common error is choosing keywords that relate to your content without researching how popular or competitive they are. Let me explain this with an example.

If you have a website about work at home business opportunity, it is a bad idea to target the keyword /work at home/. Why? Because it is an incredibly competitive keyword in MLM Home Business industry. A quick search on Google reveals almost 307 million results for that keyword. Do you really think that you will be able to get to the first page of search results? Even the 10th page?

On the other hand, search for /successful work from home business opportunity/ yielded 47M results, which is still very high, but obviously much better than 309M. It will be significantly easier to be in the front of the pack for this keyword. (Tip: ideally you want to stay under 300K search volume, although the number is very subjective. The less, the better, in other words.)

Your objective here is to rank high for less searched keywords, rather than low for more popular ones.

So how do you find which keywords to target?

The simplest way and a good place to start is to go back to Google and use the search box to see how popular the keywords you came up with are. Again, the lower the number, the better. 300K is a good starting point. Of course, there are many other tools that can make your keyword research much less painful; to see the list of the ones that actually work, visit my Attraction Marketing Cafe blog (look for the link below).

It might take some trial and error, but you will eventually find those money-making keywords and increase your MLM lead generation. The end result will definitely be worth the work.

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