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After using keyword research to identify the keywords and keyword niches we want to target, we must prioritize them - the most important being those that will give us the best return for our efforts - and the result is our SEO strategy. See Keyword Research to SEO Strategy

Of course SEO strategy must serve its masters - company and brand strategy - but within that framework, SEO strategy is no more than a prioritized list of your target keyword niches (groups of keywords that share a seed keyword).

The process of determining SEO strategy is much neglected which is great news for you, as it gives you an opportunity to gain an edge on your competitors.

Learn more about how to prioritize keywords and develop your SEO strategy with the following articles:

Latest articles

How to create a site structure Google will love

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A well planned site structure improves your chances of ranking well in Google's results. So, today, we’re going to look at how to set up your site’s structure - so that the search engines find our best and most profitable content and your site's visitors have a great experience.

220 SEO tips and tactics from SearchLove 2012

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It's been a bumper year for actionable tips at Distilled's SearchLove London Conference 2012. We've gathered 220 takeaways and tactics on SEO, conversion rate optimization, content and much else besides. And there's a bonus pic at the end.

Tracking response for SEO (Technical SEO for Profit, part 4)

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Whatever your site’s objectives, you need to measure its response rates if you want to know which keywords your SEO should target. Mark Nunney introduces how to use Google Analytics to monitor response and make sure you track response and get the best possible return on investment.

Twitter your business with Mark Shaw

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As Twitter passes its fifth birthday, if you haven’t yet decided to take it seriously for business then it’s time you did. Mark Shaw has just written Twitter Your Business, the perfect book to help you with the job. Here he gives us an introduction to how it’s possible to get one third of your new business from Twitter.

Are Google’s local results costing your site traffic?

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Google now integrates local results (Google Places) into ‘standard’ organic results and it’s going to push your site down and off the page. That means less traffic and response unless you do something about it. Mark Nunney investigates and shows you how to fight back.

MarketingSherpa survey reveals the most effective SEO tactics

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The SEO field is changing rapidly and it can be difficult to keep up with the latest thinking. Research firm MarketingSherpa has surveyed thousands of search marketers to discover today’s most effective SEO tactics. We got a sneaky preview, so we can tell you what's working in SEO - and what's not. By Wordtracker's own Justin Deaville.

Discover a profitable niche for a new website (Video)

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In this video, Mike Mindel shows you how to find a profitable niche market for a new website. You’ll learn how to find that gap in the market where searchers' needs are not being met by enough suppliers, so your new product or service can fit right in and compete successfully.

Primarily aimed at those of you at the start of your research process, this time-tested way to find a profitable new niche market will be of use whatever your level of SEO knowledge.

How to plan your site structure for maximum traffic (Video)

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In this 13-minute video, Mike Mindel shows you how to plan your site structure for maximum Google traffic.

When you organize your pages - using a structure of category and content pages - both readers and search engines are able to find what they want. As a result, your site looks authoritative, and the search engines will send you more traffic!

So sit back, press play - and find out how you can use keyword research to plan your own website.

 

The long tail of keyword research (and why single keywords are for losers)

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In one month, a small website about management and leadership received 95,036 visits from search engines via 44,655 thousand different keywords. That’s a lot of keywords for a little site; and it’s a glimpse into the long tail of keyword research. For most websites, how to make a profit from the long tail is the same as how to make a profit.

How Brent D Payne increased Tribune sites’ monthly visits by a cool 20 million

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Brent D Payne, as the Tribune Company’s in-house Director of Search Engine Optimization (and bald SEO legend), has managed a 20 million increase in monthly visits to its websites, including the Chicago Tribune and the LA Times. Payne tells Rachelle Money how these spectacular results have been achieved, including using keyword research to help give readers “the news we know they want”.

The SEO pro's secret path

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Your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) should focus on achieving success for the keywords that will deliver the most profit. That seems obvious but how do you find and prioritize those keywords? SEO pro Mark Nunney introduces the process so you can apply it to your own site.

How to use a tool to build links: Introducing the keyword questions tool

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Creating a useful free tool is a great way to build [links](/academy/linking). To illustrate the point, we’re releasing the free ‘Keyword Questions’ tool for the first time today. We’ll be starting with no links and we’ll update you on how our inbound links are doing. (If you like the tool please link to it). You’ll find it at [Wordtracker Keyword Questions Tool](https://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/keyword-questions/).