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    • SpecialCase
      SpecialCase last edited by

      Hi,

      SEOmoz found 72 occurances of my keyword 'widgets' on our front page.

      I'm trying to cut it down but alot of the time the keyword appears alongside the company name 'Mega Widgets' .

      Will Google distinguish between the use of the keyword within a typical sentence and having it alongside the company name?

      Or should I put in a hypen (mega-widgets) or surround the company name with quotes ("mega widgets") to tell Google its a legit combination/phrase and I'm not trying to stuff in the keyword?

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      • EGOL
        EGOL last edited by

        I would write in natural language without regard to SEO.

        If you do that you will probably be fine.

        The only exception that I would  make to the above statement is don't let your marketing guy write the copy because they tend to write in a chest-thumping style that uses the company name twice in every sentence.  🙂

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