Okay can someone straighten out SEO for me

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If my keyword is dog training and I wanted to make 5 posts on a blog, do I target all the posts with the keyword of dog training or what?

[SirMax]

Yes, linking with anchor text as your keyword from the blog post to the page that are you are trying to optimize for that keyword will help you rank higher for that keyword. But do not over do it - 1 link per post is probably enough.

If your blog ranks high enough then it would pass some link juice to the page you are trying to rank.

Make sure that that keyword naturally placed in your post not just tacked on for the sake of having a keyword. Blogs are written primarily for humans(your customers) and not the search engines.

one piece of advice,

before deciding to optimize for a keyword that you think your customers are using, do research and find out what they are actually using.

Google Insights is an excellent tool that can help you see what people are actually searching for.

here is the link http://www.google.com/insights/search/

For example in the last 12 month the top search terms in the USA that were ralated to dog training were

| 1. | training a dog |

	100
2.	training dogs

	70
3.	puppy training

	50
4.	obedience training

	40
5.	dog obedience

	40
6.	dog obedience training

	40
7.	obedience

	40
8.	dog training collar

	30
9.	training your dog

	30
10.	dog training classes

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I'm trying to rank my homepage though not my posts.

[SirMax]

I think this should clarify it

http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo/growing-popularity-and-links

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Read that so many times; no help about if I should make all my posts about 1 keyword was provided.