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    • inhouseninja
      inhouseninja last edited by

      Or should you just stick to 1 page, 1 keyword all the time?

      If you do 2, are there any things you should watch out for?

      Thanks

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      • Theo-NL
        Theo-NL last edited by

        You can optimize pages for multiple keywords, but I'd be careful about using your URLs for that. The URL should preferably contain the subject the page is about (which could or should coincide with your major keyword). Adding to many different keywords to your URLs will look spammy and you don't want that.

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        • scanlin
          scanlin last edited by

          Only if the 2 keywords are very close together, like 'widget' and 'widgets'. Otherwise, 1 keyword per page works best, or else you'll confuse the googlebot as to what your page is really about and what it should rank for.

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