Selecting keywords

[juanmiguelcr]

Hi there, my question is:  If I select and optimize in the page a keyword like "english courses in Boston" if someone type in Google only english courses, would my site be shown up in first places in the SERPs (if I had done a good onpage and offpage optimization)? or someone who has optimize the page with the keyword "english courses" would be in a preference place?

Thanks

[Branagan]

All other factors being equal, and unless you are in Boston, the page optimized for "english courses" should have preference for the the query "english courses".

[juanmiguelcr]

Thanks

[juanmiguelcr]

But if someone types in "english courses" would I be in the SERPs althought I have optimized  the page for "english courses in Boston" or definitively not?

[Branagan]

I guess it would depend on the competitiveness of that query, and how relevant your page is for it. It is possible to appear in the SERPs for.an alternate, broader or complementary query, but again, you could be very deep on those SERPs or not at all depending on the competition.

You could always have two pages on your site optimized for the two different set of keywords.

[juanmiguelcr]

ok Thanks Branagan.