Keywords and Themes

[charley]

I have a dilema.

When it is said to pick 10 keywords. Should that actually say 10 keywords & phrases or should I stick to single words? If I pick phrases there will be alot of repeated words.

That also leads me to another question. Out of those 10. How should I aproach whether or not to make the words singular or plural. I could split it down the middle and make half singular and half plural but I am not sure. I know how some SE's care about this while others give the same result for either.

[aloksingh]

I think that using single words is definitely better than phrases. Also, in my experience plural words have done better for me.

[Submerge]

I've seen success in plural, but search engines are able to relate a site to a plural and no plural so it may not have a big importance as believed.

[boron]

One word or phrase keywords should be choosen according to what you expect someone will type in the search engine. People probably won't search for "domain" but for "buying domain", "domain registrars"...

Singular vs.plural: Use Google duel (http://www.googleduel.com/original.php) tool to see how many results are in Google for a "keyword" and "keywords".

[Reckless]

One word or phrase keywords should be choosen according to what you expect someone will type in the search engine. People probably won't search for "domain" but for "buying domain", "domain registrars"...


agree it all depends on what you think the people will search for