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    • iamgreenminded
      iamgreenminded last edited by

      Hello,

      First post here. I am a IT infrastructure engineer that does application and deployment work mostly,  but new to SEO. That being said, I am a firm believer in demming wheel and defined process/flow charts.

      I have a website up, built as best practice, its a Magento CE open source Ecommerce store.  After some initial research,  it seems I really need to define my keywords before I start branding my landing pages and such.

      So i am going to have to go back and implement the keywords and evaluate.

      But as I am reading it seems most SEO people try their keywords in google ad words first? Then implement?

      I am hoping to find some flow or process sheets on how successful Keyword research is done via step by step process and evaluation. And explanations of each.

      How many keywords to start with per landing page, how many to try and get in the H1 headers, paragraphs, URL. How long to leave keywords in to test?

      Also, I am a start up company that is competing with the big boys in my market space. I know I cant compete for the big keywords in my market? What is my best strategy for getting any kind of ranking as a small business in a global market?

      SEO is a mysterious, intriguing thing to me! Very much reminding me of one of my favorite whimsical quotes I will leave you will now, and thanks for reading.

      -Alex

      "Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple." - Willy Wonka

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      • iamgreenminded
        iamgreenminded last edited by

        Yes, this is the stuff I am looking for !

        Process , process, process

        Thanks

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        • Alick300
          Alick300 last edited by

          Hi,

          I am sharing you a link where keyword research process defined very well .I do follow process mentioned in below url and it is always helpful for me to find best keywords list for any niche.

          http://backlinko.com/keyword-research

          Thanks

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          • iamgreenminded
            iamgreenminded last edited by

            I've already gone through the newbie guides, im still looking for a good research and implementation flowchart on keywords, if anyone has a process to share?

            Thanks

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            • RyanPurkey
              RyanPurkey last edited by

              Hi Alex. Today's webinar (http://moz.com/webinars) by Cyrus Shepard is covering this topic very well, although you're going to have to build your own workflow that works best for you.  Since the webinar is going on right now (2015-02-10 10:56 Pacific Time) you'll have to wait for it to become available in the previously recorded webinar list. The title is: SEO Basics: The Fundamental Signals Used to Rank Our Content Higher

              This along with the beginners guide is going to cover much of your initial steps in SEO: http://moz.com/learn/seo

              As for on-page considerations, this is one of the most canonical resources: http://moz.com/learn/seo/on-page-factors. Cheers!

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