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What did you notice about that page? It’s long, right? That’s <strong>the</strong> point.<br />

Best Practices <strong>to</strong> Optimize Text<br />

1. Write a web page that is at least 500 words long, but aim for 750 –<br />

1,000 words.<br />

2. Use keywords organically, don’t force it and don’t keyword stuff!<br />

3. Insert keywords approximately once every-o<strong>the</strong>r paragraph.<br />

4. Use heading tags (H1s and H2s) <strong>to</strong> add <strong>SEO</strong> optimizations and separate<br />

content areas.<br />

5. Internally link <strong>to</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r web pages on your site.<br />

6. Link outbound <strong>to</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r websites, if appropriate, 3 times.<br />

7. Add images <strong>to</strong> your page and optimize <strong>the</strong> images.<br />

8. Optimize your URL structure.<br />

STEP 5: INTERNALLY LINK TO OTHER PAGES OF<br />

YOUR WEBSITE<br />

One way Google’s crawlers navigate throughout your site ( besides an XML<br />

sitemap) is using internal links. What is an internal link? It’s a link that

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