A question for you SEO's out there

[ctabuk]

Hi, I've just done a site report on http://www.natureshealthypeople.com
I chose the main keyword as being Womens Health - Now here is my question - gramatically it should read Women's but are "aprostrophes" recognised by spiders?
Also what would you optimize this site for as it has a massive choice of keywords?

Many Thanks David

[coder]

Definitely use Women's Health, you'll get the same results as Womens Health and it is correct grammatically.

For keyword choices, why limit the site at all?

Yahoo lists the top searched for terms relating to health as:
health insurance, mens health, women's health, discovery health, department of health, united health group, health articles, cardinal health,yahoo health, mental health, health care, health food stores, health news, dog health, medco health, health and fitness, first health, cat health, oxford health, family health plus, assurant health, health magazine, pet health, spectrum health, kids health, health questions, health canada, national center for health statistics, webmd health, baptist health system, indian health service, health partners, health tips, health issues, texas health resources, gnc health stores, health clubs, health lesson plans, sutter health, public health, child health plus, banner health, health savings accounts, ohio health, mass health, definity health, community health nursing, health current events, health spa, health alliance, health and fitness articles, ministry of health, health south, health and safety, heart health, priority health, womans health, health america, ariel sharon health, prostate health, health central, clarian health, baby health, health information, natural health, independent health, sport and health club, health foods, health alliance plan, bally's health club, uconn health center, health and beauty, providence health system, health economics, public health jobs, health problems, health education, health symptoms, yahoo health encyclopedia, health md, health benefits of green tea, western health advantage, forum health, hi health, calgary health region, dental health, ontario health card, arab health, novant health, icon health and fitness, animal health, health boards, gnc health food stores, trinity health, home health, latest health news, valley health system, great american health check, natural health remedies, american health network

Obviously not all of these terms are going to apply to the site, but why not include as many of them as possible. And the sample was only from yahoo, there are a lot of other sites to get popular keyword searches from.

[greeneagle]

IMO - I wouldn't worry as much about the top logic gate, that's pretty easy to find.

I'd focus more on secondary logic SE feeds, making sure they are pristeen.

Deposit information appropiately in the correct "bins" where the SEs can find them easily and succintly.

That's what the second level is all about, or else there wouldn't be an "unwritten" 2-3 click max access rule for web developers.

Ken

[WomenXtra]

Originally Posted by ctabuk

Hi, I've just done a site report on http://www.natureshealthypeople.com

Many Thanks David

Hi David,

I really think seeing this URL today is like a sign! I just heard some really bad news about a friend of mine who's mother have cancer! She suffered for a long time from low white blood cells and they think thats what caused the cancer to develop.

Being faced with a similar thing with my sister who has the same problem - I saw the site and I will get her to buy the Immunity system boosters tablets.

I hope they do deliver to the UK..

thanks again for introducing the site to us.

[ctabuk]

Well I'm sincerely pleased that you found it of help, and I wish both your sister and friend's mother well.

[JKomp]

Hi there,
Go for Women's health, i don't think search engines do recognise the ' so it doesnt matter to them either way you do it.
As for keyword targettin, throughout the site i would target Personal Health and then secondarily target things like Women's Health, Men's Health etc. in their respective sections.

[darin]

Hello everyone...thanks for all your input on my natural health site: www.natureshealthypeople.com

WomenXtra,
Please let me know by contacting me through the site or by PM if I can be of any help to your sister...we have a large selection of natural immunity boosting products to choose from that I can help explain and guide you toward the best choices...but if there is a serious health condition ongoing, I would prefer you setup a phone consultation with our Master Herbalist. Also, we do ship to the UK.

As far as SEO goes:
I have not been really targeting "women's health" as a keyword. My primary keywords that I have been targeting are:
Herbal Supplements
Natural Supplements
Natures Sunshine
Herbal Remedies
weightloss herbs

...but of course there are many, mant others that we do OK with.

Until recently, goog had been sending us alot of traffic and our rankings have dropped since around Feb 1st. Msn loves us and traffic from yahoo which has always been a laggard is picking up.

What are your keyword suggestions for our site? Are there any major problems with it?

[WomenXtra]

Thanks Darin,

I forwarded the website for her to check out and see what she could order.. her condition does have a name..I will PM you and see if there is a specific type of herbal stuff she could take.

I really appreciate it

thanks
T

[incrediblehelp]

If you check some rankings on apostrophe keywords and without you see the rankings do vary somewhat, so I think the apostrophe is recognized in some fashion.

Not to change the subject, but what really throws me for a loop is why they recognize the "dash" as something different than a space.

That one bothers me.

[darin]

I agree with incredible...the apostrophe does matter.

For example: just use "natures sunshine" instead by "nature's sunshine" and you'll see the difference in where the site ranks.

Plural forms also matter as seen in "herbal supplement" vs "herbal supplements" ...but interestingly the higher rank in goog currently is without the "s" and I rarely use that in anchor text??? ....its a bit puzzling

This is making me wonder if there is a penality of some kind for my site. I am using an internal sitewide for "herbal supplements" and the ranking is lower for that term -- its now 4th page and used to be page 1. This site wide has been up since about September...and we were looking great throughout jagger.

Any ideas?

[aaron2005]

Not to be insensitive but this post is starting to sound like an infomercial.

Buy some Natures Sunshine today! Weee

;-o