I just googled my main term 'video ripping' and my site generally floats around position 9,10,11,12 and 13. It never moves any higher then that, I then looked at a site which was ranked higher then mine and looked at the keywords etc and this is what I found;

<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="dvd ripper platinum, rip dvd to ipod video, dvd to mp4">

But there term 'video ripping' isn't in their keywords so how have they got so far up google for that term?

The site I'm talking about is:

dvd-tool.com/dvd-ripper-platinum.html

Dohh so the only phrases you get ranked on are the ones in ur keywords ? of course not, check the content of the site, you will find those words mentioned !

Woc

Use meta keywords for Yahoo and Live, Google doesn't look at it, some people use meta keywords tag for misspells or some similar keywords as used in page content...Use it but don't stuff it.

hi,
you should be search some good keyword through the keyword research tool
for a site on which keywords have been searched a long time in a lost month.
thats keyword would be beneficial for your site and its process increase your site
ranking and get good pr.

thanks

As they have mentioned your first mistake is even bothering with the keyword meta tag. I use it, mainly as a reminder to me what terms I would like the page to rank for (some times I go back to old pages and get reminded of a keyphrase, and then get some links using that anchor). Work on using your keywords in content (but not too much). Try using strong tags around key words and also don't forget your h1 tags. Also if you havn't already, a few quailty backlinks with your keywords as anchor text will help greatly. And sorry deepbidding, but I would stongly advise not to even bother checking PR as it is useless IMO. Monitor your SERPs instead as they are what bring you traffic and revenue.

Work on page optimization like keyword density. Sprinkle your keyword on the we page and the spider will crawl your website and take it High

optimization like keyword density.

OR on the other hand ...

... do something useful.

Get More More Back Link for Your Targeted Keywords. I Think More Work on Off Page Optimization

use your keyword on your promotional ads as a link anchor and other link building techniques as well..

As long as they have enough back links leading to their website with the right anchor text, it doesn't matter whether or not they use that keyword or phrase.

Check their backlinks probably must of them have as an anchor text video ripping backlinks backlinks

more backlinks and more fresh content are the only ways to rank higher in this case.. that is if your title tag and meta description are solid

It's a great factor if the keyword is associated in url. That's why the site without "ripping" keyword in metas takes a good place than yours.

No it isn't and No that isn't why

Originally Posted by ajcones

It's a great factor if the keyword is associated in url. That's why the site without "ripping" keyword in metas takes a good place than yours.

It helps but not much. Links are more important.

You might have used the term 'video ripping' in your content (even though you didnt put it in your meta KWs)

Keywords are not guarantee for ranking.