Reid Goldsborough spoke thusly...
On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 22:11:46 -0600, Stujoe
wrote:

That helps get the pages high for searches like Bust Dollar Value or
Bust Dollar Information or Bust Dollar Price even though I don't do

I don't know if many people include the word "information" in their
searches for information. It's assumed, isn't it?

My raw access logs tell me it isn't always assumed. ;-)

It's interesting
playing with Google. What's the most common coin related search
phrases?

Here is a tool to find some of them:

http://inventory.overture.com/d/sear...ry/suggestion/

I'd guess "coin collecting" and "coin values." With both,
Chuck D'Ambra's Coin Collecting FAQ comes up first.

A page rank of 6 = links from a lot of other sites plus high keyword
density (and coin collecting in the page title) help his FAQ (also the
rcc FAQ) page out in the rankings.

With "coin
collecting," Dan Hersam's site CoinCollector.org is second,

Site names (ie: CoinCollector.org) containing a selected keyword also
get a boost in rankings.

The way google's algorithm is makes it very hard, and almost useless,
for a smalltimer to try and optimize for keywords like "Coin
Collecting" and "Coin Values" or, God forbid, "Coin". It is often better
to try and find your own niche that is less competitive but still
relevant for your site. JMHO.

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