Right, so you've heard others saying the title should be your keyword and you've assumed this is the title of your post?
Nope that is not the one that counts for SEO.
If you scroll down to the bottom of your post then you will see your SEO information. I use All in One SEO. You will also have it at the bottom if it is Yoast...
So this is what the All in One SEO looks like if you don't touch it. It will take your heading, and it will take the first few sentences of your post.... it also shows you what your post will look like if it appears in a search.
So we want to leave nothing to chance do we? So in this title write a new title that includes your Main Keyword. If you can fit in a secondary keyword that is great... but rather focus on writing a captivating headline that includes your Main Keyword.
In your SEO title write a good description that includes your main keyword, if you can fit in a secondary keyword great... but once again focus on trying to write something that will be clicked on.
Remember it is great to show up in searches but what is the point if nobody clicks on your post? So make it clickable.
Then add in your main keywords and secondary keywords into the keywords section.
Now your SEO section will look something like this:
Looking a lot better right?
I don't want my boring title that nobody will click on showing up in the searches.
I have really been struggling with this because all of my keywords are quite long (3-6 words), often questions. There is no way to write a catchy title that also has the keywords without it becoming a run on sentence.
Another thing, someone (can't remember who) said to only focus on one keyword per article. Don't get fixated on adding other keywords. But I think you are suggesting we should look at other keywords.
I am starting to think (since I am not really making much money) that I am going to just try writing without focusing on keywords. So many of my competitors articles that rank on the first page don't seem to even focus on keywords. They appear here and there, but it seems very natural and not planned out. Yet they are still on the first page.
What to do, what to do???
All the very best,
Pete.