Because you still can!
Unlike Google, Bing, and Yahoo, who have algorithms that weigh keyword density,
relevance, links, and SENIORITY (that’s right – if you have had dominance for a keyword for years, it’s darn hard for anyone tobump you from it) LinkedIn is still relatively virgin territory.
For business owners in the more popular competitive fields it is virtually impossible to beg, steal, or borrow a top page one ranking on Google. The smart larger firms started optimizing for SEO ages ago. They hire rooms full of people in Bangalore or Shanghai to sit around for $2.20 a day and stuff keywords into content, Meta tags, Meta descriptions, photo titles,pop-ups, dropdowns, and URL’s.
LinkedIn is still doable, and it’s more than just keyword stuffing. If you research the appropriate words to compete with, and integrate them into valuable content it does not detract from the integrity of your profile. For several of my clients I have been able to get keywords like “real estate – 95131” ranked not just on the first page, but NUMBER ONE, on LinkedIn: The fastest growing search medium for professional services. Check it out at http://bayintegratedmarketing.com
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Fehmeen - Management Mafia
March 1, 2013 at 4:50 am
This is a great idea for new freelancers or newly graduated professionals looking for jobs in trendy companies that rely on the internet to find the best talent. I know for sure that being creative can get you hired in an instant because it makes talent stand out. I hope you write an article about the guy who created an Amazon-type homepage for his own name, where his photo lead to him LinkedIn profile. He had around 1 million views in a week