There are many ways to improve on page SEO. Of course, many proclaim that what is important is to build links to your site. But it’s also true that good on page SEO can improve your page’s visibility and your site’s ranking in the SERPs. If you have good content, don’t you want it to be found? Of course you do.

A mostly neglected part of on page SEO is the <b> or <strong> tag. Enclosing an important keyword in these tags will have a small impact on your page’s SEO. This is so because the eye of a human is naturally drawn to such text and search engines like Google try and duplicate human behavior.

However, also keep in mind that search engines are very sensitive to spammy techniques. Keep to the straight and narrow. Don’t bold more than one phrase per 250 words or so. More than that, and you risk a search engine penalizing you for trying to be overly manipulative. When in doubt, ask yourself the question – does this make my content more readable? If it does, then go ahead.

If possible, ensure that the first “bold” phrase arrives within the first 100 words. This is because the first paragraph of an article sets the tone and a bold phrase in that article is of high importance – not as important as a h2 heading of course, but certainly noteworthy.

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