The heart of SEO after keyword research, is writing articles that target those keywords. This is a very fine line and one that is easy to misread. Far too many people cram keywords into their articles willy nilly and expect the Search engines to pick them up. The truth is more complex. However, even done right, how do you know how well you have succeeded?

There are many aspects to term targeting in SEO and each has a different level of importance with the search engines. What is needed, is a simple way to get to know how well you have addressed these aspects and which ones you have missed out on. Fortunately, there is such a tool, and it’s brought to you by SEOmoz.

If you’re not a member, you can check how well your article targets a particular keyword once every 24 hours and generate a comprehensive report about how well it achieves it’s goal. The score is ranked from D- to A+ with all grades in between. Some factors such as inbound links you may not have control over immediately, but you can definitely work on the others. It’s a tool I use everyday and – the only bee in the bonnet is the restriction when you’re trying it for free – once every 24 hrs isn’t good enough. But subscription isn’t cheap (of course there are many other benefits as well – not just this one tool). But for semi professional SEO experts, this should be extremely helpful.

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