Batting Order: Put your most important keywords near beginning of your TAGS (more about TAGS next time) and at top of your page.

Field Position: Know where to place your keywords throughout your pages.

Double Play: Look up your keywords in a Thesaurus, such as Roget's Internet Thesaurus at http://www.thesaurus.com , and use some of alternative words as your keywords.

Signals: Don't forget to check out and use regional terminology and common misspelling of words.

Clean up: Keyword and Statistical Software can be purchased to assist in choice of keywords and weight (sometimes referred to as keyword density) of your keywords.

7. Stealing Bases: What are your competitor keywords that are ranking at top of search engines?

I hope you can get a Grand Slam!

Smiles, not Piles, Janet L. Hall is owner of OverHall Consulting, an organizing firm for office, home, computer clutter, and your life. Visit her website at http://www.overhall.com and sign up for her FREE organizing newsletter, OverHall IT! Phone consultations and coaching are available.

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