What Is Latent Semantic Indexing?

So what in the heck is Latent Semantic Indexing you ask?

I am really excited to write about this subject.

Latent Semantic Indexing otherwise known as L.S.I is in a nutshell related words that you use in your content. However it goes a bit deeper than just keywords. It is what you want to consider when you are writing articles, reviews, sales letters etc. In other words.. words that are related to your keywords.

A while back I watched a tutorial from Andy Jenkins about this subject and thought he did the best job explaining it using the word "Pasta"

Andy Jenkins by the way is known for his skills in S.E.O. "Search Engine Optimization" He has over the years taught me quite a bit on how to work with and speak spider language better than anyone else out there.

So we will take the keyword "Pasta" and drill down so you can get a clear understanding of how the search engines pick up on your writing and determine the value in the content.

If you fill your posts or articles with the word "Pasta" and do not put the relative keywords in with it, your pretty much shooting yourself in the foot.

Here are a few relative keywords you would want to use.

In your article or post you will use related keywords to "Pasta" in this example:

So lets think about what they would be....

Here are a few examples:

1. Spaghetti
2. Linguine
3. Sauce
4. Carbohydrates
5. Starch

Google and other search engines are constantly changing their algorithms. Personally, my time is spent more on writing the best articles and content that I can that I believe will be considered valuable to my readers.

With that in mind, I do always want to know that I am getting a good read from the search gods and have their blessings on my words and keyword phrases.

Now let's get just a bit deeper here without going to techie..

We have to remember we are working with computers here and not humans when it comes to the bots checking out our stuff.

Google may read our synonyms but may fail to distinguish between polynyms (words which have multiple meanings) 

Example:

The word "mouse" could relate to a furry little creature or the one you use with your computer.

So, if you are referring to a mouse that is related to your computer, you would also want to use related words such as wireless, Logitech, HP and/or other viable and targeted words that would be universal in human vocabulary that would be recognized as a mouse that is affiliated with electronic or wireless devises.

Once you understand how to get your pages ranking better and even more SEO friendly, your traffic to your pages will be increased significantly.

More traffic means more sales from your affiliate offers as well as your Google Adsense ads you have running on your pages.

This holds true for all internet marketers looking to optimize as well as monetize.

When it comes to making money on the internet as a publisher, an affiliate or a product owner your number one focus should always be on driving the traffic to your site.

Latent Semantic Indexing should be implemented into your thought process when creating all of your published works.

I hope this has helped you out and given you some more tools to use when creating your web pages for keyword rich content.

If you are just starting out online you can view my "Fast Track" tutorials for affiliate marketing.