Monday, March 15, 2010

Wordle... a Very Nifty (and Useful) Tool

I've just discovered www.wordle.net and I must say I'm impressed.  This handy little website allows you to enter a block of text or the URL of any blog or webpage and see an instant cloud of words.  The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text, so a quick glance at the 'wordle' tells you where your emphasis lies.  This is an amazingly easy way to optimize copy for SEO because it clearly shows you where your focus is and what keywords you're using the most.

Here are some examples from my website (and aren't they pretty too!):

My strategic services page (http://www.akamai-consulting.com/strategicservices.html)...

My marketing and PR page (http://www.akamai-consulting.com/marketingservices.html)...

And finally, my own bio copy (http://www.akamai-consulting.com/trishthomas.html)...

Very cool - isn't it?

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