Keywords & Themes

How to categorize keywords

[SEhunter]

Dear Experts,

I have gathered a list of 1000 keywords on a specific topic and I am ready to build my website around those keywords. I am trying to put them into several categories but it is very hard to this manually. I am looking for a tool or any methods which can be helpfull.

[hp11]

I have gathered a list of 1000 keywords on a specific topic and I am ready to build my website around those keywords. I am trying to put them into several categories but it is very hard to this manually. I am looking for a tool or any methods which can be helpfull.

You have some mountain to climb! 1000 keywords, with an average of one keyword per page and you are talking about building, from scratch, upwards of 1000 pages. What is your time frame, budget and how many people will be working on launching a site of this magnitude?

If it is just you, I would start off with less and build as I grow, while testing my keywords via adwords to get some type of idea if they will be effective. On top of that, even if they are effective - who is holding the top spots for those keywords? If the top spots are held by seasoned sites with thousands of IBL's, you will have a tough time competing with the them, unless you have plenty of time and a nice budget. Of course, their sites maybe poorly SEO'd and then it wouldn't be as tough.

Don't forget that your site maybe sandboxed for some time by Google after launching, during that time period you really can't judge whether or not what your doing is working or not.

[icedout]

he doesn't have to write all the content himself, he can outsource. I am interested in finding such a tool as well. Thanks.

[WebEqualizer]

Do it manually, its always better.

[iamlost]

I am trying to put them into several categories but it is very hard to this manually.

I concur with WebEqualizer - it is better to do it manually.

For Two reasons:

* One: You then really know and understand and feel your keywords. And you will tie (link) them in intuitive ways that an algorithm can not.

* Two: which leads to the need to do a proper Site Architecture before you start dumping content out on the web. In your instance layout the site around grouped keywords (which sounds like you are trying to do). If the keywords are too dissimilar to group you might reconsider whether dumping everything into one site is the optimum solution.

See tedster's great threads:
[webmasterworld.com ]
and:
[webmasterworld.com ]

I don't care how great your keywords are: if your site structure is dysfunctional you will lose much of the keywords advantage.