{"id":5189,"date":"2022-06-20T22:45:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T22:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/?p=5189"},"modified":"2022-09-01T18:23:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T18:23:12","slug":"what-is-proximity-as-it-refers-to-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/what-is-proximity-as-it-refers-to-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"What is proximity as it refers to SEO?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Keyword proximity is a fundamental part of SEO. It measures the distance between two keywords in a search sentence, and the strength of a business&#8217;s name, address, and phone number. This technique is simple enough to use without requiring any technical expertise. Learn more about the benefits of keyword proximity for your website. After reading this article, you should be more familiar with this important technique. Use it wisely.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Keyword <a href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/\">proximity<\/a> is a key factor in SEO<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you&#8217;re looking to increase your organic search engine rankings, one of the first things you need to do is learn about keyword proximity. Keyword proximity refers to how close two words are to each other in your content. Typically, the closer the two keywords are, the better, and the closer they are, the more relevant your page will appear in search results. <a href=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/what-does-it-mean-if-ranking-for-many-of-your-website-keywords-dropped-all-of-a-sudden\/\">Keyword proximity is especially important if you&#8217;re attempting to rank<\/a> for a keyword phrase.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3361 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-1900x1267.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-513x342.jpg 513w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-573x382.jpg 573w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/omaha-seo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Depositphotos_16372601_XL-335x223.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">LSI (Latent Semantic Index) is an algorithm that combines several different factors to determine which results rank best. It&#8217;s important to remember that proximity does not always equal relevance, and variations are expected by search engines. When people search for a business, they want to see the closest location to them, and that&#8217;s where you can meet their needs. This is why it&#8217;s so important to understand keyword proximity.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">It measures the distance between two or more keywords in a search sentence<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:40,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The distance between two or more keywords in a query can be interpreted as the difference between them. This distance is a measure of similarity between two users. When a keyword is a common occurrence in two different searches, it will be grouped in the same category. Depending on the context of the query, the distance may be greater than zero, while a low distance will be greater than one.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Strong similarity takes into account the relative position of keywords in the tree. The distance value of each keyword contributes to a high similarity value, while those with low distance contribute little. The value of S(u, v) decreases as the distance between the keywords increases. For instance, if the distance between two keywords is 10 pixels, then a keyword with a low distance will be less similar than a high distance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m28!1m12!1m3!1d50145.52267239351!2d-96.06936521284837!3d41.216982725960186!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m13!3e0!4m5!1s0x8793f31b36840e5d%3A0xb1b6265fbf0004d2!2sChinese%20Acupuncture%20%26%20Herbs%20-%20EBOM%20Clinic%20at%20Omaha%2C%20Q%20Street%2C%20Omaha%2C%20Nebraska!3m2!1d41.205791999999995!2d-96.08891299999999!4m5!1s0x87938c3d0c92fcb1%3A0x98cf112f2e9fe028!2s5223%20Grover%20St%2C%20Omaha%2C%20NE%2068106!3m2!1d41.2266913!2d-95.99608579999999!5e0!3m2!1sfil!2sus!4v1653564015941!5m2!1sfil!2sus\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keyword proximity is a fundamental part of SEO. 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