Hello,
Thanks for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
1. Since TranslatePress translates the pages dynamically and doesn’t create a page in the backend, it isn’t possible to add or translate the focus keyword for the translated pages.
2. The focus keywords are only to help you optimize your content. They don’t directly have any influence on the ranking of your posts in the SERPs. If your content is optimized enough to show up for a keyword and Google finds your site helpful for the search term then it will show up in the top results.
Please note that ranking on Google depends on so much more than just your on-page optimization. You could have the perfect article and still struggle to break the top 10 in SERPs. Here are some of the factors Google considers when ranking you:
1. Your website’s authority
2. Your content’s quality and how better it is than the other article currently ranking.
3. How competitive the keyword is.
4. How many backlinks you have and if they are better than what the other guys ranking for that keyword have.
5. Your website’s crawlability.
6. Frequency of new content and content updates.
7. So much more that there is a dedicated blog post on it by Brian Dean 🙂 https://backlinko.com/google-ranking-factors
I would recommend that you keep at it and work on acquiring more links to break into the top SERPs.
Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
