Title: Changing Focus Keyword
Last modified: March 20, 2019

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# Changing Focus Keyword

 *  [simmuh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/simmuh/)
 * (@simmuh)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-focus-keyword/)
 * Hello,
 * we managaed to rank really high (2-5 page 1) with a specific keyword. Sadly we
   ranked with the homepage because we made the mistake and gave the keyword 2 times.
 * Once for the homepage and one for a subpage about the keyword.
 * Now we want to rank the subpage and not the homepage which is ranking right now.
   Can I just delete the focus keyword from the homepage and switch it out? Does
   google switch the two pages then fast or will we lose rank and have to build 
   it up again?

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 *  [Jeroen Rotty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenrotty/)
 * (@jeroenrotty)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-focus-keyword/#post-11360854)
 * Hi,
 * You’re asking for specific SEO advice, unfortunately, this forum is not the right
   place to do so. However, there is a lot of SEO advice on Yoast.com in the [SEO blog](https://yoast.com/seo-blog/)
   and the [dev blog](https://yoast.com/dev-blog/).
 * Alternatively, you can check out our [training courses](https://yoast.com/academy/)
   and our [consultancy services](https://yoast.com/hire-us/).

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-focus-keyword/#post-11360854)
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