Title: Focues keywords format
Last modified: July 1, 2019

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# Focues keywords format

 *  Resolved [fafa24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fafa24/)
 * (@fafa24)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/focues-keywords-format/)
 * Hello
 * I’m not sure how to enter the focus keywords in the Yoast SEO field.
 * Should I enter
    sip trunk voip IP phone = separated by a space
 * or
    sip,trunk,voip, IP phone – separated by a comma IP phone would be a phrase.
 * How does the plugin recognize the words for analysis?
 * Thanks,
    Edy

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 *  [Jeroen Rotty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeroenrotty/)
 * (@jeroenrotty)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/focues-keywords-format/#post-11700048)
 * Hi,
 * I think you are mixing the old meta keywords with one focus keyphrase. We have
   an excellent article on our Knowledge Base about the difference here: [https://kb.yoast.com/kb/the-difference-between-focus-keywords-and-meta-keywords/](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/the-difference-between-focus-keywords-and-meta-keywords/)
 * Having said this, you would optimize for one keyphrase without commas.
 *  Thread Starter [fafa24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fafa24/)
 * (@fafa24)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/focues-keywords-format/#post-11700973)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for your reply. I’m aware the focus keywords are not the meta keywords.
   What’s not clear what is a focus keyword and a focus keyphrase.
 * My understanding is a focus keyword is like ‘sip trunk voIP system’. Actually
   these are 4 focus keywords.
 * My understanding is for a keyphrase ‘sip trunk’. So made up with two words.
 * My question is: can I enter both in the Yoast SEO focus keyphrase field?
 * Example: ‘sip trunk, sip, trunk, voIP system,’ So this would be 4 keywords, two
   of them a keyphrase. separate by a comma.
 * Will the plugin recognize them?
 * Thanks
 *  [Jerlyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jerparx/)
 * (@jerparx)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/focues-keywords-format/#post-11726817)
 * Hi [@fafa24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fafa24/)
 * In the past, we used to call the **focus keyphrase** as the **focus keyword**.
   But, since the internet grew bigger, and more and more content is out there, 
   it’s getting harder to rank on just one word.
 * In order to know how you can enter your focus keyphrase correctly, you may check
   this guide: [https://yoast.com/academy/keyword-research-training/keyphrase-length/](https://yoast.com/academy/keyword-research-training/keyphrase-length/)

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