Lessons Learned by an Over-Optimizer

seomoz.org 20 Feb '12, 7pm

Lessons Learned by an Over-Optimizer

Congratulations on your first YouMoz post! I've spent quite a lot of time undoing this problem for clients who made the same mistake and have learned quite a few lessons along the way. One lesson is that it isn't so much the number of instances as the use of natural language. I have seen pages where a relatively high number of keyword instances ranks well, as long as the language is natural, and the term does not feel "over worked" within the relative length of the text. Likewise, there are other pages where you have to take a long hard look at yourself and ask the question: "Would I seriously use that phrase more than once in 300 words?" Another very important thing to remember is that keyword terms need to meet the criteria for acceptable use. There are millions of pages out there written around keyword phrases that simply make no sense in terms of language. Whilst terms...

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@SonicSEO » 09 Mar '12, 5pm
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@InfluenceHaus » 29 Feb '12, 11pm
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@Sue_Stones » 27 Feb '12, 7am
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@jainvivekIndia » 27 Feb '12, 6am
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Lessons Learned by OverOptimizer [link] Story that lays bare the problems if you over optimize your website.
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real life example of over optimization hurting a site [link]
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@lukaszplutecki » 21 Feb '12, 10am
Optymalizacja #SEO sklepu tak żeby nie przesadzić [link]
@tyseo » 21 Feb '12, 10am
Après sur-optimisation, retour à une page web plus performante : [link]
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@kleinemedien_de » 21 Feb '12, 6am
Regarding #Keyword density: "Lessons Learned by an Over-Optimizer" - [link]