Comments on: Is The Guardian website keyword stuffing? http://thetechnewsblog.com/2009/02/27/is-the-guardian-website-keyword-stuffing/ Tech news | Tech views | Geeky goodness Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mark Aaron Murnahan http://thetechnewsblog.com/2009/02/27/is-the-guardian-website-keyword-stuffing/comment-page-1/#comment-1980 Mark Aaron Murnahan Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:23:15 +0000 http://thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1702#comment-1980 It does not look natural. Certainly keyword density has a place, but it has been somewhat devalued. I believe there is something on this in Matt Cutts' blog (http://mattcutts.com/blog) on the topic. I make careful consideration to the inclusion of keywords in various proximity to each other and keyword density, but you should only go so far. If it looks awkward for users, the whole point is missed. Is traffic worth anything if you cannot convert it and you make the site useless to the audience? In this case, it is only in the URL, and the rest is not so spammy. It is just not done well in general. The title, description, keywords, and content are not very complementary. Everybody has a good and bad day ... this author had a bad one. perhaps they need more training or help to assure better blogging. It does not look natural. Certainly keyword density has a place, but it has been somewhat devalued. I believe there is something on this in Matt Cutts’ blog (http://mattcutts.com/blog) on the topic. I make careful consideration to the inclusion of keywords in various proximity to each other and keyword density, but you should only go so far. If it looks awkward for users, the whole point is missed. Is traffic worth anything if you cannot convert it and you make the site useless to the audience? In this case, it is only in the URL, and the rest is not so spammy. It is just not done well in general. The title, description, keywords, and content are not very complementary. Everybody has a good and bad day … this author had a bad one. perhaps they need more training or help to assure better blogging.

]]> By: Graeme http://thetechnewsblog.com/2009/02/27/is-the-guardian-website-keyword-stuffing/comment-page-1/#comment-1978 Graeme Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:57:30 +0000 http://thetechnewsblog.com/?p=1702#comment-1978 Blame Charlie Brooker, he started it! http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/21/charliebrooker.pressandpublishing Blame Charlie Brooker, he started it!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/21/charliebrooker.pressandpublishing

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