Google can eliminate your website for many reasons.. I've been reseaching this, paranoid I'm a guilty of Keyword Stuffing.. My site is crammed with keywords and I've been penalized for having too many in my metatags.. Gotta watch this stuff.. I think less is more with the keywords and metatags.. Learning as I go.. I Love this forum!
Hey buddy, i don't care, I always like to do experiment, I had done keyword stuffing in my content for a community website, and i got the listing on the very next time when Google crawl my page.
Black hat techniques can give you results so early but sooner or lator search engines will come to know and your well established site might be banned. Thanks...
The more you stuff your keywords in titles and descriptions the more you dilute the weight of your most important keywords. Using different variations is OK but still keep them short and compelling.
YES!!!!!!!!! It is called their "Duplicate Content Filter" Your entire site can get thrown clear out of the index because of it. It is one of the worst penalties in my opinion. I had a site that got slammed very badly last year when I accidentally copied my own content from one of my other sites to a newer site. BAMMM!! Both sites GONE!
Yepp keyword stuffing will end you up nowhere... I dont even use keywords... lol... but thats just me... use lesser keywords and the most imp thing of your site will get focused... and @chantown they can and they should dont you think?
I would never risk my Adsense account by using some stupid blackhat technique...it is simply not worth it..
Thats totally true - Keyword stuffing can harm you with the passage of time as sooner or later when big G come to know about this your site can get banned, i totally agree with ashisharora_83 .
you say both sites gone.. could i duplicate my competitors on a site i dont need and get them off google?
Yes you can do that to a certain extent but why waste the time and effort? Just keep up with ethical practices. It takes more time but your site will last longer. If your competitors get wind of what you do, they can do the same thing back to you. Not a good habit to get into.
How is keyword stuffing defined? Is it a certain percentage? Does this only apply to meta tags? What if you simply have lots of the same keywords used often (i.e. directory listing of schools with the word "University")?
Keyword stuffing is more like using a two or three word phrase repeatedly and in an unnatural fashion. My sites are mostly insurance based and include may different types of insurance, but I can't really change the word insurance except for occasionally to use terms that are related to it such as 'coverage' etc. If a keyword appears more than 3 times in the title, you are stuffing. I recommend no more than 2x in the title. Same can be said for descriptions. In the site content, using H1 tags with keywords and variations of keyword phrases and usually going for no more than about 3-7% density can make sure that you avoid a keyword spamming penalty. Just make the content flow as naturally as possible. The newer algos are sophisticated enough to see if your content flows well or if it is being forced.
Seems like there's a lot to learn when designing webpages, i use 3 keyword epeats for title and 3 for description, hope it doesn't get me peanlized at some point.
Keyword stuffing is bad, but considering keyword density is too bad. You need to just make fresh, unique and own rich content, you will get good results than above mentioned two one.
No dude i wont im reaching 1st after 3 months for all my key phrases. but its handy to know if someone pisses you off lol.