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Discussion in 'Google' started by nickyj83, Aug 12, 2008.

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    I was wondering does it matter how much text is on a page? the more the better maybe?

    Also if one page had 100 words and a keyword for example "money" (which i was optimizing for) has a 5% ratio through out the page!

    And another site has 10,000 words and the same keyword "money" has a ratio of 5% through out this page!

    Would there be a difference in serps for this keyword? :confused:
     
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  2. FREE BET

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    better to have about 400-800 words and no more than 4% ratio for the main word IMO
     
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    nickyj83 Well-Known Member

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    What about the second question?
     
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    Is there a guideline for the number of characters? :eek:
     
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    The more the content is, the better it is. But I suggest you do not worry about keyword density; it do not matters a lot. Instead concentrate on backlinks and other factors.
     
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    Why the more the better?
     
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    Keyword density has lost it's importance in the google search engine, precisely because is it easy to manipulate. That doesn't mean to say that it has no importance, but i agree backlink building is much more powerful. If you look at many search results it is often PDF files that rank quite highly. This may be for a range of facotrs, but my theory is also because they contain a lot of content basically under one file extension. So my opinion is that the more content the more likely your page will get noticed. It works for me
     
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