Is Article Length A Factor For Keyword Stuffing?
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I've noticed that the SEOmoz On Page analysis tool sets a limit of 15 occurrences for a keyword on a page.
It seems this is not dependent on the page length?
Is that not relevant?
Thanks!
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Yes I agree that keywords should appear naturally and a good quality content writer never worries about the keywords. Though he/she should be aware of the keywords. Further, its also suggested that article heading should have at least one keyword, making KWs in bold and using KWs mostly in first 2 parah is also suggested.
All the above factors are good as far as they are done naturally and as far as it delivers good value to user.
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Yeah, that was also my view.
However after being hit by 'something' (EMD or Panda 20) I am desperately trying to work out what that something could be.
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It should be dependent upon page length.
I completely ignore such rules and simply write naturally.
Occurrences per page and density are hogwash.
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That is a good baseline figure.
I also read somewhere (might've been SEOMOZ) that a good formula to determine whether or not you're keyword stuffing is: #/keywords (divided by) #/total words = >5.5%.
Hope this helps.
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