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We get a lot of questions about keyword density here in Q&A As a rule of thumb, I recommend using your primary keyword phrase a minimum of six times on a page -- once each in the title, page description, H1, and alt-image tags, as well as the first paragraph of body copy and URL. Other than that, use the keyword phrase whenever it naturally makes sense to do so. Writing for your audience first and foremost will result in the most natural, effective copy.

This blog post is an excellent primer on keyword targeting: A Visual Guide to Keyword Targeting. And if you search the forum for "keyword density," you'll find many discussions on this topic that look at the topic from various angles, including keyword stuffing.

I hope that helps!

Christy

Hi Herbet, in addition to the great resource Moosa Linked to above, you may also want to check out our Beginners Guide to SEO. Actually, I'd make sure you understand and get some experience implementing all the concepts introduced in the Beginners Guide before tackling a few small to medium eCommerce sites, and then moving onto a large one once you've gained some valuable experience and built up your confidence in optimizing sites . Optimizing a large e-commerce site e-commerce site is quite involved, and is a huge investment of time and money.

To answer your first question, though, if you only have the resources focus on adding custom titles and page descriptions for your site OR schema tags at first, I'd definitely start with the titles and page descriptions. If you don't write your own and properly mark them up, then the search engines will have a much harder time figuring out what your pages are about, and will populate the page titles and descriptions for them in search results with whatever they can find on your pages.

Today's YouMoz post, Accidental SEO Tests: When On-Page Optimization Ceases to Matter, explores the theory that there is an on-page optimization saturation point, "beyond which further on-page optimization no longer improves your ability to rank" for the keywords/keyword topics you are targeting. In other words, you can optimize your page for search to the point that it is 100% topically relevant to query and intent.

Do you believe there exists such a thing as a page that is 100% topically relevant? What are your thoughts regarding there being an on-page optimization saturation point, beyond which further on-page optimization no longer improves your ability to rank? Let's discuss!

Hi Nicolas,

The short answer is that we keep the first link nofollowed (instead of removing it and updating the CSS) because we need to use our development resources on higher priority projects that have greater benefit for our community at this time (and do not believe that the value of the second link is negated by virtue of the first one).

The study that you cited was conducted in 2009, right? While I tend to agree with Oleg's opinion of this particular study (and offer the same disclaimer as well as challenge), Matt Cutts, former head of webspam for Google, released this video a couple of years ago confirming that this is how anchor text used to work. As Cutts says, though the algorithm has changed a lot since then -- and has changed even more since 2014. (By the way, Moz's studies conducted around the same time that Cutts references in the video (2007-2009) confirm what Cutts says about how anchor text used to work.)

Hi  RaoulWB,

Welcome to the Q&A forum! As far as the search engines are concerned, the title and URL of a page are independent. However, some content management systems create the URL based on the page title, and may automatically update and redirect the URL if you update a title (depending on how the CMS is configured, etc.). Is this possibly what you are thinking of? 

Christy

Hi there, thanks for your question! Did any of these responses help you resolve your issue? We would love an update.

Christy

Hi Authority Networks,

Thanks for your question! You are correct that when you see a "Staff" badge on a Community profile, that means the person is on staff at Moz. You can learn more about "Mozzers" here and view our job openings here.

When you see an "Associate" badge on a Community profile, that means that the person is a member of our Associates Team — an amazing group of experts from across the search marketing industry. Moz Associates contribute to the Moz Blog, answer your questions here in our Q&A forum, and work with us to redefine the future of search! You can view bios for all members of our Associates Team here by selecting "Associates" from the drop-down menu.  To learn more about the Moz Associates program, please email us at community@moz.com.

As for the "Pro" badge,  can you share an example or two of Community profiles you're seeing that have that designation?

Christy

It was great to meet ya'll at MozCon! Thanks again, Paul, for organizing this. And Jesse, I'm sorry to have missed you. Next year, right?

Hi Dmytro! Did Thomas' response help answer your question? If so, please mark it as a good answer. If not, please provide us with more details so we can help you sort this out. Thanks.

Hi there! This is a known issue. Luckily, there is a now a fix. Please go to health.moz.com for complete directions. If for any reason you are still having trouble, please send an email to help@moz.com. I am so sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you, and thank you for your patience.

Kind Wishes,
Christy

Testing. Please disregard.

Hi Fabianne,

Thanks for your question! Please email the form to us at mozcon@moz.com, and we'll see what we can do.

Christy

Hi Thilak_geo04,

Did Thomas' response help answer your question? If so, please mark his response as a "Good Answer." And if not, we'd love an update so we can help!

Hi Donna, you are correct: It takes 24-48 hours to push the data to campaigns in Moz Pro after the new index goes live. In the meantime, you can see updated metrics by going directly to OSE. I hope that helps!

Christy

Hi Harin,

Did you see the extremely generous responses to your question? Please let us know if you've been able to sort this out or not -- and if any of the responses helped answer your question, please mark them as a "Good Answer." Thanks!

Christy

Hi aplnzmarch18, did you see Ed's last response to your question? He's left some extremely thoughtful replies, btw. If any response helped resolve your issue, please mark it as a "good answer." If not, please give us more details so we can help, thanks!

Christy

The Rel Author tag is used to link content created by an individual (on a blog, for instance) to  the author's personal G+ profile. Andy is correct, the author needs to specify in their G+ profile that they area contributor to the site (thereby linking back to the site where their content is) to complete the author verification process.

You should not use Rel Author in conjunction with Google Places.

Hope this helps!

Hi Gareth,

I am excited to let you know that Moz Local UK is now live, whee!! If you check it out yourself, I'd love to know what you think about it.

Cheers,
Christy

I second this! Thanks for all the extra help you've been giving folks in the forum lately, @Hurf.  

Hi Matt, do you mean that you want to send the same thank you tweet to multiple people? If so, I highly discourage this. It will be highly obvious to your followers what you are doing, and possibly more insulting than appreciated. Automated DMs and replies can actually cost you followers. If someone takes the time to share your content, and you truly appreciate it, isn't it worth the time to send them a personalized tweet? (And it will definitely encourage them to share your content in the future, ahem.) That said, while you are most likely to maximize engagement if you respond organically -- as soon as possible after your content is shared -- I realize this isn't also practical. If this is the case, I would consider hammering out that list of personalized thank you tweets on a spreadsheet and scheduling them in advance (staggered, so you don't flood your feed with thank yous and overwhelm your followers.) Hootsuite makes it super simple to do this.  Hope that helps! (Christy)

Hi Kevin,

Have you launched yet? We'd love an update on this!

Christy

Hi there, could you be more specific about which G+ button the question is about? There are several different types. Better yet, are you able to share a link to your site?

Hi, thanks for your question. You would do this in Pardot. Accordingly, I recommend reaching out to their support team for details on how to do this. You may want to ask them how you can edit the landing page template(s)  you are using so that title tags are dynamically inserted (into your landing pages).

Hope that helps!

Christy

Hi Ash,

If you solely wish to use Google+ for business, then I'd recommend using your personal profile to build your authority as an expert in your field. Network: build relationships with peers, prospects, and customers, and be as helpful to others as you can. Attend Hangouts. Participate in a community (or start one yourself.) Here are a couple of great articles to help you get started:

• http://www.copyblogger.com/google-plus-authority/
• https://plus.google.com/+MarkTraphagen/posts/BZjuHL1kGpa

Cheers,
Christy

Hi Carla,

Ah, I see what you mean now. Thank you for clarifying. I am revising my own answer to this: "It would be a very unusual case for a webpage to earn links from social media without earning them from other types of web pages as well." That said, I will ask some colleagues if they know of a case study and report back to you!

Christy

Hi there, thanks for your question! Rel=Publisher is for brands, while Rel=Authorship is for people. As the code snippet fork Rel=Publisher should only be placed not the most important page of your site, placing it on the home page is a good choice. As the markup tool is verifying your Publisher setup, I'm assuming you have correctly placed a link on your Google+ brand page back to your site's homepage. Well done.

Yes, the Rel=Authorship code snippet should be placed on all article pages and blog posts --- that have a byline for a particular author, that is. You then need to establish a link from that particular author's individual Google+ profile back to your site. There are a few ways to go about this. Here's one method, straight from the mouth of Google: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/2539557?hl=en&ref_topic=2371375. Best of luck!

Christy

Thanks for the clarification, Wouter. Given that information, I would go with info@ourcompany.ni. As it is gmail-hosted (and not forwarded), and the only email address that the public interacts with, it should give you the greatest advantages described in Rand's video -- and any that Google+ may roll out in the future. Best of luck!

Christy

Hi there, and thanks for your question! First off, I would like to clarify a couple of things:

1. Are you using Google Apps for email hosting, or are you forwarding your "back office" email address to  info@ourcompany.ni?

2. There are a few ways that gmail can help you use Google+ more successfully. What exactly do you mean by the "Google+ email contact bias"? (I just want to make sure we are on the same page before proceeding.)

Christy

Hi Justine - Thanks for the update! I'm really happy to hear you found the magical answer to your question, and appreciate you taking the time to share it with the community. I'm sure there are many other people with this same question -- and you are going to make their day with then run across this thread.

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your question! The fb:admins tag should include the individual Facebook user ID (fbid) for the administrator of your company's Facebook page. If you have multiple admins for your company's Facebook page, make sure that you include each admin's fbid in a separate fb:admins tag. Step-by-step instructions for doing this are available at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/platforminsights/domains.

I hope that helps!

Christy

Hi Becky!

Have you checked out our Beginner's Guide to Social Media? I hope that helps!

Christy