Keyword research used to be easy in part
because keyword stuffing used to work.
Not exact matches
In fact, this will actually hurt your website's SEO
because search engines will recognize it as
keyword stuffing — or the act of including
keywords specifically to rank for that
keyword, rather than to answer a person's question.
Because, even though it's
keyword stuffed, that's probably a really good idea.
Activities such as review purchasing, bonus -
stuffing, title -
keyword -
stuffing, click here inducements and click farming are steering unsuspecting buyers to poorly - written books (sometimes just collections of words)
because of a perceived bargain.
This is
because people used to «
stuff»
keywords into the title field e.g. «Paranormal romance with a noir detective twist.»
You may be already aware of old SEO strategies, such as «
keyword stuffing» or «whitehat vs blackhat SEO» — these no longer work
because Google's algorithm is more sophisticated.
Thank you for reminding me 100 times that we're talking about Barclay Arrival Premier World Elite Mastercard,
because from paragraph to paragraph, I was beginning to forget that this is a
keyword stuffing fluff piece about Barclay Arrival Premier World Elite Mastercard.
I think the artificiality of just doing
stuff because a consultant told you to or competitors are doing it, whether that's Yellow Pages ad or trying to rank high in Google for
keywords, I think often loses the natural ability to connect with the people you're trying to connect with by being real.
Because even if excessive
keyword stuffing and jargon does help you get through an ATS, an illogical CV will only put off an employer when they get round to reading it — no matter how highly you ranked on the system.
Before you reject
keyword stuffing, you need to educate people about them,
because keywords often do play a part in the hiring process.
Too many
keywords in a document can actually be a negative thing,
because it may make it appear you are
stuffing your document for the sole purpose of ranking high in resume searches.
«If your resume makes it through the filtering system, but it is evident to the reader that you were successful
because of «
keyword stuffing,» the reader will feel you just gamed the system and will place your resume in the «no» pile.»
Keyword stuffing hasn't worked since 2000
because the software that analyzes resumes and applications recognizes it very easily.