What ranking signals would you say SEOs worry about too much? What ranking signals should SEOs should focus on the most. Bonus points if you can answer in concise bullets and without using the word quality. 😉 Scared of Clowns, Seattle, WA
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For the newbies who are conscious about the keyword density, using 1% should be perfectly fine. That way, Google will still know what the article is about and you don't get to mention the keywords as often to the point where it no longer sounds normal.
There are incidents when focusing on keyword density can interfere with the user experience. Content should have a natural flow and too many keywords can interrupt that flow.
yet again more random drivel.
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Like some have mentioned, I think the keyword density isn't as important as the keyword placements.
I love these videos.
I agree with that 100%.
Because putting up amazing content on sites which have zero SEO is likely to bring you 0% Return on your investment. Link building has higher ROI. Only a newbie marketer or a blog owner can state that "content is the key". E-commerce site, corporate sites, business owners sites are the ones that have most need for SEO. With them you have limited ability to post engaging content. Have you ever read amazing content on Amazon.com ? Don't think so.
Correct, you don't need to think about "keyword density" .. to Matt's point. However putting keywords in the exact right places (per document/URL) is actually the crux of SEO best practices. That's different than "keyword density, a topic Matt is emphasizing. You don't need to say "SEO, SEO, SEO" x number of times within any HTML tag. But, you'd better say it at least once, within the big HTML containers: Title, Meta Description, Page Header, Body Content, Anchor Text = AHREFs. All the best…
This was a triumph! As a web developer I am fed up of being scolded by SEO people when omg I don't put each keyword in the exact right place!
"Keyword density" …This is actually interesting in light of the new over optimized penalty.
Maybe they uploaded this as private, and then switched it to public? I don't know lol
It´s all about good content!
because it was.
Was this video really made over 7 months ago?
My competitors in the top 5 SERP positions have the obvious keyword phrase on their (short) home page 25 – 30 times with another 30+ related keyword phrases repeated numerous times too. You cannot read it out loud .. it is garbage.
Yet Google continues to give them top ranking ……
So I must doubt Matt when he says density doesn't matter. I believe Google has that as an aspiration, but at present my research shows keyword density matters very much.
Great quick post
Bouce Rate is not that important on itself. It's more about what people do AFTER they bounce. For example, if your page responds the query efectively, people might bounce and close Google, which Google will see as "query responded, page is relevant since the user didn't make another search" (GOOD sign). But if people get back to Google after they bounced off your page, then Google sees that as "That page didn't answer the query so the user went back to check other results". That's a BAD signal..
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Thanks Matt, I always wondered how much stock to put into keyword density.
Why does the video say "Uploaded on Aug 18, 2011"?
Keyword density does help.. But it should always stay readable in my opinion.
ok… nothing new.
to be a good SEO, just focus on user experience!
thanks Matt!