Web Design

Keyword Stuffing

Keyword stuffing is a broad term, but generally speaking, it is using the same keyword many times in a web page to such a degree that it becomes difficult to read the content on the web page. This has been a problem since the first web page was ever created for SEO purposes. To set the record on this, search engines have gotten smart over the years and recognize when this is occurring on a web page. Since this was, and to this day, still being abused, search engines totally ignore the meta-keyword content. So ’stuffing’ that information in an image or meta tag is totally useless, yet can still get your web site banned because it is obvious to the search engines that you are trying to abuse and manipulate the organic search results. (more…)

The following are things you can do to help rank better in geographical results; remember, you don’t “have” to do them all to rank well, they’ll just help you along the way.

1. Use the native language of that geo-graphical region.
2. Use the cc-TLD for that geo-graphical region.
3. Host the actual web files in that geo-graphical region.
4. If not using a cc-TLD then use the geo-targeting option in Google Webmasters Central
5. Build backlinks from websites in that geographical region.