Keyword Stuffing
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What is Keyword Stuffing?
Keyword stuffing is an outdated SEO tactic of overloading content with repetitive keywords, leading to poor UX and potential ranking penalties.
Key points
- Detection: Google Panda & Helpful Content systems demote stuffed pages.
- Threshold: Density > 3 % often flags as spammy.
- Symptoms: Awkward phrasing, lists of keywords, hidden text.
- Fix: Rewrite for readability; use synonyms and entities.
- Penalty recovery: Remove stuffing, submit for re‑evaluation.
Real‑world example Cleaning stuffed footer links restored a travel blog’s organic traffic +65 % post‑penalty.
Pro tips
- Write for humans; sprinkle keywords naturally.
- Use NLP analysis tools to check semantic variety.
- Focus on E‑E‑A‑T signals instead of density hacks.
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