Adding extra words to phrases

katied772 · 04-29-2011, 06:24 PM

Does anyone know how it affects search engines to put in extra words? Such as, if the term "fleas dog" has good search numbers but would be difficult to use in content, how would it work to phrase it as "fleas on dogs"? I thought I remember reading somewhere that Google doesn't recognize small extra words.

SuResearcher · 04-29-2011, 08:49 PM

These words are called "stop words". Initially they were not being indexed by the search engines. Therefore "fleas on dog" in your content, the search engines indexed it as "fleas dog".

But, according to Dan Thies (an SEO expert), somewhere along the line, the search engines started to index stop words. So what you are proposing to do will not work.

Here is a link to an article by Dan Thies explaining this: » Stop Words Are Dead! Did I Miss Another Memo?

04-29-2011, 06:24 PM	#1
katied772 Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 520 Thanks: 25 Thanked 25 Times in 25 Posts	Adding extra words to phrases Does anyone know how it affects search engines to put in extra words? Such as, if the term "fleas dog" has good search numbers but would be difficult to use in content, how would it work to phrase it as "fleas on dogs"? I thought I remember reading somewhere that Google doesn't recognize small extra words.

04-29-2011, 08:49 PM	#2
SuResearcher Active Warrior Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 46 Thanks: 19 Thanked 12 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Adding extra words to phrases These words are called "stop words". Initially they were not being indexed by the search engines. Therefore "fleas on dog" in your content, the search engines indexed it as "fleas dog". But, according to Dan Thies (an SEO expert), somewhere along the line, the search engines started to index stop words. So what you are proposing to do will not work. Here is a link to an article by Dan Thies explaining this: » Stop Words Are Dead! Did I Miss Another Memo?