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Keyword spamming - never repeat a single word?

by BoJon
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I came over this information:

"Write your Meta Keywords as a list, and make sure a single word is never repeated. For example: "soy candles", and "candle burners", are two different keyword phrases, but they both repeat the word "candles". It is considered spamming if you repeat a word in your Meta Keywords."

Is this really true?

First of all, I don' think this keyword phrases both repeat the word "candles". One have the word "candles" and the other have the word "candle". So does really the search engines consider "candles" and "candle" to be the same word?

Second, let say both phrases would include the same word, does the search engines really consider this as keyword spamming when the phrases are separated by comma.

What happens If I accidentally repeat a word in phrases, does my site get lower ranking compared to if I didn't repeat? Or would it get banned?
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    • Profile picture of the author BoJon
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Was the date on the article (2001)?

      It doesn't matter If the meta keyword is repeated.

      If you do a keyword search with the Google keyword Tool, a lot of times you'll see that a plural word returns higher search numbers.
      He he, good question? I'm studying some lessons regarding Internet Marketing, can't find any date on this lesson. But it's in this member area of mine and I thought it sounded strange. In some parts, these lessons doesn't seem to be up to date.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brad Callen
    Originally Posted by BoJon View Post


    What happens If I accidentally repeat a word in phrases, does my site get lower ranking compared to if I didn't repeat? Or would it get banned?
    Nothing. Major search engines will not look at your meta keywords let alone use them for rankings. Meta descriptions CAN be pulled for display purposes only.

    Don't put too much effort into meta keywords!

    SEOmoz | SMX London: Ranking Factors in 2010
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    • Profile picture of the author BoJon
      Originally Posted by Brad Callen View Post

      Nothing. Major search engines will not look at your meta keywords let alone use them for rankings. Meta descriptions CAN be pulled for display purposes only.

      Don't put too much effort into meta keywords!

      SEOmoz | SMX London: Ranking Factors in 2010
      Yes, for DISPLAY only. That's what I heard too. At least this is the case with Google, I believe.
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      • Profile picture of the author Brad Callen
        Originally Posted by BoJon View Post

        Yes, for DISPLAY only. That's what I heard too. At least this is the case with Google, I believe.
        Google doesn't, Yahoo used to not use meta and this was the last official stance Bing took:

        Meta keyword tag

        The <meta> tag’s keyword attribute is not the page rank panacea it once was back in the prehistoric days of Internet search. It was abused far too much and lost most of its cachet. But there’s no need to ignore the tag. Take advantage of all legitimate opportunities to score keyword credit, even when the payoff is relatively low. Fill in this tag’s text with relevant keywords and phrases that describe that page’s content.
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        • Profile picture of the author paulgl
          So bing tells you to fill it in properly as somehow this will score keyword credit?
          One more reason why bing has left the building.

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  • Profile picture of the author rypher21
    meta keywords dont weigh much anymore, instead of paying much of attention about it..just use it in learning new things that can help your site
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    Its really not worth worrying about meta keywords, it was so abused the search engines now ignore it in the main.
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  • Profile picture of the author jhonsean
    Focusing on your meta keywords doesn't help you or a waste of time instead of creating high quality backlinks in your site push more effort in quality link building. Its worth it.
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