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Google keyword question

by Naithan
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Hi Warriors,

Quick question.
When my main keyword string is three words and on my webpage and I would use "and" or "or" "the" and other words with less than three letters between those keywords, Will google see the difference?

Example: "opening door window" "I am opening the door and window".

The reason I wonder is because I remember something about words with less than three lettters not being used?

Thanks in advance.

Naithan
#google #keyword #question
  • Profile picture of the author dsmpublishing
    Hi Nathan

    From personal experience the little words arent taken when i check which keywords im on google with. I have a lot of twitter keywords that i am ranking with and the and, or, the never shows up.
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  • Profile picture of the author Naithan
    Ok thanks! Everybody else have the same experience?
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  • Profile picture of the author neild1
    Hi Nathan,

    Its because search engines regard those small words like "an" "of" "if" "at" as stop words so wont account for them on a search
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Long
    Yep, based on everything I've read in SEO, and combined with my own experiences, Google does consider those to be "stop" words, as neild1 said, and are generally ignored from a pure ranking perspective.
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  • Profile picture of the author cassidywilliams
    Correct, those words do not count. However, "I am opening the door and window" will still not count as a phrase "opening door window", so for keyword density reasons you would still want to use the exact phrase in your copy at least a few times (depending on the lenght, between 1%..2%)
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