jaffstar - 9:48 am on May 25, 2004 (gmt 0)

I wish people would quit saying over optimization penalty.

You hit the nail on the head :)

I believe based on some articles that I read that the new Algorithm only takes "on site SEO tactic" as 20% of the formula.

You need good themed links (on topic), relevance, authority are all major factors.

As GG said, what worked in the past doesn’t necessarily work now. In the past you could spam the hell out of a site, and it would get somewhere. I'm afraid that that sort of practice no longer works.

By decreasing KW density and other elements, you are shooting yourself in the foot with the other search engines.

That my opinion :)