tedster - 10:03 pm on Apr 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

The importance of related words is something I see as the future -- algorithms using the entire semantic ecology of the online neighborhood where the page lives.

In fact, something like this already seems to be in the mix to a degree. I have seen pages hop up 10 or 20 places simply by broadening the reach of their language, instead of staying focused on traditional "high keyword density" approaches.

This is good news for content writers who can now naturally expand their vocabulary for the audience, and reduce their need to do "algorithm yoga". That stuff is worse than Pilates.