tedster - 11:40 pm on Mar 9, 2001 (gmt 0)

I've got a related question. Say an engine like AV applies a penalty to a page for excessive repetitions of a word. Does that penalty only apply to searches on that specific kw, or is it somehow attached to the page itself?

In other words, if the page also has importance for a different kw search, does the penalty from the overly-repeated kw affect the page in every other search where it might be returned, even if the frequency for the second kw is within bounds?