newbie-ish question...

[Aemon]

i'm not a newbie to web design, just to seo. got a question about keywords and spam.

say i'm doing a site for my church, and these are my key words:

church, church of christ, christ, north charleston, charleston

would seeing some of those words twice make the bot think that its spam? or does it see the entire phrase and not the words included in the phrase (church of christ, north charleston).

thanks!

later

[jo1ene]

A couple of things about your "church" example.

Don't get too paranoid about "spam". Unless you're using invisible text and have 800 instances of the word church and no actual content, you have nothing to worry about. Just keep it natural. If a web designer uses the words "web", "web site" and "web design" - is that spam? If so, we're all in trouble!

Also. Be specific about key words. Do you really want to target all results for "church"? Is that relevant? Do you really think you can compete there anyway? Stick with "church of christ" and local keywords. Besides, "church of christ" IS including "church".

[Aemon]

yeah, that was just an example, thanks for the heads up though!

ok, so if i use the phrase 'church of christ', then bots will see 'church' as its own keyword as well?

thanks

later

[keywordguru]

In theory, it should see it as both, and then calculate them all together for a total keyword density.

It is wise to keep a certain percentage of a keyword in a page of body text. People will recommend anywhere from 5 to 15% respectively.

I would start with your title tag, add an h1 somewhere, and get the main keyword at about 7 to 9% density. You should start off well.
KG

[Aemon]

how does one find the keyword density of a page?

thanks!

later

[2oddSox]

Try here [searchengineworld.com]

[Aemon]

thanks!

later