Archives for June 2012 | The Open Algorithm

Archive for June, 2012

Finally Killing Off Keyword Density

June 12, 2012

As much as any SEO worth their salt knows that keyword density is not a ranking factor, there are some out there that still believe it is a signal in the Google algorithm or somehow is related to ranking well in Google. Often this myth is perpetrated by the untrained eye, or sold by the [...]

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Why Google’s Algorithm Doesn’t Care What You Write

June 7, 2012

Most SEOs understand that on page factors have and will continue to decline in importance within the Google algorithm and SEO. We all know that Google takes no notice of the meta keywords tag, and little notice of other tags, markups and HTML structures which has been backed up with my data. But “in content” factors [...]

Posted in Correlation Data | 5 Comments »

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