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News Source: http://searchengineland.com
Published: Jun 26, 2009 - 07:43 am
Story Found By: kevgibbo 962 Days ago
Category: SEO
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Interesting that Matt Cutts explicitly and repeatedly mentions there is no over-optimisation penalty. This contradicts previous findings from Ann Smarty regarding keyword-rich internal anchor-text. Perhaps she overlooked some parameter(-s)?
Isn’t Matt just stating the obvious here? Since there’s no such thing as "over optimizing" since optimization by its very nature means it’s perfect, then it has to be that it can only mean keyword stuffing, aka, search engine spam.Do people in this day and age still not know that keyword stuffing is not only bad, but stupid?
@ReinierNL It was actually not my experiment, I only shared it. I also updated the post with the link to Matt’s video. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Actually, not to nitpick, optimization actually refers to the "act" or process, to improve or make something as perfect as possible, not that something is actually perfect per se. But yes, I can’t see how you can make something more than optimal or perfect........I think it should just be referred to as "things you shouldn’t do." :)
I’ll take the 2 negative comment votes as people in this day and age NOT knowing that keyword stuffing is not only bad, but stupid.Sad, really. Maybe someday.
The term "over optimization" is broadly used. I think Matt clarified that they are not looking for "over optimization" but rather focus on individual scoring metrics, such as the overuse of keywords.
Yes, VMOptions, he was. But does that actually need clarifying? Are people still wondering if they should stuff keywords on pages?Sad, sad Internet we live in...