Recognizing keyword stuffing

Some keyword stuffing is visible to the human eye and you will not have to use any special techniques to see it. In other cases, it is hidden. You will discover hidden keyword stuffing by using the techniques already described. Important: Hidden keyword stuffing will always be considered spam (unless it is only in the source code meta tags).

Here are some examples that most users would consider excessive and annoying, even though in some cases the keywords are in the portion of the page "below the fold," which users would have to scroll down to see:

Fake Feed with Keyword Stuffing Examples: The keyword stuffing on this page is just a collection of links with nonsensical link names. Notice how many times the words "las vegas" and "casino" appear on the page.

Fake Blog with Keyword Stuffing Example: Notice how many times the word "Imodium" appears in this fake blog entry

Computer-Generated Page with Keyword Stuffing Example: Notice all the spelling variations of "Nissan" and the computer-generated gibberish text.


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