Google To Level The Playing Field Between Overly SEO And Content SEO
Is Google working on a penalty for over SEO? Yes.
While on the Dear Google & Bing: Help Me Rank Better interactive session, Matt Cutts, head of Google’s Webspam group, finally confirmed the long-standing issue about overly SEO.
The revelation came out in the open when Matt responded to an interesting query posed by one participant. The inquiry bordered on these pointed thoughts: who dominates the ranking wars when everybody is practically doing SEO? With the burgeoning population of optimisers and marketers formulating optimised content, would it be such a bad idea to not go with this flow? How can small and medium companies compete with the supremacy of optimised-but-robbed-of-good-content sites that are ranked on Google’s first page?
Matt replied in a straightforward manner. And the answer came out with an interesting twist. He exposed that Google, the world’s leading search engine, has plans of imposing a new penalty for over optimisation. According to the Google associate, the decision was based on the desire to level the playing field between content based websites and overly optimised websites.
After this unexpected announcement, many optimisers, entrepreneurs and online marketers are now more cautious of their use of SEO. The important question here is this: What amounts to over optimisation?
Here are indicators that may earn you a penalty for over optimisation:
Keyword Stuffing
Excessive utilisation of keywords makes your copy robotic and artificial, and eventually wards off the interest of your readers and potential customers. Google’s smart algorithm can detect keyword density that goes overboard! If you do not want to earn the ire of the Google crawlers, avoid the black hat technique of keyword dilution in your SEO.
Sloppy Linking
Google doesn’t like low quality linking. Contrary to popular belief, faulty reciprocal link schemes only devalue your rankings. The usual link to me and I’ll link to you campaign, if utilised excessively and improperly, may earn you a burdensome penalty from Google!
Do not go through the mistake of over optimising your website. For a content-based SEO campaign that works, contact an SEO Singapore Provider now!