Keyword stuffing is the practice of trying to get as many keywords into a sentence as possible. We hear so much about the importance in SEO to use keywords in any article that we write. Sometimes we have a few different keywords and we want to make sure we use them all.

Imagine that great feeling when you have completed and article and you sit back and say, I used every keyword I had. That is certainly going to help my SEO efforts.. Wrong!

Most search engines see the practice of stuffing keywords and they give you a negative rating for the effort. In addition to that, the reader knows you are stuffing the keywords. The reader makes a different observation than the search engine. When they read it they see poor writing skills based on all the keywords and come away with a negative feeling for the writing effort. Think about it.. “I am writing about keyword stuffing because I love high rank keywords that allow the reader keyword strategy lessons with SEO keywords that show you can use keywords six times in this sentence, but it read poorly” See what I mean!

Imagine a turkey with everything you like at thanksgiving being stuffed inside the turkey. How would your pumpkin pie taste that way?

You have so much more to gain by writing separate articles for each keyword. You get to write something that people enjoy reading. The search engine rewards you by showing your content because it is focused on a single keyword and the entire article relates to the keyword. You get to focus your writing on the content of the article vs using your energy to write complicated sentences that reflect a medium size list of keywords.

Score high with your SEO efforts by writing articles that have the intent to provide great content while at the same time focusing in on a major keyword and you will be rewarded with SEO traffic. After all, isn’t that why you write and contribute anyway? I hope I have not ruined your Thanksgiving holiday by planting this image in your mind that will surface as the bowl of stuffing goes around the table. My suggestion is don’t try to talk about keyword stuffing as it won’t be relative content. Oops, would keyword stuffing and relative content be a violation of what I just wrote?

Search engines love great content that focuses on a main subject. Give the search engines what they want and I bet they will return the favor.