Overoptimization. What is it?
Many of us have heared about overoptimization, many of us had experienced it. So what is overoptimization and how to avoid it. Actually, I know just few examples of what overoptimization is and I’d like you to share your opinions concerning this question.
Most frequent overoptimization mistake is too high keyword density, proximity, frequency. This means that you overstuff your page with keywords. To avoid keyword overoptimization one should use keyword density analisying software.
Then we have overlinking mistake, when you put too much inbound links to your site and get sandboxed. To avoid this mistake - try to increase quantity of links slowly, I’d say “naturally”. Imagine that your are not a SEO webmaster, but an ordinary webmaster, who had created an interesting site. Site will probably receive one link after week of existance, one more after two weeks, plus two in three weeks and so on. This is what “natural” way means.
Third mistake is overoptimization in anchor text - overstuffing of anchor text with keywords. It is probably the same to keyword density and almost all analisyng software includes anchor text in check.
These are that important overoptimization spots of a site, but maybe you will tell about your own experience and what overoptimization mistakes have you seen?
Filed under: Optimization News