: Would a "keywords" section on a web page be considered keyword stuffing? It's known that keyword stuffing may be penalized by search engines. But what if I add a section titled "keywords", somewhere

@BetL925

"keywords" seems a little technical. I'd trying to label it something that wouldn't turn off users.


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Doing something like this is fairly common practice and can get synonyms onto the page easily.

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@Cugini213

More than likely yes.

You need to be using the key phrases naturally throughout the content.

If you're covering the topic in enough detail, the chances are that Google will know what you're referring to and rank you appropriately.

Gone are the days when Google simply counts the words on the page - it's much more about the topic that page covers and the quality of the content.

In short - no it's not a good idea.

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@Sent6035632

Google may frown at the idea. Take a look at:
www.mattcutts.com/blog/avoid-keyword-stuffing/
I'd go against adding keywords as tags to the site unless your site is about people creating their own tags. The reason I say that is because adding them increases your keyword density percentage for a certain keyword and may affect your prominence level for the words you're trying to rank.

Take a look at:
textalyser.net
and paste all the textual content from your site into their text box and run the scan. Try to aim for 2% to 5% keyword density as anything more than 10% might look too spammy. This value can be found under "frequency" column in the results page.

The only way I'd say go for it is if the words are inside an image.

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