Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits. Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in!In the aftermath of one of Google's latest updates Over-Optimization has turned into a point of emphasis in SEO. A prime exemplory case of over-optimization would be an exact match domain, having an exact page title, an Unnatural page description and a high keyword density within the pages content. Additionally, if all your backlinks are built with the same anchor text, this can also now effect your website negatively.<br /><br />I'm going to be more specific...<br /><br />Lets say your main target keyword was "earn money on the Internet".<br /><br />If your domain name is makemoneyontheInternet.com & your pages title is make money on the net and the pages description reads, "discover how to earn money on Internet", all while the pages content has earn money on the net stuffed in everywhere, then that page is very guilty of over-optimization.<br /><br />If all of that pages backlinks are anchored with "make money on the net" this falls into the same over-optimization category.<br /><br />Now, that's not to say exact match domains won't work, your page title and description shouldn't include your target keyword or that the anchor text of your backlinks shouldn't use said keyword. These strategies do work, but they can be used in moderation.<br /><br />Again, I'm going to be more specific...<br /><br />Google and another major search engines desire to believe that other people aside from the webmaster are linking right into a site, so logical thinking indicate anchor text will be mostly different. When I focus on a clients site I'm always sure to help keep anchor text really confusing. Of course I use the mark keywords, but I'll likewise incorporate a few raw URL's in addition to a few "click here" or "check this out" as well.<br /><br />Unfortunately many people fail to understand a major aspect of SEO which can provide them with plenty of trouble is that optimizing their pages too well. Se's desire to list pages their users want to find, and many of those pages don't pay much attention to SEO. The sites that pay attention to SEO sometimes over do it.<br /><br />A lot of the pages with the best content are created by individuals who know little to nothing about SEO. They simply desire to reveal something they care about. For this reason, se's often favor content that's not optimized "perfectly". If you do everything by the book, you risk se's seeing your page as unnatural and hitting you with a penalty.<br /><br />It's a newly learned fact, should you choose all or even a few of these things, in excess there exists a very good chance you can and will probably be penalized. You almost certainly won't be banned A.K.A DE-indexed which is the worst case scenario, however your site could also find yourself many or even more positions lower than it should or could be.<br /><br />If that is something you imagine you website or blog maybe guilty even, I'd have to say you absolutely will have the unwanted effects of it.<br /><br />Again, simply for the record I'd like to sate these strategies do work when used responsibly as soon as again, I'm going to be more specific as to how...<br /><br />If your domain is an exact match, that's great, if a domain is buyshoes.com, the page title should be learn how to buy shoes, the description could possibly be visit buyshoes.com for the widest selection of shoes, online and the keyword density of the pages content should not exceed 1-3% for desired results...<br /><br />Tracy Diamoro<br /><br />Google want diversity, so... Give it to them via video: http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-special-offers-forum/804273-targeted-traffic-via-video-complete-video-service-inside.html Summary: Please note that all contributions to Disgaea Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Disgaea Wiki:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window)