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Stop word-stuffing your blogs for SEO

WordPress blogging Sep 4, 2021 by Johnny 12 Comments

I get it. I know why you’re doing it. Somebody told you more words = higher SEO rankings.

And ughhh…it’s true. Having more words really does establish you more as the “authority” on search engines. And to some degree by visitors as well. They see a giant post and automatically assume “Ooooh, this is super long, must be comprehensive…let’s save it!”

But for me, it’s freaken annoying. And makes for poor UX. So what do we do about it?

If you care about SEO

Then just keep what you’re doing. Google’s algorithms are still vulnerable to methods of gaming the system like this. If you’re a small time business and rely on Google traffic from absolute strangers to grow your business…then by all means, don’t listen to me and don’t change anything about your site.

If you care about UX

Then cut that crap out right now. People need fast answers. So get straight to the point, please! Be organized. Be brief. Time is money and I aim to save you as much of it as possible!

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12 Comments

  1. Syed

    September 5, 2021 at 8:30 am

    would you Like to take A Look at mpnrc org case study it has ruined google algo and they are just sleeping…….

    Reply
    • Johnny

      September 5, 2021 at 4:36 pm

      Where’s the link?

      Reply
      • syed

        September 6, 2021 at 1:43 am

        mpnrc.org

        Reply
      • Vikram

        September 6, 2021 at 3:17 am

        https://www.mpnrc.org/

        Reply
      • Syed

        September 6, 2021 at 8:38 am

        This site has more then 1M realtime Traffic in google analytics. He setup a news site on an Govt. Expired domain and just copy pasting the content but still dominating SERP.
        His every second KeyWord is ranking on Top #1 or #2.

        Reply
  2. Alston Antony

    September 5, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    Yep agree with you.

    I personally try to balance it out between them.

    Where for users I try immediately give summary, video with jump-points, bullet-points on what they are looking for on the above fold area itself.

    And at the bottom I try to optimize for article for SEO (not too much but most covering the basics).

    Also I generally feel that we should focus more and more on UX & satisfying searcher intent when it comes to SEO moving forward because search engines algo are getting smarter along with tech developments.

    Reply
    • Syed

      September 6, 2021 at 1:44 am

      great Alston I agree!

      Reply
    • Johnny

      September 7, 2021 at 2:50 pm

      I’m with you regarding UX. Deliver the best experience possible. Everything is secondary to my primary goal.

      Reply
  3. Edward

    September 11, 2021 at 5:56 am

    I’m with you regarding UX. Deliver the best experience possible. Everything is secondary to my primary goal.

    Reply
  4. Pankaj Udash

    March 29, 2022 at 11:55 am

    So, Google’s algorithms are still vulnerable!

    Reply
  5. Sourabh

    April 15, 2025 at 9:29 am

    Hey buddy, can you share the child theme you are using in zip at my email?
    Please.

    Reply
    • Johnny

      April 17, 2025 at 2:44 am

      You mean on this site? It’s my own custom-made theme.

      Reply

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