Keyword Stuffing

[Johnny4B]

Hi,

I have a particular page I am working on fully optimised as per the page rank tool and grading A.

Problem is, there is still one issue on the page, the keyword I want to rank for in particular on that page is reporting that I am over using the word.

I have looked through the HTML on the body of the page and see that the actual content is not an issue, I have less than 15 mentions of the keyword, the problem actually arises from the Nav Bar

The word I am ranking for say is football

Well in the nav-bar, I have several pages that are named football-xxx.html

So where the actual page content only has 12 mentions of the keyword Football,

• list has another 13 due to my page naming properties.* Football- xxx
• Football- xxx
• Football- xxx
• Football- xxx
• Football- xxx
• Football- xxx

....... And so on up to 13 different pages with a similar naming structure (obviously the XXX are products like socks, shorts, tops, boots etc)

So, without asking the obvious, I assume that the way to change is would be to rename the pages (can't really happen), or remove the term football from the body of the content on the website.

So firstly, is the Google algorithms not smart enough to recongise that the content in the menu tag is in fact the nav bar ... and page names as opposed to keyword stuffing.

Also, how did anyone else handle a similair situation

And lastly, I am assuming basic on common sense alone that Keyword stuffing is a big no no, of everything I have learned though SEO Moz, this makes clear and concise sense to me ... So how do I resolve the issue I have here

Many thanks in advance for any help offered

Regards

John

[eyepaq]

Can you post the url of the page ?

That will make the assessment way easier - as at the end of the day it's all about if the page makes obvious sense or not. Keyword stuffing nowadays is not about keyword density and how many times you are using the keyword is more on if it make sense for that keyword to be in all those places.

[Visiblics]

As long as you've not stuffed your keywords and using naturally. It won't harm you. As ebay uses "Buy" N number of time on one page.

Ask yourself if your content looks keyword stuffed or get it reviewed here

Share the URL to get the fair feedback from the top SEO community

[Johnny4B]

Thanks folks

No, the content is absolutely relevant ... and has a natural flow as opposed to the page just containing the keyword several times with no context to it at all

I suppose I was just questioning the page based on the advice given by the SEO Moz page optimising toll as opposed to my own natural instinct.

I am reluctant to post the URL, as the site is not actually mine ....

But I do appreciate the advice .... And feel a little more at ease with the dilemma

Thanks again to both of you.

Regards

John

[Visiblics]

You're always welcome