Are you a keyword abuser?

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Keywords are the foundation of writing for the Web, but unfortunately some Web writers take this too far. Suddenly their articles are all about the keywords; suddenly their articles are junk.

In my writing classes, I soft-peddle keywords for a simple reason: you’re writing for readers, not for the search engines.

Yes, keywords are important so searchers can find your articles, but blatant keyword abuse is penalized by the search engines.

Venerable article directory Ezine Articles doesn’t like keyword abuse either.

Here’s what Christopher Knight says:

FACT: 2,416 articles were not accepted in the last 30 days due to keyword/keyphrase abuse.

Remember: you’re writing for people, so watch your keywords - once in the article/ page title, and once or twice in the body of the article is enough.

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