Does Keyword Stuffing Work?

Keyword stuffing is the practice of adding keywords to your articles for the purpose of increasing their ranking in the search engines. It rarely works.

One of the reasons keyword stuffing doesn’t work is because the search engines have caught onto the game. The search algorithms look unfavorably upon articles that overuse keywords. Instead of trying to game the search engines by using an abundance of keywords in your articles, try putting your keywords in the most important places.

The most important place for your keyword in any article is in the title. If you optimize your article title you increase your chances of getting ranked in the search engines tremendously. You also increase your chances of that article getting published and providing you with an inbound link. It sure beats stuffing those articles with keywords. That looks funny.