So - the story so far has changed!
The low density, many mentions page has indexed but is NOT found for the target keyword at all. The no mention, but 1 contextual backlink page is indexed - but is NOT found for the target keyword.
So in order for the target keyword we have four results
#1 = The 7.01 % Density page
#2 = The 4.86 % Density page
#3 = The 1.95 % Density page
#4 = This page! (Density 2.70)
Now this is clearly a bit odd - this page should trump the 1.95% content page - what is different?
1. It has more indexed content - probably gives it more authority.
2. It has contextual links pointing outward with the target keyword.
Now I find it surprising that these elements would effect this in this way. I still find it surprising that the contextual link to the page with no mention of the target keyword hasn't gotten it indexed.
I will give it a little more time, and it nothing seems to start happening I will build 5 backlinks to the non-mention page and see what effect that has.
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
My latest test page is in!
The latest test page has 25 repeats with a density of less than 2% - how will it compare to the 4.86% 18 repeats page?
Time will tell!
Time will tell!
Backlink Anchors and Link juice vs onpage SEO.
To make the experiment more interesting I've created a new site which doesn't mention the target keyword. I am now going to link to that page with the target keyword as the anchor.
This should show how google treats relevant anchor text from an off page source compared to the keyword density and actual relevance of the content on the page. This page already ranks for the target keyword - will that relevance go with the link juice even if the target URL doesn't have hardly any, if any mention of the target keyword?
That's what I'm trying to find out, as usual the target keyword is the ubiquitous x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto Which is a good test because only my few test sites rank for this ver specific keyword. I am still waiting for the high density 'Master of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto
' to rank to see how it compares to the lower density words, currently the rankings as stated in my first post are still standing. Let's see how this changes the situation.
This should show how google treats relevant anchor text from an off page source compared to the keyword density and actual relevance of the content on the page. This page already ranks for the target keyword - will that relevance go with the link juice even if the target URL doesn't have hardly any, if any mention of the target keyword?
That's what I'm trying to find out, as usual the target keyword is the ubiquitous x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto Which is a good test because only my few test sites rank for this ver specific keyword. I am still waiting for the high density 'Master of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto
' to rank to see how it compares to the lower density words, currently the rankings as stated in my first post are still standing. Let's see how this changes the situation.
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Experiment 1.
The results of this experiment first became visible on 12/10/2011.
The Hypothesis:
That a keyword density of around 2% was perfect for SEO.
The tools:
Blogger to create blogs with varying keyword density of a specific character which will not be repeated anywhere, SEO Quake Toolbar to measure the Keyword Density of the blogs and google to measure which density ranks higher.
No backlinking will be done - the content will be identically nonsensical, and won't be promoted anywhere - it will be a pure content only test.
The First Result:-
Having created the following blogs:-
The art of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto [Keyword Density: 1.95 % (359 words)]
The Method of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto [Keyword Density: 4.86% (370 words)]
The google rankings of these blogs are as follows (On 12/10/2011)
#1 The Method of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto [Created 29th Sep 2011-2:09]
#2 The art of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto [Created 29th Sep 2011-1:49]
So here we can see one of two possibilities - being created slightly earlier gives 'The Method' slightly more authority and relevance (unlikely). Or the Keyword Density of 4.86% trumps the Keyword Density of 1.95%
The question that remains is - does a higher Keyword Density than 4.86% give more relevance and authority or does it start to look spammy?
To test this I have created the 'Master of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto' blog with 332 words and a 6.93% density.
There are several more tests to be done - it could be that rankings are based on mentions, but high density flags a site as spammy. Once I've ran this test - I will write a much longer blog with a slightly less than optimal density but with a massive number of repeats - to see where that site gets placed.
Interestingly my main site for promotion, because it targets portable air conditioning and portable air conditioners has the highest density for portable air yet it doesn't rank at all? I've tried making a contextual link with that keyword - now we'll see if that has tipped the balance to make it index.
The Hypothesis:
That a keyword density of around 2% was perfect for SEO.
The tools:
Blogger to create blogs with varying keyword density of a specific character which will not be repeated anywhere, SEO Quake Toolbar to measure the Keyword Density of the blogs and google to measure which density ranks higher.
No backlinking will be done - the content will be identically nonsensical, and won't be promoted anywhere - it will be a pure content only test.
The First Result:-
Having created the following blogs:-
The art of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto [Keyword Density: 1.95 % (359 words)]
The Method of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto [Keyword Density: 4.86% (370 words)]
The google rankings of these blogs are as follows (On 12/10/2011)
#1 The Method of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto [Created 29th Sep 2011-2:09]
#2 The art of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto [Created 29th Sep 2011-1:49]
So here we can see one of two possibilities - being created slightly earlier gives 'The Method' slightly more authority and relevance (unlikely). Or the Keyword Density of 4.86% trumps the Keyword Density of 1.95%
The question that remains is - does a higher Keyword Density than 4.86% give more relevance and authority or does it start to look spammy?
To test this I have created the 'Master of x453gogjf94rturdrfglrkto' blog with 332 words and a 6.93% density.
There are several more tests to be done - it could be that rankings are based on mentions, but high density flags a site as spammy. Once I've ran this test - I will write a much longer blog with a slightly less than optimal density but with a massive number of repeats - to see where that site gets placed.
Interestingly my main site for promotion, because it targets portable air conditioning and portable air conditioners has the highest density for portable air yet it doesn't rank at all? I've tried making a contextual link with that keyword - now we'll see if that has tipped the balance to make it index.
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