Gs keyword density tool

[willthegeek]

This may have been asked a gazillion times, but I didn't see it anywhere.

I noticed that in the keyword tool words 3 letters or less in length are ignored. Thus a word like 'web' would be ignored.

Changing it to two letters has no effect, however.

Does anyone know if this is also true when the site is being spidered? Are small keywords ignored?

Thanks

WTG

Hello willthegeek,

Google does ignore certain common words and characters such as "where" and "how", as well as certain single digits and single letters, because they tend to slow down your search without improving the results. Google will indicate if a common word has been excluded by displaying details on the results page below the search box.

If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to include a space before the "+" sign.)

Another method for doing this is conducting a phrase search, which simply means putting quotation marks around two or more words. Common words in a phrase search (e.g., "where are you") are included in the search.

I hope this helps.