is this a keyword Stuffing?

[asimkhaliq]

Hi,
I am working on a website for lab coats, this site is under construction. Please visit one of my internal page as home page is not updatedhttp://justlabcoats.com/medical-lab-coats.aspx. Now if you guys can view my left bar I am using different categories but all of my links have the word lab coats, Do u guys think, its a keyword stuffing or i can use lab coats as many times as I want. The product I am using is generally lab coat thats why I am using one word again and again. Please give me some valuable advice.

Thanks

[just-trying-to-help]

It depends on who you are optimizing for, it may work for Yahoo,MSN etc but I don't think it will work for Google.

Google is a science when it comes to internal linking.

As long as the Index page is optimized for Lab Coats, Google knows the rest of the site is about Lab Coats.(In Theory)

As the competition is mild (less than 2,000,000 results for "lab coats") the index(and interior pages) should not be over-optimized as it will lead to a sure demise.
The links should be labeled "Men's", "Women's", "Embroidered" etc and the interior pages should be H1 "Men's Lab Coats", "Women's Lab Coats", "Embroidered Lab Coats".
That will surely help you much more than over-optimizing.

Good Luck

[asimkhaliq]

Thanks for you advice, I will look in to this now another question regarding the same issue. I am using my page name as "medical-lab-coats.aspx" for medical lab coats page and same for all other pages, What you think about the page names, should I use the page name as my keyword i.e medical-lab-coats.aspx or should I use only medical.aspx

Thanks in advance

[just-trying-to-help]

Fortunately, when you are optimizing for Google, it is irrelevant whether you are using keywords in the URL or not as Google uses many techniques to build their index. I have seen many spammy sites in the top 10 and also have seen many sites in the top 10 with only 1 mention of the keyword on the page.
WHY? because Google uses incoming links and age of sites more than they use keywords.

I would suggest using the complete name in the url to get Yahoo and MSN traffic. They take it into consideration much more than Google.

#1 rule to remember, build your sites for the surfers and Google will come...

[ctabuk]

The tags look fine

[asimkhaliq]

ctabuk Wrote

The tags look fine

You meant if I am using Medical Lab coats rather than medical and so on for other categories, or you are saying that use medical for category name and medical-lab-coats.aspx for URL.Please give little more explanation

[ctabuk]

Hi, you asked if you were keyword stuffing - you are not - I'll have a good look around the site tomorrow - but it's finishing time here. See you tomorrow David

[asimkhaliq]

Thanks for your advice I will look forward for your site analysis.

[Webnauts]

I am afraid that you have a too high keyword density:

1. coats 11.69%
2. lab 11.29%
3. lab coats 10.48%

Try to keep your keyword density between 3%-6%.

You can get some help using our tool here: http://www.seoworkers.com/search-eng.../analyzer.html

[asimkhaliq]

Thanks for your reply, Thats what my concern is, I am using lab coats again and again bcaz i am trying to define my category but I know it will increase my KW density. So what will be your suggestion for reducing my KW intensity

[Webnauts]

1. Get rid of this in your breadcrumbs: Lab Coats Home
That should be Home.

2. Create in your navigation sub categories using header tags i.e <h2>, <h3> or so ever, defining their font sizes, weight, etc with CSS.

[asimkhaliq]

I have update my left navigational bar now KW density looks fine but what If I am using graphics instead of text link , does it make difference or it will be OK for my internal linking of pages.

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by asimkhaliq

I have update my left navigational bar now KW density looks fine but what If I am using graphics instead of text link , does it make difference or it will be OK for my internal linking of pages.

I could not see the graphics. Or did I miss something?

[ctabuk]

Now that I've had time to look - it's in the categories section - cotton lab coats - nylon lab coats - over and over again - the tags are fine - but the SE's read pages as well -Webnauts is correct.

[incrediblehelp]

Still not a big believer in KD. If your writing for the end user and it doesn't look like your keyword stuffing then your fine. I wouldn't waste my time evaluating keyword density for a minute.

[asimkhaliq]

incrediblehelp, you are right, dont care about KD but still search engine may seen this as stuffing. I have about 25 category pages and i am using lab coats again and again. I know its better for surfers to understand what it is but i dont want to take any risk as search engine ranking is key. I was trying to submit one of my site to yahoo paid inclusion and on my home page I describe what I am offereing but yahoo people said you are stuffing your keywords. I told them its not stuffing but describing what I am selling and as of today I am still facing the same problem. Here I have to mention this also that I am #1 on yahoo for my main keyword for past 3 years for that specific site.

[Webnauts]

We also test manually KD using a screen reader, to check if the content is user friendly.

For example, think about how often a a blind user should hear again and again the word "lab coats" going through your previous made navigation.

Golden rule: Optimize for humans and not for machines.