Can using typos be considered as "spam"

[galide]

Quoting from a different "thread", kgun suggest that targetting typos as "keywords" may be considered as spam. This was a bit off topic, and think the point deserves a thread on its own.

The point is not what "advanced xsl" is about really, but the number of people who wonder what the heck "advanced xsl" is all about. Get about 30 hits a day for this phrase.

but this is a bit off topic, isn't it?

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Still my bolding.

Sounds like spam to me.

If it is discovered by Google, you may get zero hits from them a day

I don't think that using typos (on purpose or not) can be considered as spam. If I search for "brtney spears", and someone has mispelled it this way in a relevant article about britney spears, and subsequently rank well for these keywords, why should it be considered as spam?

Manu

[kgun]

But if I searced for

"advanced xsl"

I would not use a SE that consistantly produced a story (hit) about Britney Spears.

P.S.
Wrong spelling of word was (is still?) an element in (... hat) SEO.

You may spell Yahoo and Google with one o. Domains with those names would naturally get many hits.

[galide]

I think you are fighting the wrong battle here kgun, the post is a genuine reference to this article. And you have caught the wrong fish in your net . But the question about whether targeting typo can be penalised or not is still valid though.

In regards to using typos for SEO, I believe it is a genuine method which has nothing to do with so-called "black hat" techniques. You are simply helping Google driving people to the right content, even if they have misspelled their search query.

And if you are using Google adwords for instance, the suggestion tool will provide you with misspelled keywords as recommendations. Since Google implicitly recommends to target misspelled keywords in your CPC campaigns, I don't see why they would prevent webmasters doing exactly the same thing in natural search listing.

Manu
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[Martinscholes]

And which of these words is not spelt correctly? Colour, color, defence, defense, organisation, organization?

[galide]

according Spelling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, none of them.

[Dubbya]

And which of these words is not spelt correctly? Colour, color, defence, defense, organisation, organization?

"spelt" is not "spelled" correctly.

[mattholsonback@mac.com]

Typos and/or misspelled words are legitimate tools all day long.

[subhzash]

But if I searced for

"advanced xsl"

I would not use a SE that consistantly produced a story (hit) about Britney Spears.

P.S.
Wrong spelling of word was (is still?) an element in (... hat) SEO.

You may spell Yahoo and Google with one o. Domains with those names would naturally get many hits.

What is typos?? I don't know will you please tell me??

[galide]

What is typos?? I don't know will you please tell me??

Please see Wikipedia link posted above. Definition is on there.

Manu

[galide]

Typos and/or misspelled words are legitimate tools all day long.

Agree