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Rhonda Falls

9 Years Ago

Key Words, Tags, Word Stuffing...what's The Difference?

I am working on tightening up my content and key words. I am frustrated. Maybe I read too much. Some information says use lots of key words and include phrases and plurals. However I have read several articles that call the use of several variations of a key word either word stuffing or spam and says that this type of usage can work for you instead of against you. How do you handle all these analytic changes?

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Jeffrey Campbell

9 Years Ago

The key to effective keywording is to use all the terms – and only the terms – that are clearly conveyed by the content and context of the image. When keywording your files, take care to include terms that describe the main content, what it's doing, where it is, what concepts it conveys in your image, and how the image is composed.

 

Rhonda Falls

9 Years Ago

That makes sense to me Jeffrey. I appreciate the feedback. So for example if I use the key word children I could also use kids. Or would that be redundancy?


 

Roy Pedersen

9 Years Ago

Don't forget to also use all the words if they are spelt differently like color and colour.
American English and English also have different words for the same thing like sidewalk and pavement and on a car trunk and boot mean the same

 

Jeffrey Campbell

9 Years Ago

Children (assuming a group of kids - what age?)

children, kids, youths, child, young adults, young teens, teens, teenagers, young, youthful,

What are they doing? (examples)

kids playing, children praying, kids laughing, teens smiling, children crying, teenagers jumping

 

See My Photos

9 Years Ago

I often find too many images not related to what I am searching for here!

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Rhonda Falls

9 Years Ago

@Roy--Wow! That really is a very good tip. I never thought of how important that is. Art is universal and key words should have a universal appeal. Twitter has a new app that allows you to communicate with people who speak different languages. So even if you don't understand Spanish (for example). You can actually have a conversation with someone who admires your work without having to hit the "Translation" key. The app translates for you. I really like the point you make about American English and English. I really need to go back a rework the key words on this site.
@Jeffrey--I know it seems basic but for people like me who really are trying to get it right, I appreciate you breaking it down on a elementary level. You are always very helpful and much appreciated by me.

 

Janine Riley

9 Years Ago

Rhonda - keyword spamming is calling a dog a Dalmatian or a Wolf when it is not .
Nor is it the Eiffel tower, the Grand canyon , a dolphin or a bouquet of Roses.

Most of them are quite obvious, & just a waste of time.

When was the last time you looked up to purchase a Dalmatian: found a dog, but purchased a bouquet of Roses instead. Probably not. Lol

 

Bradford Martin

9 Years Ago

Dont worry about what you read in articles. They mostly are talking about Google . That does not apply to the Faa search. Also keywords in an article about search engines and SEO is not the same meaning of "keywords" on FAA which is really a search "tag". Use all search tags that apply. The search engine will not return synonyms so you have to use all synonyms. That differs from some other sites that can return synonyms. Recently FAA started recognizing plurals so you dont need to put them in but it wont hurt. In Jeffery's example above it is right to use all synonyms but you only need to add the word "playing" once. Faa will match words to make phrases. However you can use the words singularly or and /or in phrases if you wish. There may be some advantage to an exact match on a phrase if you think it will be a common search. Otherwise using the words by themselves will suffice to get a match on a phrase.
Using a keyword multiple times in a tag section is not keyword stuffing. Keyword stuffing is using a word multiple times in an blog, article or description and search engines will sometimes penalize for that. Don't let worries about keyword stuffing restrict your tags. Use all the words that apply. Do a bit of research on your subject matter and pay attention to regional differences in language. Use specific words as well as general and use location tags if it applies.

Finding something that is not what you are looking for in a search does not mean the search is broken or that spamming has occurred. Search engines are not mind readers.

 

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