{"id":10227,"date":"2015-08-31T12:54:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-31T19:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-crowdcontent.com\/?p=10227"},"modified":"2021-04-28T08:55:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:55:57","slug":"stop-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crowdcontent.com\/resources\/writer\/university\/seo-keywords\/stop-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Stop Words<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stop words are words that search engines don\u2019t consider because they\u2019re so common. They can be your best friend or worst enemy, so let\u2019s look at how to use them effectively. Here is a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.link-assistant.com\/seo-stop-words.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">list of stop words<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Dangers: Stop Words in Titles<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because titles are brief phrases, clogging them with stop words detracts from what you\u2019re trying to say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Bad: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Worrying <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">About<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Keyword Density, Focus <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">on<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Content<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Better:<\/span><\/strong> Content Trumps Keyword Density<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Bad: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She\u2019ll<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Really<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Love <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Eco-Friendly Nail Polish<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Better: <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">!<\/span> Eco-Friendly Nail Polish <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">by<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Company Name<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the first example, I removed all stop words because I could easily do so. In the second example, the title sounded best with some stop words, so I left some in. In both cases, though, <\/span><b>I removed all unnecessary stop words<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Benefits: Stop Words in Sentences<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Unlike titles, your sentences aren\u2019t limited to a handful of words, so <\/span><b>you can use stop words without worrying about them detracting from your keywords<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Of course, you should still cut all unnecessary words, but stop words aren\u2019t always unnecessary. In fact, stop words can help you incorporate your keywords. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I gave an example in <\/span><a title=\"Natural Keyword Integration\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdcontent.com\/resources\/writer\/university\/seo-keywords\/natural-keyword-integration\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Natural Keyword Integration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of breaking up an awkward keyword phrase with a stop word. Situations like that are the best way to use stop words to your benefit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Bad:<\/span><\/strong> Our best choice for young homeowners. This kitchen pots set under $100.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Better:<\/span><\/strong> Our best choice for young homeowners. This kitchen pots set <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> under $100.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because search engines don\u2019t pay attention to the word \u201cis\u201d, including a stop word doesn\u2019t affect our keyword \u201ckitchen pots set under $100\u201d. However, the keyword does give us a grammatical sentence, which is what readers want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn More:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.iit.edu\/iit_web\/2013\/04\/29\/seo-the-evil-stop-words\/\">Illinois Institute of Technology: Evil Stop Words<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop Words Stop words are words that search engines don\u2019t consider because they\u2019re so common. They can be your best friend or worst enemy, so let\u2019s look at how to use them effectively. Here is a list of stop words. The Dangers: Stop Words in Titles Because titles are brief phrases, clogging them with stop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stop Words | Crowd Content<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stop Words Stop words are words that search engines don\u2019t consider because they\u2019re so common. 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