{"id":483,"date":"2007-11-07T08:52:42","date_gmt":"2007-11-07T15:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/ask-scott\/how-many-times-are-you-allowed-to-repeat-a-keyword-in-the-header-tags-before-it-is-considered-spamming"},"modified":"2007-11-07T08:52:42","modified_gmt":"2007-11-07T15:52:42","slug":"how-many-times-are-you-allowed-to-repeat-a-keyword-in-the-header-tags-before-it-is-considered-spamming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/ask-scott\/how-many-times-are-you-allowed-to-repeat-a-keyword-in-the-header-tags-before-it-is-considered-spamming\/","title":{"rendered":"Repeat a keyword in the header tags?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"faq\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"faq_approve\" id=\"fr_11\">\r\n\t<p>Rating: +4<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<a href=\"#\" title=\"This answer is good\" onclick=\"faq_rate(6,11,0); return false\">\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"top\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/faq-tastic\/images\/positive.png\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" alt=\"Positive\"\/>\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n\t<a href=\"#\" title=\"This answer is bad\" onclick=\"faq_rate(6,11,1); return false\">\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"top\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/faq-tastic\/images\/negative.png\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" alt=\"Negative\"\/>\r\n\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\t\r\n\t<div class=\"answer\">\r\n\t\t<p>I would say there's no reason to ever repeat, although you can certainly use a similar phrase. If you have to ask yourself if it sounds spammy, then yeah, it probably does, and should be avoided.  writing should be natural for people to read. Don't write for the search engines, right for readers and the search engines will follow. <\/p>\n<p>Simply write a headline that accurately describes the page - I have an article devoted to <a href=\"http:\/\/pdxtc.com\/seo101\/scotts-articles\/organic-search\/header-tag-tips.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel= \"nofollow\"> header tag tips <\/a><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: +4 I would say there&#8217;s no reason to ever repeat, although you can certainly use a similar phrase. If you have to ask yourself if it sounds spammy, then yeah, it probably does, and should be avoided. writing should be natural for people to read. 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