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    Google Sitemap Keyword Relevance

    I use the current Google Sitemap generator by vbseo and I am very please with it. I have notice something in my sitemap though that I think needs to be addressed. When viewing the sitemap in Google it gives a handy dandy graph of my keyword relevance and the first one is spot-on but the second says THREAD--as in my forum thread link.

    Is there a way to eliminate that so my real keywords can shine through?

    My site is Computer Repair Forums

    Thanks in advance.

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    We all have these in our keywords. post, thread, last post by, etc are all just common words in the templates. I'm pretty sure google is smart enough to realize that these are common 'stop words' and they really don't have much ranking power.

    If it did, searching for 'post' should turn up nothing but forums, right?
    post - Google Search

    "thread"
    thread - Google Search

    not a single forum on the first page for either query.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey View Post
    We all have these in our keywords. post, thread, last post by, etc are all just common words in the templates. I'm pretty sure google is smart enough to realize that these are common 'stop words' and they really don't have much ranking power.

    If it did, searching for 'post' should turn up nothing but forums, right?
    post - Google Search

    "thread"
    thread - Google Search

    not a single forum on the first page for either query.
    That's a really goood trick. I'd never thought they were stop words.

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    But I have the same and all the forums on 4.0 has the same, even if you can see the code is marks the posts and threads to the H4 headers.
    Why not to give the oportunity to replace this " relevant" words with the words you wish? The real words in that case will not be hidden

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    There's no logical word to replace things like 'post' 'forum' 'thread' with niche keywords just to stuff the bots. Google in fact states NOT to do this, as a site should be designed for human use first and foremost.
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    I'am wondered why the H headers tags pointed to the thread /post/ forum word instead of it's name?

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