word spamming
<World-Wide Web, information science> Repeating a word many times in a
web page, in a (usually futile) attempt to increase its relevance ranking in a
search engine's index (to "spam" the index).
"Repeating a word over and over in a Web page (known as word spamming) has no
effect on the [page's] ranking [in the index]." -- Altavista FAQ.
See also spamdex.
(1997-04-09)
Nearby terms:
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spamming » WordTech » word wrap » workaround
