KEYWORD_STUFFING Error Spam & metadata gaming

SEO/keyword-stuffed title

A title names the work. Three or more search terms outside parentheses (genre, mood, format, use case, audience, venue, topic or year) are a description written for search, not a title.

Severity
Error
Field
track_title
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Titles
Rule ID
KEYWORD_STUFFING
§ 01

How the checker tests it

Counts words from the MSG concept classes outside parentheses and flags three or more.

Fix. Use the work’s real title.

§ 02

Examples

lofi beats to study relax sleep 2026 Fails KEYWORD_STUFFING Use the actual song title; put mood/genre in genre field
Relaxing Piano Music Passes
Music For Kittens To Sleep Passes
The Purring Hour Passes
Gypsy Jazz Caravan Passes

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§ 03

Try it

lofi GENRE beats FORMAT to study USE-CASE relax USE-CASE sleep USE-CASE 2026 YEAR
Reads as a description, not a title 6 search terms
KEYWORD_STUFFING SEO/keyword-stuffed title Use the work’s real title
ALL_CAPS No ALL CAPS / all lowercase titles Lofi Beats To Study Relax Sleep 2026

No formatting fix turns this into a title. Name the work: a person, a place, an object or a coined word.

Pattern EP-8 Instructional pattern. Guidance from the MSG standard; the identity test isn't automated yet.

§ 05

Cite this rule

Metadata Style Guidelines (2026). KEYWORD_STUFFING: SEO/keyword-stuffed title. https://www.metadatastyleguidelines.com/rules/keyword-stuffing

https://www.metadatastyleguidelines.com/rules/keyword-stuffing