Official Google answers to common SEO questions

Question:

Is there a way to tell Google bots to exclude recurring words on a website such as "leave comment" or "print page" when indexing in order to improve the keyword density?

Google's Matt Cutts answers:

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Answered: 20 April 2010. Views: 732.

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