how to calculate keyword density and backlink question

[freddy smith]

Hi warriors, i have tried to find the same post with my question, but cannot found

i am wonder, how to calculate keyword density

let say i have keyword "make huge money online" and my article's words is 450, and that keyword appeared 4 times , so it's true i calculate

4 times appeared X 4 words / 450 = 4 X 4 /450 = 0.035 density.
i think this wrong.

and other question is about backlink, can i get backlink to my blogspot, squidoo,ezinearticle.wordpress,weebly or backlink is just for website.com or net or else.
i also wonder about this.

thank

[marlonjbroussard]

Freddy,

Question 1: The whole phrase is your keyword, so it would only be 4/450

Your keywords should flow naturally in your content, and not appear to be forcefully added... this is what the spiders really look for.

Question 2: Backlink all your content... You are creating your own semantic web... It is a very powerful strategy.

[tom4business]

Hey Freddy,

Keyword density is the percentage of times a keyword or phrase appears on your article compared to the total number of words on the article.

Here, if your keyword appear 4 times in a 450 word article, keyword density would be 4/450 = 0.888%

Now, about backlinks... You should try and build backlinks to those pages which you would want to appear in the google's first page. Obviously, you should be able to generate money out of these pages.

It could be your website, a Squidoo Lens or an article published in Goarticles.com.



Hope this helps
Tom

Originally Posted by freddy smith

Hi warriors, i have tried to find the same post with my question, but cannot found

i am wonder, how to calculate keyword density

let say i have keyword "make huge money online" and my article's words is 450, and that keyword appeared 4 times , so it's true i calculate

4 times appeared X 4 words / 450 = 4 X 4 /450 = 0.035 density.
i think this wrong.

and other question is about backlink, can i get backlink to my blogspot, squidoo,ezinearticle.wordpress,weebly or backlink is just for website.com or net or else.
i also wonder about this.

thank

[freddy smith]

Originally Posted by marlonjbroussard

Freddy,

Question 1: The whole phrase is your keyword, so it would only be 4/450

Your keywords should flow naturally in your content, and not appear to be forcefully added... this is what the spiders really look for.

.

i found this infomation

"Your keyword density is a percentage which is calculated by dividing the times your key word is on your website over how many words are on your website. So, lets say you have a website about fishing. On your home page, you have 200 words, and the word fishing is displayed 12 times, your keyword density for fishing would then be 6%. "

Calculating Your Keyword Density

this diffrent with what you tell

[freddy smith]

Originally Posted by tom4business

Hey Freddy,

Keyword density is the percentage of times a keyword or phrase appears on your article compared to the total number of words on the article.

Here, if your keyword appear 4 times in a 450 word article, keyword density would be 4/450 = 0.888%


Tom

you say single keyword and not a exact phrase "make huge money online" , right.?

[tom4business]

Hey Freddy,

Let's keep it simple

Your keyword = "make huge money online"
No. of times keyword appeared in the article = 4
No. of words in the article = 450

Your keyword density= No. of times keyword appeared in the article / No. of words in the article

which is 4 / 450

Tom

Originally Posted by freddy smith

you say single keyword and not a exact phrase "make huge money online" , right.?

[Zeus66]

The keyword is the single word OR full phrase you're targeting. We just use the catch-all term "keyword" to denote both.

For example, if you're targeting "make huge money online" then that is one keyword. Calculate density by how many times that full phrase appears in your copy with each word appearing in that exact order.

What can make things a bit more tricky is how many other times you use the individual words within that phrase in your copy. If the word "money" is used several other times, for example, that might have some bearing on how it's taken into account by the search engines in the overall scheme of things.

Which leads to another aspect of on-page SEO (what you're really talking about here)...

It's a wise idea to employ basic LSI, which stands for Latent Semantic Indexing in your copy. In practice, all you need to know about this factor is that it means you need to use related words and root words in your copy in a natural way. So, instead of using the word "money" when it appears by itself (not in the phrase you're targeting), you should use words like "monies," "income," "cash," etc.

Employing LSI helps the search engines (well, Google at least) better pinpoint the theme(s) being discussed in your content. The reasoning here is that the better you're able to convey accurately what a page of content is about, the better your rankings will be when people search for information closely related to that content. It's not the most important factor... I personally believe very strongly that backlinks still rule for that.... but on-page factors do make a significant difference.

Bottom line: use your keyword phrase naturally and don't stress over hitting a particular density level. But do spend some time building a list of related words for each individual word in your phrase and try to weave them into your content naturally. It takes practice, but I can tell you from lots of direct experience that it does make a difference.

John

[timer]

Nice clear answers to the question. Personally I don't try to calculate percentages, I just aim to mention the keyword phrase once per hundred words and add in some variations on a theme if it fits. But I agree it must read right or the effectivness is lost.

[viralim]

I find calculating keyword density is useful. A safe range is around 5% give or take a few percentage points. You can also use simple software to do this calculation for you.