How many article keywords should an article have for the best search engine ranking?

[ekxstores]

And does this vary among the major search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo?

Thanks in advance...

[Clint Faber]

Hopefully you accept my guidance and expertise in this keyword, topic. It's really up to you.

Focus on one short keyword and three longtail keywords

Hopefully this helps if you have any questions and do not know what this means Just let me know and I can go more in depth.

[Cru]

Originally Posted by ekxstores

And does this vary among the major search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo?

Thanks in advance...

It is my understanding that your keyword density should be between 2.5% to 4%. This makes it relevant enough for search engines to rank you and not so concentrated that the search engines consider it spam.

[Miguelito203]

Originally Posted by ekxstores

And does this vary among the major search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo?

Thanks in advance...

No, it doesn't vary. I use my main keyword about once for every 100 words. I also use related keyword phrases as sub headings and variations of the keywords throughout the body of my article so that it looks natural. If you use your keyword too much, it looks like spamming. When you write an article or review, there are a number of key phrases that the searches look for and expect to see associated with your topic as a whole as well. Keywords are just one component on your on-page SEO.

Joey

[Alexa Smith]

Originally Posted by Cru

It is my understanding that your keyword density should be between 2.5% to 4%.

That's a great misunderstanding!

At Ezine Articles, for example, if your keyword density gets as high as 2%, your article will (rightly!) get an automated rejection from their software, without even getting as far as being read by a human editor. There are reasons for that. Two main ones ...

(i) Ezine Articles does what Google likes, and if Google likes that, so should you (especially if you're writing for SEO, which is a weird thing to do but apparently what you're referring to), and you should make sure your own keyword density never gets as high as 2%;

(ii) They know that if you use your major keyword as often as twice in every hundred words, your article's going to be "clunky" and "look silly" and be difficult to read. And they're right about that, too.

1% is plenty.

It's much better to write for people than for search engines.

However well SEO'd an article is, you're not going to make much money from it if nobody reads it all the way through. And if you have a keyword density of 2.5% - 4% (!!!) they certainly won't, because it'll be almost unreadable!

[ekxstores]

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

It's much better to write for people than for search engines.

However well SEO'd an article is, you're not going to make much money from it if nobody reads it all the way through. And if you have a keyword density of 2.5% - 4% (!!!) they certainly won't, because it'll be almost unreadable!

Great point. I would like to be able to write for both people and Search engines.

[lalitbansal004]

Always use Article With Keyword Density less than 2% and Use Longtail keywords Because I give you example Like that:-

If your website is about Seo.than use

Cheap Seo Services
Seo Services in India
So this is Your Long tail keywords If you Target These Keywords in starting then it is also benficial for SEO services(small tail keyword)

Thanks.

[habibicollection]

your keyword density should be between 2.5% to 5%
dave

[oxenam]

Thanks Alexa and Lalitbansal. I will keep this in mind when I have some artides written.

[Morningwalker]

It should be 2% to 3%. I mean to say, if you have 100 words in your article then 2 or 3 keywords should be there to get more for your website.

[I webs design]

Yeah, I agree.

Keep kw density around 2%-2.5% and your article will naturally have related kw's in it as well if its a quality article.

[OliviaSSLGuru]

Being Article Marketing Industry part since 6 years, as per my knowledge that 3 key phrases for each article is the best option to get the better and the most effective result out of article marketing.

[santi]

Originally Posted by habibicollection

your keyword density should be between 2.5% to 5%
dave

If you have 5% keyword density then what do you think will happen to your site if your rankings trigger a manual review?
I personally would go for lower- about 1% plus use LSI keywords in the articles as well.
santiago