Keyword Density Guide

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The following article about keyword density is written by me. I wrote this article so that members of Warrior Forum would have a clear understanding about keyword density. Hope you find it useful.


Keyword Density


Keyword density is defined as the number of times that a particular keyword has appeared in an article. Adding relevant keywords in an article help in search engine optimization or SEO but you should never ever add too much of a particular keyword in an article as your website would get punished from search engines such as Google or Yahoo for keyword stuffing. You may have wondered how many a particular keyword in an article would constitute as keyword stuffing. The following article would help to answer your question.

Keyword density is expressed as a percentage of the total word count in a particular article.

An example is you have written an article that contains 100 words and you use a certain keyword 3 times in the article. Thus, the keyword density of the article is gotten by dividing the total number of keywords by the total number of words in the article and then multiply the answer by 100 so as to get the answer in percentage. So in this case, (3/100) x100 = 3%. Thus, the keyword density of the article is 3%.

In order to get your article indexed by search engines, the rule of thumb is to have a keyword density of between 3% to 5% is acceptable and anything more than that and your article would probably get low ranking on search engine results page (SERP) or your article or your whole website may even be banned from displaying on search engine results page (SERP)

You can use a keyword density tool to help you to calculate how many particular keywords that you have in your article. Below are 5 keyword density checker tool that I recommend.
Keyword Density - SEO Tools - Search Engine Optimization, Google Optimization
Keyword Density Checker - Keyword Cloud
Keyword Density Analyzer tool for search engine optimization and internet marketing experts
http://www.keyworddensitytools.com/
Keyword Density Checker

I hope the article that I have written would help you to understand about the ideal percentage of a particular keyword that should appear in your articles.
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  • Profile picture of the author Holmstrom
    Hi John, I think this topic is so underestimate that most of us just ignore it.
    I will grab one of those tools.
    thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Jennycall
    Originally Posted by JohnHYW View Post

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    I hope the article that I have written would help you to understand about the ideal percentage of a particular keyword that should appear in your articles.


    Thanks for sharing.
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  • Profile picture of the author david87
    Its very necessary to take care of keyword density on page's content.Because now a days,content is playing very important role for search engine ranking so we should optimize content carefully and never underestimate keyword density.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnHYW
      Originally Posted by david87 View Post

      Its very necessary to take care of keyword density on page's content.Because now a days,content is playing very important role for search engine ranking so we should optimize content carefully and never underestimate keyword density.
      I totally agree with what you have said and that's why I have written this article to help my fellow Warrior Forum members know more about keyword density.
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