Keyword Density

11 years ago

It depens on how many word your article has. You should not go over 3%. Otherwise you would get bad ideas because of overoptimisation.
Some people doing fine with 1% also.

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RyanLB

11 years ago

Typically people say 3.5%. Generally ... just read your article. Does it flow naturally? Does it SOUND like you are stuffing the keyword into the article for search purposes? Write for your audience. You'll rarely get above that 3.5% and your end results will be better from the traffic that does hit your page.

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irawr

Banned 11 years ago

Originally Posted by RyanLB

Typically people say 3.5%. Generally ... just read your article. Does it flow naturally? Does it SOUND like you are stuffing the keyword into the article for search purposes? Write for your audience. You'll rarely get above that 3.5% and your end results will be better from the traffic that does hit your page.

3.5% is extremely high. So 1 in every 28 words is your keyword? Google can figure out your keywords if you use them once.

Originally Posted by qwertzu

It depens on how many word your article has. You should not go over 3%. Otherwise you would get bad ideas because of overoptimisation.
Some people doing fine with 1% also.

Even 1% is sometimes unnatural. Google doesn't work off keyword density so, this stuff doesn't really help. Over optimization is a great way to get your site mauled by panda.

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Kherk Roldan

11 years ago

try this keyword density checker from seobook Free Keyword Density Analyzer Tool

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chyan007

Banned 11 years ago

It used to be a great topic before google Zoo animals stepped in ,I used to be very peculiar about Keyword density ,But now it is not of much relevance ,Try to write as naturally as possible without thinking much about keyword desnity,,After that check your keyword desnity it will be as perfect as it gets

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nichekick

11 years ago

1 to 2% is optimal. Anything higher can look unnatural and you will find most natural articles often hit around that mark. Don't "try" to put your keywords throughout the article..

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Tomas Lodén

11 years ago

Is keyword density really that important nowadays? Personally i think that the placement of your keywords matters far more than their frequency but that´s just me.. Btw, who says the optimal way to go is 1%, 2% or 3%? Where do you guys find these numbers? From google HQ or from blogs or sites selling seo products?

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a1Derek

11 years ago

This is something that has changed a lot over the last few years. I would say keep the density fairly low 1%'ish, but it is more about the overall subject matter. Big G likes to see extensive content that is media rich and covers a subject broadly. So, make sure the content stays on subject and use lots of different variations of the keywords / phrases, lots of long tail key phrases, LSI's and synonyms. You will then find you rank for a whole multitude of target and related terms. Simples.

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vafmiller

11 years ago

Originally Posted by a1Derek

This is something that has changed a lot over the last few years. I would say keep the density fairly low 1%'ish, but it is more about the overall subject matter. Big G likes to see extensive content that is media rich and covers a subject broadly. So, make sure the content stays on subject and use lots of different variations of the keywords / phrases, lots of long tail key phrases, LSI's and synonyms. You will then find you rank for a whole multitude of target and related terms. Simples.

After reading several articles from different "experts" in this matter, I totally agree with you...

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HCFGrizzly

11 years ago

I would say keeping it low, about 1% . Someone said 3.5%, I think that is a bit high. You should write your articles with the keywords in mind, but don`t overdo it. After you finish your article, read it a few times. Be critic about it, if you think that you overdid it, rewrite some parts because keywords should flow naturally.
Also, I think that the placement of keywords is more important than the number of them. Use keywords or variation of them in the title of the page, in headers or in the alt attribute of the images

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webdevpro

11 years ago

@a1Derek 's suggestion is great and the keywords density should be near 1% (not a strict rule) and you can use synonyms to create keyword diversification. But in special cases like in classified sites sometimes the keyword density of the searched terms reache 70%+ and they still ranked high in SERPs.

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nupur1

11 years ago

# of repeats of the keyword / total number of words on the page * 100 = Keyword Density

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TotalWebsiteControl

11 years ago

Probably around 0.5% keyword density in a 400 word article i would say. And use a few LSI keywords with that also. This isn't an exact science but having to high keyword density can set off alarms... also known as keyword stuffing.

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AmberWhite

11 years ago

Its about total number of words in your content, as per google algorithm you should use only 4% of keywords in whole content in your web page, beyond that limit results in keyword stuffing & it will be considered as spamming.

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Shreyasingh

11 years ago

As per the rules of Google algorithm the keyword density would be around 1% to 2% within an article and a website as well. Excess insertion of keyword would violate the rules of Google and it will not be effective for getting good rank in Google search engine easily.

Adding different keywords within your website is also helpful to get it ranked in different search engines easily.

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devidweb 11 years ago

I used to be peculiar about Keyword density, Try to write as naturally as possible without thinking much about keyword density, Your keyword density must be less then 3%. To find out the percentage you must install one very usefull plugin called WordPress SEO Yoast
- it will give a lot of valuable advices including keyword density
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nupur1

11 years ago

Its about total number of words in your content upon total number of keyword that you use multiply by 100. Your keyword density must be less then 3%

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Steve Mark42

11 years ago

1% will be fine and also use this keyword in just starting of the content that will be far enough.

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adityapradhan

11 years ago

As per Google’s recommended keyword density ranges from 1-2%. You don’t need to really count if you have a 2% ratio in order to rank well.

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DABK

11 years ago

And you know that because Google's algorithm's angel came to you in your dreams and told you what the algorithm was?

Originally Posted by Shreyasingh

As per the rules of Google algorithm the keyword density would be around 1% to 2% within an article and a website as well. Excess insertion of keyword would violate the rules of Google and it will not be effective for getting good rank in Google search engine easily.

Adding different keywords within your website is also helpful to get it ranked in different search engines easily.

Why must it be less than 3%? What if it comes at 4.1% when you write the article normally, without thinking about keyword density?

Originally Posted by nupur1

Its about total number of words in your content upon total number of keyword that you use multiply by 100. Your keyword density must be less then 3%

Google talks to you? You're Brin's best pal? How the heck do you know?

Originally Posted by adityapradhan

As per Google's recommended keyword density ranges from 1-2%. You don't need to really count if you have a 2% ratio in order to rank well.

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DABK 11 years ago

OP: how many times do you end up using the keyword if you didn't pay attention to keyword density? That's how many times you should use it.

Using it 2 times in a 300-word article can be keyword stuffing. If it belongs every time, it's not keyword-stuffing, no matter how many times you use it.

If it doesn't really belong, it's keyword stuffing even if you use it only 2 or 3 times in a thousand or two thousand or 20,000 words.
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william17

11 years ago

The keyword density mostly depends upon the total word count of your article. There is a limit for keyword density that has to be included within the articles. It should range anywhere between 1% to 3% and not more than that.

Including more keywords within the article will make readers and search engines feel that websites are doing it just for the sake of improving the search rankings rather than providing readers with relevant information.