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What is the Reccomended Keyword Density for a Site?

by redstanford
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my site apparently has way too high of a density of keywords, like i'm talking 10%+.

what is the ideal % to avoid being labeled a spam site?
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  • Profile picture of the author n_touch
    You want to be somewhere between 2-3%. I know that everyone on here will have varying opinions on this and that is mine. You have to keep in mind that you are not only writing for the search engines, but that you are also writing for your visitors. The higher that you go in the percentage, the worse you are going to sound to someone that is looking at your site. It does you nothing if your visitors start to read and just leave because it is full of keywords and not useful information.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rough Outline
    3% to 5%. That's what I've found to be the most effective.
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  • Profile picture of the author strategic seo services
    Originally Posted by redstanford View Post

    my site apparently has way too high of a density of keywords, like i'm talking 10%+.

    what is the ideal % to avoid being labeled a spam site?
    You shouldn't go over 3%. I've found that my sites rank best for keywords when the keyword density is between 1.5-2%.
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  • Profile picture of the author garyseo786
    i do not prefer more than 2%
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  • Profile picture of the author crismanaon
    I like keyword density 2-3%, if we talk to ezine article than it not accept more than 2% article content.
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  • Profile picture of the author nicktyler
    I would agree with 3%-5% if you have not got alot of text on the page (like a landing page with intro text and a few links into your site) and a bit less for pages that are mostly content and text.
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    • Profile picture of the author TheArticlePros
      If you have trouble figuring out your percentages, there are several WP plugins you can use that will automatically calculate it for you and tell you if you're in a good range or not. I've heard a lot of people talk about SEOPressor before, but it was out of my price range, so I kept looking until I found another one called BloggerHigh (100% free, just had to give up an email address to get it). You have to be careful and turn off the attribution in the options or it will leave an ugly hyperlink underneath your footer, though.

      The Wordpress SEO by Yoast also has a nifty keyword analyzer...I use this along with the BloggerHigh plugin to get the best results. They both agree with the other posters here...2.5%-5% seems to be about right.
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      • Profile picture of the author sunnychakes
        It's better to keep a range between 2-3%. More keywords not only give your content a spammy look but can also be considered as bad from your sites' visitors perspective!
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  • Profile picture of the author faceblogger
    I keep around 2% always
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    • Profile picture of the author redstanford
      do these percentages include with meta tags, title and body of text?
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