Keyword Density Guide
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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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