keyword density

Could you please advise the optimal keyword density for the text placed at a web page? I am afraid to overuse keywords in the text in order not to be panished by Google!

 

Well atmost 7%. Its not useful in ranking though. But overdoing it can hurt SERPS. Don't concentrate on this much.

 

What is the maximum limit for keyword density?

 

There i s no hard and fast rule but try to keep it under 7-8% or you can be penalised for keyword spamming. But really tou should keep it between 3-5%.

Just use the keyword a couple of timews in the text, title, h1 and it will do fine. Try to use it in the first paragraph rather than in the later ones. Also if possible start the paragraph with the keyword.

But maintain a balance and don't overuse it.

Hope that helps.

Thanks.

 

Keyword density is worthless now a days, better to have your fresh an unique content which plays major role to get listed on top of serp's.

 

Keyword density between 3-7%

 

Check this great article:
http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/seo-blog/index.php/keyword-density-seo-myth/
This will explain everything you are looking for !!

 

I agree with you, having good content and proper optimized title and meta description enough to get your website on higher place.

 

Exactly Friends

read very good article is The Keyword Density of Non-Sense. by DR. E. Garcia

www.e-marketing-news.co.uk/Mar05/garcia.html

Don't do stuffing with your valuable keywords ,use properly.

Thanks
John

 

Trying to write content pages naturally may be the best answer to your question. Search engines can notice how you are writing, for your web visitors or them.

 

ok, thanks, having taken into account all advices I came to the conclusion the optimal keyword density for a web page text should be 5-7%, I will update my web site soon providing users with fresh an unique content!

 

don't try that specific word but try to search some related words and them in your content , that will be better .

 

Just make the content user friendly....
Don't worry about the density, just ensure the keywords are in <title>, content, nav links and linked text

 

Forget about the keyword density and try to write unique content for your site visitors only and the search engines will follow
The old school #1 role = Content is the King and Links is the Queen

 

Kw density--- 3-7%
But new contain effects more...so dnt thing abt KW density...thnk abt contain

 

Write your content with keywords in mind, but don't use a keyword so much that it interferes with the readability of the page. Even if it were possible for a 7% keyword dense web page to rank well, you don't want to scare away your new visitors when they arrive.

I have hundreds of top ranking keywords (one of my sites has more than 900 keywords in the top20 results of google), but I avoid any ideas of keyword density when I write my copy.

I prefer to approach writing with the concept of "keyword spread", which is a term I have never seen anyone else use. Keyword Spread assumes that there are very similar keywords that mean roughly the same thing. For example: website, web site, websites, web sites, site, sites, domain, url, web page, homepage, etc.

Note: In Yahoo and MSN, plurals are treated as the same as the singular keywords. But in Google, singular and plural are treated differently, as distinct keywords with different serps.

If you write a page to cover a nice range of keywords through the Keyword Spread concept, you can start to see your web page rank better not only for individual keywords, but also for the full spread of keywords.

 

I have always used the guideline of no more than 10%. This has usually worked very well for me.

 

I do more or less the same as linksandtraffic - make sure the page stays focussed on the subject. Otherwise, you are best to forget about keyword density altogether, and just write what people want to read.

I did an analysis recently of a lot of my pages to try and understand why some rated very well and others rated very badly, and keyword density was one of the things I looked at. As long as the word appeared in the title and H1, and once or more in the text, there was no relationship between the number of times the word appeared and how well the page performed in the results.

Title IS important though - have the keyword at the beginning of the title if possible. Incidentally repeating the keyword a second time later in the title seemed to have no beneficial effect (I previously thought it did).

 

Dont overdo it just make sure you have a few keywords in there, and that it flows with the rest your text

 

I was just about to recommend that one, John. Another good one is Why Writing for Spiders is the Least Sticky Strategy of All from Copyblogger.com