Hi all, I have written some content for my site, I just want to ask how much keyword density is important nowadays? How search engines accommodate keyword density? Another important question is that keyword density should be maintained exactly as that of keyword, like for example if I have title like "Questions and Answers on Automobiles" and I have maintained keyword density in content like "Automobiles questions", will the search engine give preference to exact density match as used in keyword or it will also give importance to the 2nd scenario. Or in case if I have separated the keywords like "get questions on automobiles". Can I use this last scenario for maintaining keyword density. In the end I would simply ask, whether it is important or not to maintain keyword density in content. Hope you would understand what I am trying to say
Do one thing check your stats section like Awstats! anaylze that for what keyword you are getting good results then you can implement that keyword mostly that can gain something extra to your site
Hey, Keyword density should be 3%-5%, that means you can use a maximum of your keyword 3-5 times in each 100 words.
I didn't get my full answer, I am asking should I maintain keyword density by exactly matching the keyword being used in title, like for example if keyword in title is "automobile questions" can I maintain the density in content with the key phrase "questions on automobiles" or I have to use the exact term"automobile questions" in content for maintaining keyword density?
I generally use 3% to 5% keyword density. it keeps the site enough healthy and user friendly too. Site should be user friendly too because your ultimate target is visitor not the google. and yes...
Hey- be careful with your 'facts' here; if you use 5% you will get done for spamming? To be safe you should stay under 3% and use LSI?
Hello Adnan Ahmed; Your main keyword does not have to be exact density - do not get to hung up on that. You need to have content written for people to read. Do not exceed 3 keywords per 100 words with your main keyword. You can drop you secondary keyword in two or three times as well. Then you spread heaps of dog related terms as much as you want through your article. (called LSI) I have already written a post search my name Stratplayer1 in the search box here on the site and you will find it. Hang on here it is: This is called SEO for your website so that people can find you on the Internet by typing in keywords. Use one keyword to go in your domain name to get searchers and type in traffic. e.g. if you write about "dog training" search for twenty keywords that get 300- 5,000 searches. You won't use "dog training" because "every man and his dog" are using it? And it has too much competition. However' you might use a keyword like "Training a Pitbull" which is a sub niche and should give you a lot of good keywords. Your domain name that you buy from Namecheap or Godaddy or wherever? would then be http://trainingapitbulldotcom you get the idea- right? right! Your content on your page will have a heading with the keyword in it. e.g. Training a Pitbull - 5 Mind Blowing ways Your content will have the keyword Training a Pitbull in the first line and Training a Pitbull in the last line? And sprinkled throughout your article will be heaps of dog related terms. (LSI) Write 500 - 700 words and have a key word inserted for every 100 words e.g. 500 words = 7 keywords Training a Pitbull in the article including the one in your title- so 7 in the body and 1 in the title. Do not put more than 2% of your keywords (or keyword phrase) in your articles, or Google will penalize you. (10 keywords for 500 words- I always stay under that at 7 words for 500 words) Remember the most important one is in your domain name trainingapitbulldotcom With your other 19 keywords write 19 articles of original content and slap those on your site. Google will love you and send traffic to your site. Whenever John or Jane Doe comes online looking for how to train a Pitbull and he or she types in "Trainingapitbull" Guess who's site Google is going to send them to? Yes- trainingapitbulldotcom- your site. There are a few other things you need to know. However, this is more than enough to get you well and truly on your way and to SEO (Search Engine Optimize) your website. You can do a Google Search of my name and this phrase (without the quotes) "Philip Randall Expert Author" and you will see I am a bit of an expert at this on Ezinearticles. That is for anyone who needs help. You can be certain that the info is solid and dependable and- usually way more expensive Lastly, if you submit an article to Ezinearticles Make sure you do not exceed your keywords by 2% or Ezinearticles will reject your article. I hope you found my lessons in SEO and Keyword density of value... All good... Phil
Ladies & Gents This is a huge topic for discussion, but the rule of thumb for keyword density is google approx 3% and yahoo 11%, however you should also consider the LSI, and the keyword proximity. If you look at googles cache on page 1 for any given keyword you will se huge difference's. Some sites have the keyword scattered all over the place and others its nowhere to be seen. Why, because the keywords are being used in the anchor text fo the incoming links. Just insert your keywords naturally into your text and don't interupt the flow with a key word that makes no sense to the paragraph, if it reads natural you should be ok. More importantly get the keywords right in the meta data.
I wouldn't go over 2-3% keyword content since on-page SEO (outside of title text, domain name, and the like) is weighted near the bottom of factors. I wouldn't be surprised if keyword density was completely ignored at this point, honestly.
yeah, keyword density has not much importance in seo, but it helps somehow but very little, just concentrate on posting high quality contents rather than sacrificing quality because of keyword analysis
It has to be the exact term if you want it prioritized. Because SE prefers the exact terms over synonymous ones. As for the density, keep it between 3%-4%. I can't give an exact number of time it appears on the article because it also depends on the word count.
As long as the keywords are relatively near each other, it does not really matter. I have one funny experience. I once wrote a book review, Drinking Midnight Wine by Simon Green. The stupid google displayed it when someone hunt for "drinking wine". That blur king still click through to my blog.