Keyword Density

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by komrad, Mar 28, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hello SEO professionals,

    In your opinions, how important is keyword density? You can compare it with another SEO factors.

    Do you have any proof about it and credible references?

    I appreciate your answers. Thanks.
     
    komrad, Mar 28, 2011 IP
  2. huiz41

    huiz41 Active Member

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    as long as you don't overstuff but the keyword is present, the most you should use it is once every 100 words or so. more importantly though, page titles and product names do much more for seo.
     
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  3. webcosmo

    webcosmo Notable Member

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    Its important. Quite a bit.
    As long as you dont overdo or less do you would be fine.
     
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  4. NameOfTheGame

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    Hi there, there is a keyword density tool on the internet => just type in keyword density into google and you will find it!

    Be sure to not go over a density of 5 %, i personally prefer 2-3%! That means that every 80-100 word you should have your main keyword in there.... but more important are your lsi keyword... just type in you main keyword into google and on the left hand side you will see related searched... the first keywords popping up are your lsi keywords!

    Hope that helped you!
     
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  5. intuziast

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    Google loves keyword density - 2% -4%
    Yahoo loves - 4% -7%
    Optimum density of 5%
     
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  6. wordpecker

    wordpecker Well-Known Member

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    Like intuziast I would like keyword density to be with in 2-5 %. More than that I think it is nothing but keyword stuffing.
     
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  7. A.J

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    Very important, I go with 1% to 3%.
     
    A.J, Mar 28, 2011 IP
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    some article directories such as ezine put a cap on the keyword density.
     
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    It's an important factor for the search engine crawlers to rank the web pages..Usually, Search engine crawlers limit the use of keyword density between 3 to 5%.. For instance, you can say that a content with 100 words excluding the HTML code in a web page is ought to have the appearance of keyword for about 5 times.(i.e.,)The overall keyword density would be 5 divided by 100 = 0.05 or which is 5%..
     
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  10. patidarvijay

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    Hi keyword density is most important in defining subject of your site but the stuffing can hark your ranking so keep keyword density in limit and that should me 3% to 4%.
     
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    keywords are like the very short term summary of our websites
     
    Nishant Dhaka, Mar 28, 2011 IP
  12. InfraMek

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    first look at page like search engine does >> count all text (title, comments, alt text, link descriptions, sub heads, ... - everything! that is text)
    if key word used 1 / every 100 words = 1%, if key word used 6 / 100 words = 6%, never go above 6%, try to get close to 5% and still make your article good to read - it must remain good copy writing - because if it does not please people, they will not do your desired outcome

    Webmaster tools will show you what key words Google finds, use that and re-write your page
     
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    To improve the visibility of your pages to the search engines, then improves the keyword density.If two or three words are present in total of 500 words, then it has less keyword density.But if it contains more than six words,then, it has high keyword density.
     
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  14. Daavejoe

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    I think keyword density is an important issue and we should always try to balace the keywords in a particular page. There should be a proper balance of keywords as excess of keywords are not good.
     
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    Sometimes keyword density's importance is overrated. Just use your keyword as you use it in your speach or it's used in non seo-optimised texts. Usually density is 3-6%. If it's higher, and there're few additional factors (a lot of junk backlinks, to this page with the same anchor, or you use exact keyword in article a lot of times and avoid using its variations). Try to make your site looks natural.
     
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    Not over 7% is the best.
     
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    keyword is main part of website in seo, keyword density is important in seo, its very important factor for crawling search engine, use keyword in title.
     
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  18. narenpati

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    It's a quite important thing for all the search engines...in any web page we stuff keywords maximum 2 times...that is comes like to 3 - 4%...if you over stuff more than this, you may get problem with the search engines... to know keyword density ..there are so many online tools..or else just right click on any web page then select "show keyword density"...it will you to know the keyword density..
     
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    i would say its quite important when it comes to optimising a landing page for a particular keyword...
    I usually keep my blogs to around 4-7%.. but I had once increased an eccomerce blog to 11% as there was too much competition.. the competitor site had around 9% keyword density.. when it comes to ecommerce site, you have a lot of scope to play with content.. its gets a lil tough when comes to general stuff...
     
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