How to determine Keyword Density

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It seems that more and more we're seeing questions regarding Keyword Density, what it means and how to measure it. Here's a quick synapses of keyword density and weight.

Keyword density is a percentage of the total words on a page.

If you have 150 words on a page, and you're using a keyword 7 times in that content, the keyword is determined by the following:
7 (keyword usage) divided by 150 = 0.0467 or 4.67%

The standard keyword density is between 3% and 5%. If you increase more than 5% you run the risk of having your page rejected by the search engines as you're essentially spamming your keyword to the engine. DON'T DO IT!!

Keyword Density can be naturally achieved in just regular content, and that's how it should be achieved. You can spin an article if you wanted, but be careful on these too as you can get banned from certain article writing/submission places.

Keep the keyword density to between 3% and 5% and you'll be fine. Keywords can be more than just ONE word, it can be "keyword phrase", and plurals count too. People don't search for "hosting" they search for "web hosting", and more often than not, they narrow that down to "linux web hosting" or "cpanel fantastico web hosting" or even "reliable linux web hosting with cpanel". Structure your site and pages to cater to these words, and you'll see your site climb in the search engines, and convert to traffic.

We use http://www.live-keyword-analysis.com as they have a free keyword density tool. Give it a spin and make sure that you're within the limits of the 3 and 5 for ideal exposure.
 
Thanks for the tips on keyword density, Conor. Also keep in mind keyword dilution if your site has heavy content or allows user generated comments.
 
handsonhosting said:
Repost from http://blog.handsonwebhosting.com

It seems that more and more we're seeing questions regarding Keyword Density, what it means and how to measure it. Here's a quick synapses of keyword density and weight.

Keyword density is a percentage of the total words on a page.

If you have 150 words on a page, and you're using a keyword 7 times in that content, the keyword is determined by the following:
7 (keyword usage) divided by 150 = 0.0467 or 4.67%

The standard keyword density is between 3% and 5%. If you increase more than 5% you run the risk of having your page rejected by the search engines as you're essentially spamming your keyword to the engine. DON'T DO IT!!

Keyword Density can be naturally achieved in just regular content, and that's how it should be achieved. You can spin an article if you wanted, but be careful on these too as you can get banned from certain article writing/submission places.

Keep the keyword density to between 3% and 5% and you'll be fine. Keywords can be more than just ONE word, it can be "keyword phrase", and plurals count too. People don't search for "hosting" they search for "web hosting", and more often than not, they narrow that down to "linux web hosting" or "cpanel fantastico web hosting" or even "reliable linux web hosting with cpanel". Structure your site and pages to cater to these words, and you'll see your site climb in the search engines, and convert to traffic.

We use http://www.live-keyword-analysis.com as they have a free keyword density tool. Give it a spin and make sure that you're within the limits of the 3 and 5 for ideal exposure.
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Conor, do you outsource yourself for SEO work?
 
great post!

I like the idea of keyword density and I believe in it. I am just wondering where we get the 3% to 5% density.

thanks a lot, very informative.:thumbup:
 
Thanks for the post & keyword density tools! the keyword density 3% and 5% seems ideal for Google but I guess it would vary for other search engines.
 
3% to 5% is simply a determination of how those keywords would flow in normal conversation or text. Too many keywords in the content appears to be spamming and too few appears that the keyword doesn't relate to the content well. It's a perception of relevance.
 
I actually don't do much of the SEO other than internally for myself. I do work closely with a web design company that does SEO work and together we work on some smaller projects but SEO is a full time gig and hosing is a full time gig, so I get to only choose one :)

I'm all for helping others and giving feedback for what has worked, what doesn't work and what can be exploited, but I"m not really in a position to take on contract jobs. If you want the name of the company that I work with, drop me a PM here and I'll send you the link. I do collaborate with them on a lot of projects, but I don't OFFICIALLY offer an SEO Service myself.
 
The 3-5% works pretty much as a rule for all the engines. Going much higher than that and you start to tread in a territory that usually doesn't last too long.

You can easily blow up a site and get a few thousand visitors a day, however after a 3 month run (if it lasts that long) the domain will have almost no traffic as it would be blocked in search engines.

Keywords and relevant information will help avoid the drop off as long as it's done tactfully.
 
Thanks for clearing that up. I knew key word density was important, but didn't know much about it. I had heard about the 3-5%, but didn't know how they were calculating it.
 
Keyword density may also vary on its uses, specially when it is use in a site that has a large capacity and a slower downloading.
 
narendrasv said:
Keyword density may also vary on its uses, specially when it is use in a site that has a large capacity and a slower downloading.
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I read it a few times, but I still do not understand what you mean by large capacity or slow downloading when it comes to keyword density.

Could you please explain what you meant?
 
Artashes said:
I read it a few times, but I still do not understand what you mean by large capacity or slow downloading when it comes to keyword density.

Could you please explain what you meant?
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Maybe I misunderstood my thoughts.

What I mean is our keyword density needs larger capablities, not capacity. Larger capabilities like we say at least 2% is needed. Ezine articles do not accept keywords above 2%, so we have larger capabilities on getting enough traffic and unique visitors.

The "slow loading" thing is depend on the article directory like Ezine to load the page, not "downloading". Once again, I misunderstood everyone here. hahaha!:smash:
 
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