You want the right keyword density for great Search Engine rankings

by Admin


03 Aug
 None    Site Promotion

So what is keyword density anyway?

Simply put, keyword density is the ratio of keywords or key phrases to the total number of words on a particular page of your site. A good rule of thumb is to have a keyword density of 1-3%. Some may be thinking, "How do you get the keyword density percentage?" The mathematical formula is quite simple: you divide the total number of keywords or keyword phrases in your content by the total number of words.

So if you have 10 keywords in a document with 1000 total words, that's a keyword density of exactly 1%, which is the lowest keyword density your page should have for search engine purposes, anything less and chances are, your site won't be listed high in a search engine. To achieve the ideal keyword density of 3%, you would have to have 30 keywords or keyword phrases in a site with 1000 words. Generally speaking, you don't want to have more than 3% keyword density, as the keywords tend to get repetitive in that case and actually hinder your site. But you also don't want to have less than 1%, as your site won't be noticed as quickly or as effectively by search engines.

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