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Title: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: magicyan on 08-05-2014, 04:32:51
Hi everybody, do you think keyword density is important now? What the best keyword density?
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: alexfernandes on 08-07-2014, 06:53:06
Yes, keyword density is still a vital factor in SEO. Keyword density is calculated using the following formula - (Keyword occurrence / total no of words) * 100. For eg: Suppose a keyword "abc" is present 5 times in the web page. So according to the formula: Density = (5/100) * 100
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: alexloxton on 08-11-2014, 00:40:01
Keyword density still plays an  important role. Also, nowadays mention of the targeted keyword is also playing its role. You can mention your targeted keyword within the content of the page separately.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: mts on 08-11-2014, 16:44:40
It was and it will be important- that is how seach engine know: what is your content about
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: RH-Calvin on 08-12-2014, 01:43:49
Keyword density still plays an important role for high quality content optimization. Too much of keyword use in a content produces a content spam and is a method of Black Hat SEO. The keyword density should be maintained at 2 to 3 percent to get optimum results in search engines.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: carldweb on 08-21-2014, 01:36:19
yup. Keyword Density is still matters in content optimization. There is a no any specific percentage Or no. for Keyword density, but approximate all are keeping Max 2.5 to 3 percent density in content. So follow this for better ranking.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: Megan Brown on 08-22-2014, 02:39:59
Yes, keyword density is important as you are targeting keyword phrase at least 1-2 times in the body content and it helps to have it in the title tags, image alt tags, and URL. In terms of SEO, the title should have  between 30%-75% density. Google's requirements say that no more than 2% of a web page's words should be the keyword.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: tailoredsolutions on 08-28-2014, 05:38:17
Yes it is. You need to use the keywords in your content very carefully that it should not look like keywords are stuffed unnecessarily.  You should also maintain the keyword proximity so it wont get penalized by any search engine algorithm update.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: stonewood on 08-29-2014, 06:54:23
Yes Keywords density is still important. Make keywords density 3-4% of your web content. If you are using much more keywords then it will be treated as a spam. It will be better to use synonyms.
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Post by: davidfleming on 10-25-2014, 00:09:49
Yes, Keyword density is important. 2-5% keyword density should be followed for all web content.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: Monikasahu on 05-06-2015, 09:14:27
Keyword density plays a major role in increasing the rank of any website. If your website contains high keyword density then it won't get worked nicely as the Google algorithms says the density or the keyword stuffing should be maximum 2% to 3%. So, using keywords in proper manner can help any of the businesses to rank in Google easily and Google will crawl it nicely as well.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: morganlong on 05-08-2015, 06:37:00
Keyword density is the percentage of number of times keyword appeared on a web page by the total number of words on that page. If you have written an article of 100 words and you are using your keywords 10 times, then your keyword density is 10% .

Google continuous watch on your content. If the content having same keyword so many times mean Google can consider it spam. So keyword density is still important.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: Ajinkya Samark on 07-11-2015, 02:35:52
Hi,
Keyword density used to be the number 1 thing that bloggers concerned themselves with and would spend hours researching to get this right.  This is still very important, but there are so many more things that search engines now look at.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: Ajinkya Samark on 07-21-2015, 07:17:53
Keyword Density was important, is now important, & also important for future.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: designdigitaldxb on 08-04-2015, 13:52:04
Yes keyword density does matter a lot, there was a time when keywords were included in the content unnecessarily to make it relevant but today you can include the other variations of the keyword instead of using the actual keywords many times
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: ashutoshkumar on 08-06-2015, 02:50:02
Excess usage of keywords within your website and your blog won't help you to rank your website in Google search engine. What you need to do is try to add few keywords that too within 2:3 ratio i.e. use primary keywords 2 times and use long tail keyword 3 times. It will help you to rank your website on the best long tail keyword rapidly as long tail get top on search result quickly. Mostly people are now using long tail keywords only to get the exact result of their search.
Title: Re: Does Keyword density important now?
Post by: reckonbilling on 04-19-2025, 04:33:26
If you're still fixated on achieving a specific percentage, you're not just behind the curve - you're on a different planet. Google's algorithms are designed to reward content that genuinely serves users, not content that meets a keyword quota. The best density? Zero! Focus on creating authentic, engaging content that speaks to your audience.