Posts made in March 1st, 2009

Understanding Keyword Density

Posted by Mike Doherty on Mar 1, 2009 in Search Engine Optimization | 0 comments

Image via CrunchBase Keyword density is how often your keywords show up in the text of your site. If they never show up – then the text and the keywords seem unrelated – if you over do it then it’s just a spam site. But as poor Goldilocks found out – it’s not always easy to get it just right. No more then 2-3% of you text should focus on one variation of a keyword or keyword phrase. Some people debate this and will say 4-5% and some will even go as far as 7%. Google tends to like a lower keyword density, so err on the low side Related articles by Zemanta Keyword Density (ronmedlin.com) Can Too Much Keyword Density Be Interpreted as...