Keyword density is most doubt-able question in field of Google SEO, because there is no officially Google data or documents which provide 100% accuracy about optimal density. Keyword density is the percentage % of keywords used in article, post or any webpage. Go through this post, definitely it will help you to choosing good density for webpage.
Before Google panda update, keyword density was not an important factor for poor ranking, but it was helping to rank better. Some of bad webmasters take benefits of this and over-stuff their Webpages with important keywords and rank their website on top for particular keywords without providing any valuable content to their users.
Why Keyword Density Matters ?
To provide value to their users Google limited density to provide best valuable content to their users. Now high keyword density of articles decrease your search engine ranking if you are put keywords unnecessary in your post, even they are not necessary. Google measure density with relevancy of article, but there is no specific formula for calculate density of keywords. It’s very important to review your article for keyword density before post, it will help you to maintain overall performance of your website in Google search.
Suitable Keyword Percentage % For Google SEO
There is no fixed percentage of keyword density defined by Google, but for 500 to 800 length article use 3% to 5%. When your article length is around 1000 to 2000 words decrease the % of keyword density, take it between 1 to 2 %.
My Personal Suggestion About Choosing Keyword Density
I have created lots of articles for my clients, personal websites and blogs, I have observe lots of things about Keyword density in my Digital Marketing career.
- Never repeat your keywords in article again and again if they are not necessary.
- Don’t try to over optimize your article for particular keywords by using them unnecessary.
- Article length divide the keyword density, density decreases when article length increase.
- If your website is on particular niche and you write article around same niche then take your density around 2 %.
- When your website got authority of few keywords, you can rank any relevant article with just 1 % of keyword density.
Tools For Checking Keywords Density
If you want to check density of your old articles or check before post use one of great free keyword density checker tool. This tools can help you to fix or maintain your density for webpage or articles. You may also read more about keyword research for your upcoming projects.
SEO BOOK Keyword Density Tool
With help of this tool you can check density by provide URL of post, html part of webpage or just copy paste your content for check density. This tool can help you to check density for one, two, three keywords length. When you check density through URL you have option for check keywords in meta description, meta keywords and title.
Small Seo Tools – Keyword Density Checker
Small SEO Tools is collection of all free tools which may help you in SEO analyses and help your content to rank better in search results. It also have good density checker tool, for check your content density through URL or text format.
You can see then keywords results terms as per your requirements, if want to check only top 5 keywords then select 5 terms, if you want 10, 25, 50, 75,100 then select as per your need, if want to check all terms then select all, it will show all results. This tool have one drawback over SEO BOOK Density Checker, you can’t show results of 1, 2 and 3 keywords at same time, you have to select number of words which you want to see in results.
Seo Centro – Keyword Density Tool
This tool provide all features provide by above two tools, but it show a keywords cloud in box with density. Keywords with more density show more bolded and large and small density show small in size. One more difference is its interface, results with one, two and three words are show one by one, you have to more scroll down your page for find two and three words result.
Conclusion About Ideal Keyword Density
It not necessary to use high keyword density for rank good any webpage in Google Search results. When you write articles don’t think about ranking it immediately by disfollow Google guideline, stuffing, increasing keywords density and over optimization, write article for users.
Sometimes we have to use keywords most of time because without them we can’t tell the users exact meaning of sentences, in these cases density increases around 6%. But in this condition Google will not affect your ranking because without keywords you are not completing your sentences.
If you guys have any doubt or questions arise in your mind regards to ideal keyword density for better Google search results then feel free to drop a comment or contact me through contact form.
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