How To Calculate Keyword Density and What It Should Be

How To Calculate Keyword Density and What It Should Be

Posted by admin on Sun, 08/15/2010 - 14:14 in

Keyword density is the number in percentage that tells how many times the keyword or the keyword phrase will appear in an article. In SEO, the accepted keyword density is one to three percent. One to three percent of keyword density is already an optimum use if the article in question is for SEO. If the article has a higher percentage of keyword density, SEO analysts and specialists consider the article "spammed" with the keyword or key word phrase. A website that uses an article that has a high keyword density is subject to penalization.

There are programs over the Internet that automatically calculates the keyword density in an article. However, if you want to calculate it yourself, here are the steps to calculate for an article's keyword density.

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