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Checking for Keyword Density

Monday, February 11th, 2008

Here are easy steps to check for keyword density:

  • Copy and paste the contents of a Web page into a word processing program like Word or Word Perfect.
  • Go to “Edit” and click on “Select All”. Then go to the Tools menu and select “Word Count”. Note the total number of words on the page.
  • Now select the “Search” on the “Edit” menu. Go to the “Replace” tab.Type the keyword that you want. “Replace” this word with the same word.
  • When you have finished replacing the function, the system will provide an account of the words you replaced. This gives the number of times you use the keyword in this page.
  • Use the total words of the page and the total number of keywords to calculate the density of keywords.

Knowing your keyword density will help you to eliminate some keywords that are overused. Remember that you don’t want Google or any other search engines to ban your sites, right?

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Keyword Density

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Keyword density indicates the number of times the selected keyword appears in the web page. However, remember not to overuse keywords.It must appear just enough at important places.

Repeating your keywords on every each line will make it seem like an artificial or spam site. Search engines like Google will ban your site in no time.

To compute for keyword density, express it in percentage of the total word on a web page. The acceptable keyword density to be recognized by search engines is between 3% to 5% only and must not exceed.

For example if you have 300 words on your Web page, the density of keywords on this page is derived by multiplying the total number of words appearing on your Web page by the acceptable standard of say,5%. That means is 300 multiplied by 5%. Therefore your keyword density must only be 15.

This rule applies to each page on your site but also a set of keywords that relates to another product or service.

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