Keyword Density - How Much is too much?

Hi - I was wondering if anyone had a standard related to how much is too much related to the repetition of keywords on a webpage to include naming in images, alt tags and repeating in links. Thanks, Beth

I really don't think there's a defined standard. Personally, I've had success using a 3-5% keyword density.

As far as I am concerned it depends on the kw phrase you target. Meaning the amount of words. one word will be different from 3 words. 1 and 2 word kw phrases is still easy but 3 + becomes tricky. With 3 words none of the words in the phrase must have the same density the complete phrase are not allowed in things like the Title, Metas, Bold etc. So I doubt that anyone can answer your question.

There are other factors as well affecting kw density to, it has become fairly technical these days.

as far as google goes....
keyword density is not as important lately as other factors in attaining high rankings in the serps.
i have seen top ten with as little as 0.5%-2.0%.



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True and have also seen density as high as 8% ranking #1 for single keywords

true...i am just saying it can be achieved with a lot less.




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Can't say I agree with you on keyword phrases not being allowed in the Title, Meta's and bold as I see tons of pages optimised this way that do very well - got some myself.

To be honest bethabernathy, there is no "standard" when it comes to keyword density. A lot depends on the keywords you are going for but the standard I always apply is to have your keywords as many times as you can in your text while making sure the text is readable, makes sense and does the job you want it to do

The key topic should be "how" to write for the internet so that people can find your website, properly under the keywords you would like. That is the challenge.
Organic SEO, (Search Engine Optimization) is the gold ticket that most importantly involves content writing in a specific way. Not many writers can include a specific word in a 500 word article 2-8 times and make it sound- like it has not been packed.

I recently had 11 writers creating articles in Detroit, full time using this method for over 4 months to satisfy 2,500 articles about Pets- each article geared at specific keywords.

So yes, creative professional writing on the web is very important- not so much for SEO- it has it's benifits, but for overall appeal to a customer.

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I doubt if you would find it for 3 word phrases though. I have never seen any site rank top 5 for a 3 word phrase if it was quoted exactly the same in any of the title or meta tags since Florida.

Chatmaster... I have a couple, but there are always exceptions.

I need to investigate can you pm me more detail. This means that I might be on the wrong track for my own sites, thanx SEO_Amateur!

i dont find that to be true. :razz:

I see what you mean! When I did this in January it wasn't the case. It must be a minor change to the algo since then. Fortunately that is not a train smash as it isn't such great importance in the rankings. I did try to rank well for a number of kw's and hoped that this would help accomplishing it. guess I woke up in dreamland! Thanx guys for pointing that out!