Keyword Density Analysis

Once you have selected the keywords you wish to target, it's time to analyze your use of them on your pages. Keyword density is the ratio of keywords or keyphrases to the total number of words on a page. For example, if you were to use your keyword once for every 100 words, the keyword density would be 1%. In order to get the best results, you should aim for a keyword frequency of between 1% and 7%.

It's very important to stay within the suggested range; too low use of a keyword might be indicative that your page lacks in detail pertaining to the topic, raking it as not relevant enough, while overusing a keyword can raise a red flag in the search engines suggesting that your site is over-optimized. So, without having to say much it's evident that keyword density analyzers can be quite useful. Consult the list at the bottom of the page for links to free tools.

What a keyword analysis tool allows you to do is to write natural content, without forcing yourself to use a particular keyword or phrase every so often; this usually produces much better content. Once you are finished writing, you can then analyze your page for keyword spread and frequency. You may find that you have repeated certain words too much and not used others often enough. The keywords should be spread out throughout the page in a natural manner, avoiding too much repetition in one particular are on the page. Stuffing all of your keywords in one after another will seem spammy to many search engines causing your site to be thrown out or not be indexed at all.