Keyword Density - Testing Master Pages

First, a quick definition. Keyword density is the frequency of a particular search phrase within a body of text or element within a web page. If a keyword phrase appears 100 times within the body of a web page with 1000 words, this frequency represents a keyword density of 10%.

I recently began thinking about keyword density after researching the question and learning that very few experts agree on the proper percentage of keyword density needed to achieve superior search engine results for a given keyphrase. So, we set out to run some analysis on a high-value, highly competitive search phrase to see what we could learn about keyword density. We selected the top search engine results pages and ran the results through a keyword density analyzer; we tabulated the results below.

How to Test Keyword Density: What Keyphrase to Test?

Our test had a few parameters:
First, the search phrase had to be something that was competitive. We wanted to test a search phrase that the SEO’ers had worked hard to optimize. A competitive phrase was more likely to have been tested and retested to obtain high rankings.
Second, we wanted a phrase from within the world of SEO–again, a phrase that was worked by its handlers, people that are versed in the idea of keyword density.
So, we settled on the phrase "SEO Expert".

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Keywords Are Like Diamonds In SEO

Website traffic is necessary if you want to succeed in your online business. Because this is necessary in your survival in the internet entrepreneurship, you have to learn to increase your website traffic as much as you can. There are many ways to increase website traffic. While there are numerous ways, it is better and actually profitable if you can lead targeted website traffic.

Now, how do you lead targeted website traffic? The answer to this question is to use relevant keywords.

By using relevant keywords into your articles, you can improve your chances of ranking high on search engines.

How do you use keywords to build website traffic?

Know the keyword that is relevant to your niche. Research the keyword to find the keyword combinations that will be relevant to your niche. Use the keywords in all your articles, web pages and forum posts.

Ultimate Guide to WordPress SEO - Keyword Density

In reality, SEO is a lot bigger than just making a few theme modifications and optimization. Keyword density is one of those things that I understand very little about, but am very aware of its importance.

Keyword Density has to do with making sure your static pages and blog posts have a good ratio of content to keywords. For instance, if you were writing a blog posts about common diseases in Golden Retrievers, you would want to first, identify what keywords you believe describe your content well and that you would like to rank for, and second, make sure that you insert those keywords regularly in your post content.

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