nodyguy
Supreme Member
- Feb 8, 2012
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Hey everyone,
It will be short and straight to the point, as always.
So people are mostly focused on Offpage SEO and link building, but those days, without the basics (good Onpage SEO) it will be much harder to rank, even with the best links.
One the most important factors in Onpage SEO is Keyword Density, AKA the number of times the keyword appear in your article.
Those days, if your page is over optimized and spammed with keywords all over the place, it will have really hard time ranking. You probably know that already (that's why you never see over-optimized sites on page 1)
However, people often don't understand this indeed and while they think their article is fine, it's still really over optimized.
Let's say your article is about "Best Blue Widget", and you got a 3k words article, with the exact keyword "best blue widget" repeated just a few times, lets say 5, not over optimized right?
Half right - you are missing a really important point here.
Single Words of the Keyword matter too
I see so many people who think their KW density isn't over optimized because they have "best blue widget" only 5 times, but they do have "widget" and "blue" 100 times.
Do you think it is natural? Not at all
Actually, you shouldn't use the single words (part of the full KW) too much, as your page will be over optimized as well.
So how do I know which Keyword Density to use for single words?
There is a quote: "Doing SEO is like playing Poker VS Google, but they show you their hand on the first page" - what does it mean?
The KW Density you should use is the one your niche wants.
To find out, just search your query in Google, pick the sites on the first page, check their word count with tools like: https://wordcounter.net/website-word-count
Then, use Ctrl+F to check how many times each word exists in the article.
For instance, if your KW is "best blue widget", check how many times "best" repeated, "blue" repeated and "widget" repeated.
Then, check the average KW density for each and match your page to this.
Conclusion
Now after you know how to truly optimize Keyword Density, go check your pages and see which of them are over optimized. Fix them, and watch your ranking jumps (usually after 2-4 weeks).
It will be short and straight to the point, as always.
So people are mostly focused on Offpage SEO and link building, but those days, without the basics (good Onpage SEO) it will be much harder to rank, even with the best links.
One the most important factors in Onpage SEO is Keyword Density, AKA the number of times the keyword appear in your article.
Those days, if your page is over optimized and spammed with keywords all over the place, it will have really hard time ranking. You probably know that already (that's why you never see over-optimized sites on page 1)
However, people often don't understand this indeed and while they think their article is fine, it's still really over optimized.
Let's say your article is about "Best Blue Widget", and you got a 3k words article, with the exact keyword "best blue widget" repeated just a few times, lets say 5, not over optimized right?
Half right - you are missing a really important point here.
Single Words of the Keyword matter too
I see so many people who think their KW density isn't over optimized because they have "best blue widget" only 5 times, but they do have "widget" and "blue" 100 times.
Do you think it is natural? Not at all
Actually, you shouldn't use the single words (part of the full KW) too much, as your page will be over optimized as well.
So how do I know which Keyword Density to use for single words?
There is a quote: "Doing SEO is like playing Poker VS Google, but they show you their hand on the first page" - what does it mean?
The KW Density you should use is the one your niche wants.
To find out, just search your query in Google, pick the sites on the first page, check their word count with tools like: https://wordcounter.net/website-word-count
Then, use Ctrl+F to check how many times each word exists in the article.
For instance, if your KW is "best blue widget", check how many times "best" repeated, "blue" repeated and "widget" repeated.
Then, check the average KW density for each and match your page to this.
Conclusion
Now after you know how to truly optimize Keyword Density, go check your pages and see which of them are over optimized. Fix them, and watch your ranking jumps (usually after 2-4 weeks).
