What is ideal Keyword density

Thanks everyone,I will stick with 1 to 2% between it Love u all

2 - 3% is nice!!! not more than that and not less than 1%.

I depends of many factors, but you should stay with 2 - 3,5 %. I always try to get between 2,5 and 3% and this is perfect for me.

Just need to show in your title and zero % in content ...

With the inputs already in this thread you should doing fine. I'm always keep it below 1,5% !

If you use wordpress you should install yoast seo.
If not his approach seems just fine :
Keep kw density under 2%, set your kw both in url and page title and if possible in your first paragaph and in an h2 tag in your content and then when it's relevant to use it.
Try to write an article above 2.5% and, even if it depends of the subject, you'll see this doesn't look natural at all (and really awful if you try to rank for a long tail).

I am going to say 1.5 to 3%.

I'm using below 2%, frankly saying my competitor using 5%. Also he ranked #1..

Aye this reminds me of people asking how long your content should be. Always needing the magic number for
ranking in Google. Unfortunately people like Rand Fishkin make the whole process more complicated in areas
it should not be, and simplify what actually matters.

Keyword density is a common sense thing. Write quality content and include your keywords in it as naturally as you can. Make sure
you don't over optimize your articles. Keep long tails present and include LSI vocabulary within your content.

Now let's move forward to the real important stuff, like syndicating that content.

My opinion is that it should be above than 1%.

in my opinion it should be 2-3%

I agree with IM Tycoon, the density should be around 2-3%.

The frequency should be From 2 to 3.

alast0r said:

Like other people mentioned, it's not about keyword density - even though it should be somewhere below 3%. Create your content with the focus on quality.

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I think you are quite right. I always do this for my own site. Thanks.

The short answer to this is, in my experience, there is no IDEAL %, and the video above, published many years later after I first collected these opinions (2008), would go to confirm many of the opinions on this page.
There is no one-size-fits-all optimal ?keyword density? percentage anybody has ever demonstrated had direct positive ranking improvement in a public arena.
I certainly do not believe there is a particular percent of keywords in words of text to get a page to number 1 in Google. While the key to success in many niches is often simple SEO, search engines are not that easy to fool in 2016.
There may not be a perfect % for you to aim for ? but I do think you run the risk of tripping keyword penalty filters if you, for instance, were to keyword stuff a page and every element on it with your focus terms.
I write natural page copy which is always focused on the key phrases and related key phrases. I never calculate density in order to identify the best % ? there are way too many other things to work on. I have looked at this, a long time ago.
If it looks natural, it?s ok with me. Normally I will try and get related terms in the page, and if I have 5 paragraphs, I might have the keywords I am focused on in just a few elements and on the page text.
I think an optimal % is a bit of a myth although there are some who disagree. I do think if you can pick up page level penalties for keyword stuffing, there must be an amount or ratio that is used to penalise the page, so i can see how it causes confusion.

2-3% is what I like to keep!!

I count in a different way,Upon 500 keywords,put 4 keywords and then count the total number of words of website.

You can ask this question to 10 different people and get 10 different answers.

The best thing you can do is, experiment and see what works for yourself with your own 2 eyes.

There is no exact answer to it, just like how many words in an article..

However, a typical content should have approximately 1.5-1.75% for 3-word while 2% for 2-word and <1.1% for 1-word

Just write natural articles. If you keep the focus of the article on-topic, the keywords will crop up at a natural rate in the article. Don't go over 2%.