{"id":28347,"date":"2024-11-14T15:30:16","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/news-stories\/is-keyword-density-a-ranking-factor\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T14:27:31","slug":"is-keyword-density-a-ranking-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/en\/news-stories\/is-keyword-density-a-ranking-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"Is keyword density a ranking factor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1639132975780{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640766662161{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Open Sans&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333;\">There is no doubt that <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/en\/news-stories\/how-to-best-use-keywords-in-your-content\/\">keywords and phrases<\/a><\/span> have always been a key part of a <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/usluge-portfolio\/izrada-i-dizajn-sajtova\/\">website<\/a><\/span> content optimization strategy. Everyone wants to appear in the results when Internet users search for keywords related to your business. One of the very important ranking factors was the <em>keyword density<\/em> in the text, i.e. the percentage of the keyword in the text. A happier translation of this term might be keyword frequency.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Find out below if this is still an important ranking factor and if there is a perfect percentage of keywords to use that can positively impact rankings.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24326&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640766226223{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; img_hover=&#8221;fade-out&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640766282025{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Open Sans&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Keyword density has long been considered one of the key ranking factors. Many still consider it to be an essential part of the SEO puzzle to achieve a position on the first page of <em>Google<\/em> . We know that keywords are important to <em>Google<\/em> and that it is quite logical that certain content can be ranked for a certain term only if it appears in the text.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">What is keyword density?<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Keyword density refers to the number of occurrences of a term or phrase in relation to the amount of text on a page. It is calculated by dividing the number of keywords by the total number of words on the page and multiplying by 100. For example, if a keyword is used 26 times in a 1,000 word article, then it has a keyword density of 2.6%. There are different claims about the &#8220;best&#8221; keyword density to aim for. You can hear 2% or 5%, or even 10%.    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Is it a ranking factor?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Unlike other &#8220;myths&#8221; about ranking factors, this one is based on fact &#8211; keyword density used to be very important. But we&#8217;re talking about the earliest days of search. Nevertheless, the idea that keyword frequency is important for ranking has not been abandoned even today.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Keywords send signals to <em>Google<\/em> about what types of queries a page should be displayed for. If too few keywords are used, <em>Google<\/em> may not understand what the page is about. Using too many keywords can be perceived <em>by Google<\/em> as an attempt to manipulate search rankings, which is not acceptable.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">So some people believe that there is a certain keyword density that is &#8220;just right&#8221; &#8211; the right balance between using too many and too few keywords. However, there is no magic number that will achieve good results for everyone. That&#8217;s not how <em>Google<\/em> works today. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24327&#8243; img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640766299940{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; img_hover=&#8221;fade-out&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640766710540{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Open Sans&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333;\">The truth is quite simple: keyword usage is important, but achieving a certain ratio won&#8217;t help your SEO efforts. In fact, a site page can rank for a keyword even if that keyword never appears on that page. Which pretty much immediately debunks the whole idea of \u200b\u200bthe importance of keyword density.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">To answer the question of whether keyword density is <em>a Google<\/em> ranking factor, we&#8217;ll take a look  <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rk4qgQdp2UA\">official <em>Google<\/em> video from 2011 <\/a><\/span>, which is as relevant today as it was then. The video features <em>Matt<\/em> Cutts, who worked with <em>Google<\/em> from 2000 to 2015. He was the head of <em>Google<\/em> &#8216;s <em>spam<\/em> email team and acted as a liaison between the company and the SEO community.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Cutts<\/em> confirmed that there is no ideal keyword density for <em>Google<\/em> . He said that overusing the keyword can do more harm than good. Mentioning a keyword several times in the text can help ranking, but more than that can cause <em>Google<\/em> to see it as <em>keyword stuffing<\/em> .  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">&#8220;&#8230;<em>So the first few times you mention a word that could help you rank, absolutely. But just because you&#8217;ve repeated it seven or eight times, doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean it&#8217;s going to help your ranking.&#8221; <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>If keyword density is not a ranking factor, then what is the right way to use keywords?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Once you&#8217;ve identified the keywords you want to use, <em>Cutts<\/em> recommended writing content long enough to incorporate those keywords into the content in a natural way. Read the content out loud when you&#8217;re done writing and cut out anything that doesn&#8217;t sound right. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;24328&#8243; img_size=&#8221;600&#215;400&#8243; css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640766360953{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; img_hover=&#8221;fade-out&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640766542308{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Open Sans&#8221;]<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Using synonyms whenever possible can help you avoid using the same keyword over and over. For example, in this part of the text we could replace &#8220;keyword density&#8221; with &#8220;keyword frequency&#8221;. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Synonyms are also a great way to keep the reader&#8217;s attention and can even help you rank for other terms. <em>Google<\/em> understands synonyms, which means it&#8217;s possible for a page to rank when it&#8217;s not optimized for the exact term entered in the search bar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Don&#8217;t obsess over keyword density. <em>Cutts<\/em> &#8216; advice was clear: stop obsessing  <\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">keyword density. Be wary of anyone who says otherwise. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Use the keyword in your page title, meta description and first paragraph. Then limit the use to a few more times throughout the text. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">There is no perfect keyword percentage to use because keyword density is not a ranking factor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">For more news and interesting stories from digital marketing,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.digitizer.rs\/en\/news-stories\/\">visit our blog page<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333333;\">or<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/webdigitizer\/\">follow our Instagram profile.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Source:<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/ranking-factors\/keyword-density\/?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=facebook-auto-publish&amp;fbclid=IwAR0tIPrx-mctV0x2owr6ekVVs-UCLBAjqrAg_Hw5p9v-Ka3Lb3jnR7MS-T0#close\">Searchenginejournal<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221;][vc_column][vc_separator color=&#8221;orange&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;5&#8243; el_width=&#8221;20&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1625743965128{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>Made by Neboj\u0161a Radovanovi\u0107 \u2013 SEO Expert @Digitizer<\/em><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1587387018476{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Back to News &amp; Stories&#8221; style=&#8221;gradient-custom&#8221; gradient_custom_color_1=&#8221;#000000&#8243; gradient_custom_color_2=&#8221;#515151&#8243; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.digitizer.rs%2Fnews-stories%2F|title:Back%20to%20NEWS%20%26amp%3B%20STORIES|&#8221;][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1639132975780{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1640766662161{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221; font_family=&#8221;Open Sans&#8221;]There is no doubt that keywords and phrases have always been a key part of a website content optimization strategy. 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