How to Make the Search Engines Smile with Website Writing

Keyword density should be on the top of your list when website writing for seo (search engine optimization, in other words building your site to include the elements search engines want to put you on the top of the listings).

Keywords represent a word, or up to a three word phrase, that tells in detail exactly what your website is about. Even though these should be used throughout your site, you should never overuse them. You should use just the right amount to please the engines.

Your site will probably be rejected or put way down the list of searches if you repeat your keywords with every other word or line.

Your density is always equal to the percentage of you total keyword count on any given web page.

Ok, say you have 100 words on your website page, to make it simple. Now, do not add the the words and symbols used in the HTML coding. Say you have 5 keywords. Just divide the total number of keywords by the number of words on your web page.

Now we need to divide 5 by 100. Your keyword density is always a percentage of your sites page total word count, so multiply the total by 100 ( this is part of the formula always used not the word count in our example), now we have .05 x 100 = 5%

You should never exceed the accepted standard for most search engines that is between 3% and 5%. Doing this will cause the engines to think you are just trying to stuff the right words in your site to get higher rankings.

This rule applies for every page on your site, not just the home page. Here are some simple steps to check your page for your density:

On a web page you would like to check, copy and paste the content into a word-processing program such as Word or Word Perfect.

Now that you have it pasted into your word-processing program go to the 'Edit' menu and click 'Select All'. Then in the 'Tools' menu select 'Word Count'. Write the number of words you have on that page on a sheet of paper.

Next go to the 'Find' function in the 'Edit' menu. In the 'Find' tab type in the keyword you are looking to check. Now, 'Replace' that word with the same word, so not to change the text.

When the replace function has finished, you will then see the amount of times that word is on the page. This of your keyword count for that particular page.

Now you can calculate your keyword density for that page using the total word count and total keywords using your formula. Use this every time you finish website writing on a page to make the search engines smile when they see your site.

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