Comments on: How Search Really Works: The Keyword Density Myth https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Canada's Search and Social Media Authority Wed, 08 May 2013 19:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andrew https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html/comment-page-1#comment-294609 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:58:42 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html#comment-294609 Very nicely explained and detailed post. Thanks a lot Mr. Ruud.

Search engines have always improved themselves by learning from their previous mistakes and data collected.

]]> By: Glenn Friesen https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html/comment-page-1#comment-234643 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:28:52 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html#comment-234643 Ruud, you’re exactly on point as usual!
Keyword density is phrenology!

]]> By: Ruud Hein https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html/comment-page-1#comment-64560 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:15:02 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html#comment-64560 In reply to Sugarcane.

Glad you found it helpful!

]]> By: Sugarcane https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html/comment-page-1#comment-64546 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:24:14 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html#comment-64546 :O you’ll be telling us that the meta keywords tag doesn’t mean anything next! 😉

Great article, I get so sick of explaining why keyword density would be a useless measure of a page’s content even if it were to be used. SEs are so much smarter than that these days.

]]> By: Rajput Jitendra https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html/comment-page-1#comment-896 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:38:37 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html#comment-896 Your article is nice with very usefull information but if it possible then please can you tell me meaning of normalization and how it will be count

Rajput Jitendra
http://www.tatvasoft.com

]]> By: graywolf https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html/comment-page-1#comment-878 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:06:15 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html#comment-878 so what if I was to show a blog post where all of the text was a 4 word phrase repeated 10 times. What if I was also to tell you these keywords were part of an seo contest. What if I was to tell you my page wasn’t created until after the contest was over, with no active link building on my part (I get scraped to death). What if I was to tell you this page ranked for it’s term until I mention it and some engineer comes along and killed it … twice.

Of course google should be “smart” enough to catch this but they aren’t

]]> By: evisibility https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html/comment-page-1#comment-876 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:23:57 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html#comment-876 Ruud,

But if KWD effects local weight and global weight (which is basically the density of pages in the index that mention a given KW) how can you say that it is not important. It is not a main factor in ranking but is still part of the puzzle. You cannot say that if your KWD is too high that you will not be affected. You will be considered spammy and drop rankings. That being said, KWD is a factor, not only in the body but in the Title tag and in the code (such as alt and hyperlink title tags).

Your reasoning about the words “the” and “time” make sense but I feel that maybe Google is sophisticated enough to not use KWD for these types of terms. Rather it is used more for KW phrases.

]]> By: cipher https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html/comment-page-1#comment-882 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 05:45:17 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html#comment-882 Nice post… Am trying a lot to get my pages listed in search engines. Even tried this keyword density stuff long back. It would be more helpful if you could explain in simple terms, what is it, that we should do to get our pages more relevant? In terms of content and articles how must we use keywords?

]]> By: evisibility https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html/comment-page-1#comment-883 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:48:13 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html#comment-883 I have to agree with graywolf on this. KWD matters, but to what extent it matters is up in the air. I always explain SEO as hundreds of little things all done the right ways at the right times that help you get ranked.

If you do not put any thought into KWD for your campaigns what do you recommend for keyword content? How do you attack on page SEO in relation to keywords?

]]> By: graywolf https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html/comment-page-1#comment-885 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:01:22 +0000 https://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/how-search-really-works-the-keyword-density-myth.html#comment-885 Of course KWD matters it doesn’t matter more than trust, and links/anchor text but of course it matters.

now of course every time I post an example some engineer comes along and kills it, even though it was working fine for months or years before.

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