What is Keyword Density?

Keyword density is the measurement of, the number of times a keyword or phrase appears in a given set of words. Keyword density is generally calculated as a percentage.

Among many search engines, google gives a considerable amount of priority to keyword density.

Keyword density should be considered for page title, meta description, and most of all, for the page content.


Recommended levels of keyword density
Title : 30% - 75%
Meta Description : 10% - 15%
Page Content - 2.5% - 5%


We can use a keyword density tool to calculate the keyword density easily.