What do article keyword density and skim milk
POSSIBLY have in common? Well, a lot, actually...
The never ending debate as to the proper keyword density in articles is
being fought down in the algorithmic trenches every day. No doubt it's
a bloody one (since it seems to change every few weeks or so.) But
that's not to say that we 'regular folk' can't stay ahead of their
density requirements.
(Don't forget, WE who write articles of great content importance DRIVE
the search engines.)
Just as a reminder, keyword density is simply the amount of times your
keyword(s) appear throughout your articles. If you have a 600 word
article and your keyword "fly fishing in Aruba" appears 3 times
throughout your article, your keyword density is said to be .5%.
In my own attempt to FIND the best keyword densities for my articles, I
continue to see that somewhere between 1% and 1.5% seems to be optimal.
Exactly like skim milk! Don't forget, I am neither an MIT grad nor a
frustrated ex Google employee, so take this as a guide ONLY.
In fact, of the four content generating software programs that have
been recommended to me (which I NEVER USE) the optimal dosage of
keyword density within each of them is a sliding scale of between .5%
and 2.5%.
Two point five percent...yikes. You know how thick whole milk tastes
after you've been drinking skim milk? That's what 2.5% keyword density
tastes like to me. Anything above 2% feels very 'spammy' as if the
thrust of my keywords (and in essence, the thrust of my point) is too
dense...and both my readers and the lovely search engines recognize it
as being too front and center. So, as they say, less IS more.
But again, this is and probably always will be a moving target...with
fluctuations happening regularly.
Now after all this, did you ever think that keyword density and skim
milk would HAVE THIS MUCH IN COMMON?
Drink up!
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About the Author
Kevin Browne is a former Creative Director and
Senior Copywriter at agencies including J Walter Thompson, McCann
Erickson and Young and Rubicam. Kevin now runs TABinteractive where he
shows web owners how to FINALLY make ridiculous, and consistent online
sales at http://www.tabinteractive.net
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