How to Check Keyword Density of a Post in WordPress
Posted by Mohsin Ali Waheed | Filed under SEO, Wordpress
Keywords are known as one of the main techniques used in On Page SEO. Without keywords your post is nothing but useless content. So what are the keywords and why we use them in our posts. Well ever word or phrase which is used to search any thing on search engines is called keyword like happy new year wallpapers, Nokia Asha 300 or free product keys of Microsoft office 2010 etc. So if we use keywords in out posts search engines will know better that what is this post all about. So using proper keywords in your posts is very essential for your blog SEO.
What is Keyword Density?
Keyword density is the amount of times a particular keywords appears in your post in relation with the number of words in your posts. Some people say that your keyword should not appear more than 2% of your post words and it should be around 1% to 2%. The problem is that its very hard to keep track of each and every keyword if your posts are too long specially for articles with more than 1000 words in it.
What is Keyword Stuffing?
Keyword Stuffing is the term used when you filled your post with full of keywords rather than putting some useful information in it. Keyword Stuffing is treated as spam in blogging and that’s why search engines like Google hate this technique. Its very important that you write your post naturally without even worry about keyword density but after finishing your article you should note the keyword density so that if it is too high than you may decrease it in order to format your post according to search engines rules and regulations.
Calculate Keyword Density Manually?
Now you may calculate keyword Density by hand with the help of formula. This is very useful if you don’t want to use any plugin or you are using blogger.
Keyword Density = (Number of times the Keyword is repeated / Total number of words in the text) x 100
Keyword Density for Phrase = (Number of times the Keyword is repeated x (Number of words in the Key Phrase / Total number of words in the text)) x 100
Free WordPress Plugins to Calculate Keyword Density.
There are some good premium WordPress plugins to calculate keyword density like SEO Pressor but of course you have to pay for it. If you want free WordPress plugins than here are two plugins which might be useful for you.
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Great Post Mohsin. Now i know how to check the keyword density in my articles.
Hammad that’s very necessary that your articles will not look like spam articles full of keywords.
Simple and nice tricks. thanks buddy.
Thanks Atish, i always try to keep my articles nice and simple.
Its been great to know about! Very well is the information shared.
Thanks martin about sharing your thoughts.
Keyword density is an important part of ON PAGE SEO. Really liked this guide about it.
Keep Sharing.
Yes Kuldeep its so easy to setup and without keywords your posts are really nothing but blank words.
Thanks for your tips Mohsin I really appreciate your effort due to use these SEO tips I improved my blog Learn to earn online.
Naeem i am happy that my efforts are really helping you guys. Just keep working hard and you will get results very quickly.
I don’t know there is plugin to check Keyword Density. I have never checker Keyword Density in my article. From now on I’ll use it. THanks for share
Ahsan plugin URL is given in the article and this is not good that you are not checking the keyword density in your articles. In future it will hurt your blog SEO.
Amazing information shared. I haven’t tried any tool to check keyword density. I am calculating keyword density manually.
Which ever way you use the purpose is to check keyword density.
This post was fantastic! You made some great points. It is really informative post. Actually I was not aware about that. But I found here great info about that keyword density in wordpress in your post.
Google Panda made it more strict and now you have to write naturally otherwise if you use too many keywords in your posts than you are in danger.
That’s surely a great read! I think keyword proximity and keyword frequency also matters a lot.
You are right Boudreau if we only emphasis on keywords and not on the original topic than our posts will not be able to attract visitors.
I realized that I have used too many keywords in my posts. I installed plugin you recommended. Thanks.
Mikko this plugin is very important if you want to survive in blogging.
Awesome post about keyword Density! yes every time when we write an article we should use some basic tips for SEO.
1. Take sometime to read full post for checking spelling errors.
2. Write your own unique Title, Description and keywords in your post
3. Keyword Density For SEO.
Follow some above basic tips for better SEO.