Can you explain keyword density?

[akshay]

Can you explain keyword density?

[WoodsPainting]

Keyword Density. Keyword density tells you how often a search term appears in a text in relation to the total number of words it contains. For example: if a keyword appears three times in a 100 word text the keyword density would be 3%.

[ritesh3592]

Keyword density refers to the number of times a keyword appears on a given webpage or within a piece of content as a ratio or percentage of the overall word count.

[WoodsPainting]

Keyword density is the percentage of times a keyword or phrase appears on a web page compared to the total number of words on the page. ... Today, the overuse of keywords, a practice called keyword stuffing, will cause a web page to be penalized.

[RH-Calvin]

Keyword density is the percentage of times a keyword or phrase appears on a web page compared to the total number of words on the page. In the context of search engine optimization, keyword density can be used to determine whether a web page is relevant to a specified keyword or keyword phrase.