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Website Writing to Keep Those Search Engines Smiling

Keyword density should be on the top of your list when website writing for seo (search engine optimization, in other words building your site to include the elements search engines want to put you on the top of the listings).

Keywords are one to three word phrases that you target that tell the search engines exactly what your site is about. You should put keywords throughout you website, but they shouldn't be over used. You need the formula that most engines feel is the right amount.

You are endangering your site of being rejected or getting low rankings in searches repeating your keywords every other word or sentence.

The percentage of your keyword count equals the density for that word on a single web site.

Ok, say you have 100 words on your website page, to make it simple. Now, do not add the the words and symbols used in the HTML coding. Say you have 5 keywords. Just divide the total number of keywords by the number of words on your web page.

So now we have 5 divided by 100 = .05. Since your keyword density is a percentage of the word count of that page, multiply it by 100 ( this is not your word count in this example but part of the formula), that will be .05 x 100 = 5%.

You should always go for the accepted standard used my most major search engines which is between 3% and 5%. Never exceed this as most engines will think you are trying to trick them to get higher rankings.

Remember, keep to this rule not just your homepage, but every page of your website. Here is a simple way to check your density on your pages:

On a web page you would like to check, copy and paste the content into a word-processing program such as Word or Word Perfect.

In the word-processing program go to the 'Select All' found in the 'Edit' menu. Select the 'Tools' menu and click on 'Word Count'. Write down your total number of words on a sheet of paper.

Go to the 'Find' function located in the 'Edit' menu. Now in the 'Find' field type in the keyword you want to check. In the 'Replace' type that same word so you do not change your content.

When the replace function has finished, you will then see the amount of times that word is on the page. This of your keyword count for that particular page.

You can now figure your keyword density by using this info of total word count and total keywords in the formula you know have. Make the search engines smile when they see your site by using the standards you have now learned when website writing.

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