This article will explain what keyword density is and why it is important. Key word density is the number of times your key word appears on a page. This is important to search engines because the search engines use this to help determine your placement. However, you do not want to over use a keyword in hopes of getting a higher ranking. Currently there is no strict rule or percentage to determine how many times to use a certain key word, but a good trick is to copy what your competitors are doing. You can see how many times they use a certain key word in the title tag, alt tags and body and do the same thing. You want to make sure the site ranks high before trying to copy what they are doing.

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