[zenneth]

I always ensure that the main keyword density should be around the region of 4 -6%. For instance, if let's say I have a 1000 words blog post, I will select the 40-60 best keywords to insert and distribute evenly among the content. If it's anywhere above or below that range, it will not be optimized. What do you guys think?

[agilius]

I usually have a 2~3% key word density but I only use 10~20 words. Many times I try to pun links in those words, and make them be anchor text. I don't know why, but most bloggers do that so I guess I should do it to :P

[zenneth]

Keeping to the density limit is actually very important. Sometimes we must not only utilize on one keyword. We can have combination of keywords and then insert it randomly to the contents. Using anchor text helps as well.

[agilius]

So instead of having a 6% keyword density for on word, it's better to have a 3% keyword density for 3 words? I think I'm getting the big idea about SEO now ). Thanks for posting this. You enlighten me zenneth

[zenneth]

No problem. As long as we share our ideas, it will benefit all of us. Who knows you might provide a better suggestion or alternatives compared to this one. It just came across my mind, so I thought it would be great if I can post it here to let everybody knows about it.

[agilius]

OK, how about this. I've heard an interview with some SEO guru yesterday. He answered 5 question related to SEO. One of them was about keywords and how many keywords should a webmaster aim in order to get better SERPs.

He answered that it depends on the popularity of the site. The more backlinks and traffic you have, the more potential you have. If you don't have potential (traffic+backlinks) you should aim for only a few keywords, study the competition and see how much traffic and backlinks they have, then when you reach them, you could aim for more keywords. Getting good for one ~ three keywords at the beggining will generate traffic under that keywords, while 40 keywords won't generate that much, cose the importance of your site woun't be good enough for google.

Hope this helps...

[chELsea]

I actually no longer believe in the practice of this one. Yes, it involve on On-page optimization but I don't think it plays a great role. It will still fall on the quality and quantity of backlinks your site gaining