Is Keyword Density, Proximity and Prominence Important?

The Leader New Member Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Good Posts: 6 Is Keyword Density, Proximity and Prominence Important?     We all know content is King because if you have the words then there may be a search for it but is all the stuff about density, proximity, and prominence a load of crap. Does having a keyword denistiy of 10% make your site rank higher in serps than a density of 0.5%? Does having high proximity or promince make the slight difference to serps? My experimentation tells me no but what results have others had? Hi, I'm new to SEO 1. Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:05 am

dburdon Senior Member Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Good Posts: 1019 Location: Kent, England Keyword Density     The Leader, I don't believe that a raw keyword density has much meaning. Hard and fast rules that suggest 5, 10 or 12.5% keyword density are misleading. However, don't expect to rank for a keyword phrase that you don't feature on your website. Simply Clicks | SEO | Travel SEO | Pay Per Click Advertising Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:38 am

RankSurge Senior Member Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Good Posts: 774 Location: Internet I'm starting to leans toward a new saying - CONTEXT is king... Currently testing a few ideas on that... Optimization Services Data Storage Geek Heaven Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:53 pm

dburdon Senior Member Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Good Posts: 1019 Location: Kent, England Context is king     Paul, I presume you mean the value of a link is largely determined by where it is located? How does this differ from views on topic related nature of a page or website? Simply Clicks | SEO | Travel SEO | Pay Per Click Advertising Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:56 am

easytoinsureme1 New Member Joined: 06 Nov 2009 Good Posts: 3 density     there is a ratio you should go by. However, yahoo and google work off a different keyword density. Google is a much lower ratio than yahoo. But to answer your question yes if you have the correct density you will rank better Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:31 am

tracker Contributing Member Joined: 22 Jan 2009 Good Posts: 35 Location: Southampton, UK Correct Density     I'm not a believer in precise factors such as keyword density. Google, Yahoo and Bing take notice of what words are in place on a website. I don't think its a percentage ratio though. Promotional Pens | Promotional Umbrellas | Holidays Tuscany | Beds Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:33 pm

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