The keyword density and its position are crucial things to keep in mind when optimizing your articles for Google. Search engine spiders crawl your article in a style that makes it very important to place your keywords where they'll be recognized and detected as a keyword, so that the article you publish will display in the search results when someone types in that keyword.

Keyword. What is it?

A keyword is a significant word that you post in your article multiple times. When a spider crawls your article, it recognizes that your article contains your specific word a number of times, which then assumes that your article will be useful to people searching for that keyword.

Don't over optimize your article

Overloading your article with your keyword is known as 'keyword stuffing'. Keep in mind that if you do this to try and manipulate the search engines to get a high ranking for your keyword, then you won't get far. The spiders have the ability to read what is and what isn't keyword stuffing. If you practice this method, you will risk your articles being removed from the search engines forever.

What is Keyword Density?

Keyword density means the amount of times that your keyword shows up in your article. Generally, people use a percentage to tell how often they will place their keyword in their article. For instance, if you want to achieve a 5% keyword density in a 500 word article, then your article must contain the keyword exactly 25 times. I prefer to not go over 5% nor under 3%. However, you'll probably find that many people on the internet prefer different percentages and have a logic behind it, but in the end it's what works best for you.

The Percentage of Density

No matter what density percentage you pick, remember that it's vital to place your keywords in the beginning as much as the end of your article so that you can create an hour glass effect. Just keep in mind that having the right keyword density in your article will most likely result in that article making you money because it will be placed high in the search engine results and attract more interested readers.

If you utilize the methods that I have mentioned above, then you should see your articles gaining top search engine placements. Finally, remember to submit your articles to multiple directories so that you can dominate search engine rankings.

About the Author, Jimmy Torres:

Jimmy Torres is the team leader of a new program called MyInternetBusiness. To discover how to dominate keyword research with article marketing, go to MyInternetBusiness. Web directory.