Google says key phrase density remains to be not an search engine optimization rating issue for search

So it is now 2022 and some people are asking if Keyword Density is an SEO Ranking Factor for Google Search. According to John Mueller, a search advocate at Google, the answer is still no.

That came up Reddit just a few days before the end of the 2021 year. The question asked was, “Do you think keyword density is still an SEO factor in 2021?” John Mueller replied “No”. Yes, that’s all he said – no.

John was say that for about a decade, maybe longer.

Keyword density as an SEO topic is older than Google and is one of those topics that are unlikely to ever die.

Oh, if you don’t know what keyword density is, according to Wikipedia, “Keyword density is the percentage that a keyword or phrase appears on a web page compared to the total number of words on the page. In the context of search engine optimization, that can Keyword density can be used to determine whether a webpage is relevant to a particular keyword or phrase. “

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