Glossary / Keyword density
What is Keyword density?
Keyword density is how often a keyword appears in a page compared with the total word count. It is an old metric, and no ideal percentage exists.
Take a 1,000 word post that uses the phrase dog grooming ten times. That is one percent density. For years people chased target percentages, and it produced writing nobody wanted to read.
Search engines moved on. They understand related words and phrasing now, so a page about dog grooming can rank while talking about clippers, coats, and nail trims without repeating the exact phrase over and over.
The useful version of this check is simpler. Does the term show up naturally where it belongs, in the title, an early paragraph, and a heading or two? If reading the page aloud feels repetitive, cut.
In Creaiter
Creaiter scores each draft for keyword use, so you can see whether your term appears where it counts without piling it on.
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