Difference between Keyword Proximity And Keyword Density

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Keyword density:
A measure of the number of times keywords occur within a web page's text divided by the total number of words on a web page. Search engines have unique algorithms for calculating keyword density.

Keyword proximity:
Keyword proximity and the keyword density within your Website can make or break your search engine optimization efforts.Keyword proximity considerations should include the proximity of keyword or keyword phrases to other keyword occurrences within the page, as well as the top of the page. After all, the top of the page usually tells you what you are there to read about.
 
Difference between both is that Keyword proximity refer as closeness between the keywords. As far as keyword density it refers to ratio between the keywords and number of words on the web page.
 
Keyword Density: It means the frequency of keyword use in overall content.
Keyword Proximity: It means how prominent your keyword is mean whether you are using it in title, meta tag, or header etc.
 
Keyword Proximity:
A keyword is a combination of words and a phrase is the combination of keywords. Keyword Proximity is an important part of content optimization. It refers for the distance between words of a keyword in a phrase.
Keyword Density:
Keyword density is an important aspect of the search engine optimization (SEO) process. Once you’ve completed keyword research for your website and have collected a list of keywords, you must consider how you will use those keywords.
Keyword Density is the simple term which refers to the number of occurrence of a keyword in a particular content. It should be 1 to 3% according to your content. If it is more than 3%, then your content should not be considered as reliable. It plays a major role in content optimization. It helps Google in indexing the web page of your website in Search Engine Result Page (SERP).
 
Keyword Proximity is an important part of content optimization. It refers for the distance between words of a keyword in a phrase.

The preferred keyword density rate varies from search engine to search engine. In general, it is recommended using a keyword density rate in the range of 1-2%. Too much keyword density can cause your site to be tagged as spam. It means the frequency of keyword use in overall content
 
Keyword proximity refers to the distance between the keywords that are used in the search, on your web page. For example, If your website appears in a search for best packaging design agency Mumbai, then how, where and at what distance these keywords have been used in your website is the keyword proximity. In SEO, closer these keywords appear on your website, higher will be the chances for your website to appear higher in the organic search.
Keyword density on the other hand, is the percentage of number of times a particular keyword appears on a particular web page or website to the total word count on the page.For example, if the the keyword, 'packaging' appears 5 times on a webpage with 500 words, the keyword density will be 1%for the keyword. In SEO, keyword density should not be more than a preferred 3 to 4 % on a web page.
 
The keyword proximity refers to the distance between the search term's individual keywords.

Keyword density is the ratio (or percentage) of the number of times your keyword appears on the page of your article, versus the number of words on the page.
 
Keyword density is the percentage of times 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, keyword density can be used to determine whether a web page is relevant to a specified keyword or keyword phrase.

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The keyword proximity refers to the distance between the search term's individual keywords. For example: a website contains the keywords that make up the search term “dentist Boston implant” in the heading “Your professional dentist in Boston; dental practice for minimally invasive implants”.
 
Keyword density refers to the ratio (percentage) of keywords contained within the total number of indexable words within a web page.

The preferred keyword density ratio varies from search engine to search engine. In general, I recommend using a keyword density ratio in the range of 2-8%.

Keyword proximity refers to the closeness between two or more keywords. In general, the closer the keywords are, the better.
 
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