What is keyword proximity?

The distance refers to the number of words in a search term - how many words are between:

The closeness of words to one another implies association. To anyone that's ever wielded the English language, this won't come as a surprise. One paragraph about your SEO work in Chicago will thus do more to rank for "Chicago SEO" than two paragraphs, with one about SEO and one about
 
Keyword Proximity:

The proximity between the keywords or key phrases is quite important. The closer the key terms or phrases are with each other, the better is the chance of achieving a higher rank. Consider the given sentences:

• The Harry Potter Series has cast its spell on both children as well as on adults.
• Very few series have had an equal following among both children and adults as that of Harry Potter.

Let's assume that the above mentioned texts are part or two different pages, if anyone searches for the term "Harry Potter series" the page with the first sentence will be ranked higher than that with the second sentence. This is because the keywords are placed nearer in the first sentence.
 
Keyword proximity refers to the closeness of the keywords. Your keywords should be close to each other in the content of the web page. It basically describes the proximity or the distance of two or more keywords within a text.
 
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