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Keeping Keyword Density WITHOUT Turning Off Readers

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typewriter keys image As an SEO copywriter myself, keyword-stuffing is something that I find hard to avoid. However, I perpetually look for ways to improve my SEO articles to avoid making readers hitting that dreaded X icon while reading my stuff.

Making Content More Readable
Making content more readable by writing engaging content can help. Jokes can’t be so bad in keeping writing light but there are just some topics that can’t be infused with humor.

Search Engines Love-Hate Relationship with Keyword-Rich Content
It’s a good thing that search engines are now learning to despise sites with too keyword-stuffed content. Although that’s the case, SEO content clients still can’t grasp the fact that mentioning keywords to the point of annoying redundancy will soon be a thing of the past and would still request for heavily keyword-rich articles.

Keywords and SEO Copywriting Creativity
So what’s the solution to keep clients while keeping the readers? A good dose of SEO copywriting creativity using other forms of keywords and synonyms.

But what if the client would strictly implement that the articles contain the exact words and order of words in each of the keyphrase he asked articles to be written about?

Punctuating Keyword Density and Copy Readability Dilemmas
This tip might be of great help for SEO copywriters faced with such pressing dilemma:


To break up some of the mentions of longer keyphrases. Yes, you do need to keep the words of the phrase in the same order most of the time. However by using punctuation and other elements you can still make the phrase appear less obtrusive.

Read this copywriting and longer keyphrases article to learn more on how to carry out this keyword density maintenance. It will definitely benefit SEO writers who were unfortunately labeled as only sentence reworders.

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3 Responses to “Keeping Keyword Density WITHOUT Turning Off Readers”

  1. NeelimaP Says:

    Its really hard to keep an article by using keywords constantly.

    I really needed those tips!

  2. Alfa Says:

    Hi NeelimaP,

    Search engine optimization’s one good side is that readers should be kept in mind while writing.

    Using keywords constantly or repeatedly can turn off readers so there’s really no need to overly do that.

  3. SEO Elite Says:

    keyword density tool…

    Use the SEO tool every expert marketer uses to rank Top 10 in Google….

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