Importance of keyword density in search engines.

[Bambino]

Can anybody explain the importance of Keyword density in terms of search engines.

[bod-jack]

If a particular keyword has higher density on your page then it is more likely for your page to obtain better rankings in SE. But keyword density is treated differently by all other search engines having different algorithms.

[seo_first]

It represents the percent that your keyword or keyword phrase are of your html page text.

You must keep an eye on the specific keywords from each page so that the percent would be somehere around 3% - 7%.

[newage123]

Keyword Density is the percentage of occurrence of your keywords to the text in the rest of your webpage.
It is important for your main keywords to have the correct keyword density to rank well in Search Engines.
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%.

[Rodricks]

You can do SEO through key word density. You can easily optimize keyword which is more important to your site.

[Ryan]

If a particular keyword has a higher density on your web page, then the likelihood of your page obtaining a better search engine ranking increases. But not all search engines bother with keyword density and indeed even those who do have their own algorithm for computing the density of a keyword.

[Damien]

What about the websites having lower keyword density but still ranking high in the search engines ?

[jason s]

More important factor than keyword variation or keyword density is having high quality and tightly focused content.

most of the search engines prefers ur site content more than ur keyword density,backlinks or site crawling.

[alyaly]

It is the percentage of your keywords on you home page. It gives you a better ranking on the SE. If you are really concerned about how you're doing there are
Keyword Density Analyzers that will tell you how well you're doing. One such Analyzer is "keyworddensity.com. There are others, this one is free for a quick check. I hope this helps you out.