On-Page Grader Levels

[lbohen]

I see that On-Page Grader reports include a numerical number such as the following:

Keyword Usage for audio book gift certificates = 15

I improved this page (http://www.audiobooksonline.com/audio-book-audiobook-gift-certificates.html) from 3 to 15 today.

What is the maximum "grade" possible?

[WorldText]

Going on the on-page "Factors Overview" box near the top, the max appears to be 36.

But the number you refer to is simply a count of instances of the particular key phrase on the page, which as far as I know has no maximum - it's simply an indicator of what the crawl found for that URL - of course too high a keyword density leads to keyword stuffing and pages that are thoroughly unnatural to read!

We've long moved past the point where keyword density was the be-all and end-all of ranking, so beware trying to get it too high.

Check in the view-source of the page as some (Page Title, Meta Description etc) won't appear in an on-page search in browser if you're looking to confirm the value.

[Chris.Menke]

Larry, don't crank that number up too high--it's not a grade, it's the number of times you used the keyword in each of the elements shown above the total.  You really should be looking at a few times in the body and not more than once everywhere else.

[lbohen]

Matt, Chris; Thank you for your comments.

Certainly I don't want to over include keywords into any of our pages.

The On-Page Grader report I received showing 15 uses of the keyword phrase made no mention that I was close to or had exceeded recommended usage. I would think that the On-Page Grader report would let me know if I was over using a keyword phrase. Correct?

Is there such a keyword use recommendation?

I don't see the "Factors Overview" box that Matt refers to.

[Ryan_Watson]

Hey Larry,

The numbers you mentioned are not a grade, they are a count of the number of times that the keyword is used. The maximum grade that you can receive is A.

To answer your second point, we actually do have a section to let you know when you are overusing a keyword. In the on page grad report there is a section labeled "Avoid Keyword Stuffing in Document", which will let you know if you are over stuffing a keyword.

Cheers,

Ryan Watson
Business Development Associate | Moz