Question 1

What is a good keyword density for SEO?

Accepted Answer

Most SEO experts recommend a keyword density between 1% and 3%. Anything above 4-5% may be flagged as keyword stuffing by search engines. The ideal density depends on your content length and topic — focus on natural writing first, then check the numbers.

Question 2

Does keyword density still matter in 2026?

Accepted Answer

Keyword density remains a useful diagnostic signal. While Google uses advanced NLP (BERT, MUM) to understand topical relevance, an unusually high density still triggers stuffing filters, and a zero count means the keyword is not semantically present. Use it as a sanity check, not a ranking target.

Question 3

Should I remove stop words like 'the' and 'and'?

Accepted Answer

For a content-level analysis, yes — removing common English stop words (the, a, and, of, to, is, in, etc.) reveals the real topic words that carry SEO weight. This tool lets you toggle stop-word filtering on and off.

Question 4

What are 1-word, 2-word and 3-word phrases?

Accepted Answer

1-word phrases are single keywords (e.g. 'coffee'). 2-word phrases are bigrams (e.g. 'coffee shop') and 3-word phrases are trigrams (e.g. 'best coffee shop'). Longer phrases often capture the user's real search intent and are valuable for long-tail SEO.