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Hi Marisa,

Thanks for you answer. I'm sure that 8-12% is high.

Please note that we are talking about single-words that have this kind of keyword density.

I'm just wondering does this single word high density may affect long phrase as well?

Hi Eyepaq,

Thanks for taking the time to anwer.

I get the point. I fully understand the keyword density is not most important factor, or even not important at all.

I just noticed that I'm ranking for other keyword (used less time in not used in Title, Desc, H1 etc.. - just in content).

..and  i'm not ranking at all (not within first 100) for the main keyword which is used in H1, H2, Title, Desc, alt and content - 10 times in total

Please note that all of the keywords have similar difficulty score, and there are relatively low competition.

I was just wondering maybe this has something to do with keyword stuffing / keyword density. There must be a reason why Google not including this website in SERP.

Dear All SeoMoz users,

I'm a web designer for some time now. Doing some basic SEO from time to time.

I just started up with brand new website.

The website is not ranking very well for 2nd line keyword (keyword density  < 2%), but the problem is not ranking at all for  for my main keyword.

I think the problem is the keyword density. For phrases that are 3-words long my keyword density is less than 4%.

I suspect the problem is that keyword density for single-word phrases is between 8-12%. Please note that  the 3 words with highest keyword density make my main 3-words long keyword.

Is this the case? Should I be avoiding keyword density larger than 4% for single-word phrases as well?

What is you experiences is this matter? Could my single-word phrases be treated as keyword stuffing by Google?