Propools - 8:05 pm on Sep 2, 2008 (gmt 0)

I've searched WebmasterWorld archives and can't find anything recent on what keyword density should be? Or is it just that keyword density just isn't as critical today when compared to just writing good content with the keyword phrase smattered in the text?

Furthermore, how relevant is it that the homepage be a targeted keyword rich page?
What I've noticed is on G results that if I type in one of our 2nd tier phrases, we rank in the top 10 but the search results show our homepage's <title> and URL BUT the descriptive text shown is from a page two steps off our homepage.

So, what's this mean? It seems that the page is ranking well but what's being shown on the SERP is the <title> from the homepage which doesn't match the accompanying descriptive text nor the searched phrase.