By: Michael Owen
I haven`t used meta-keywords for my own sites or clients, and have continued to have success ranking sites organically on the first page, even brand new websites on new domains. I don`t understand...
View ArticleBy: Bhaskar
Ok meta keywords are useless.Guess the best option now is to use metatags, with a noindex, no follow option eneabled for metatags to avoid the duplicate content issue associated with them.Is is how you...
View ArticleBy: Ed
Useful information, and interesting views on the pro’s and con’s regarding the use of Meta Keywords…Ed:)
View ArticleBy: Joseph
I am no expert but it makes sense to tell the robots that my contents are related to blahblahblah with meta keywords before it really parse the text.So I will still fill the meta keywords according to...
View ArticleBy: Peter
I agree that Meta Keywords have no impact anymore. However, while teaching people how to use WordPress (or any other cms) to publish their content I regular experience that it helps them to think about...
View ArticleBy: Chris
The Yoast SEO plugin has a little thing called “Focus Keyword”, which you could use for the purpose of personal memos. Plus, it bolds the focus words in the snippet preview and tells you whether you’ve...
View ArticleBy: Chris
One of my clients recently asked “How many meta keywords is too many?”I said “One”.
View ArticleBy: Ewan Kennedy
Very good Chris.But I have to disagree.I think the answer is “four, 4, FOUR, IV”. :-).
View ArticleBy: David Bruce
Why is this debatable? Meta keywords can be added in 20 seconds. If it can only help the site might as well add them.
View ArticleBy: Bas | Profit Tempest
Hmm that’s interesting I always thought they did use them, less work for me, yay! lol
View ArticleBy: BSLugnut
I believe that you should still enter the Meta Title and Description.What are your thoughts?Additionally, does the plugin creates a meta description field in “Edit Product Category” in WP-Ecommerce? Or...
View ArticleBy: Jyle
While I’m fine with agreeing that the keywords meta tag is indeed useless, i still use it.Why? Well, because using Yoast’s awesome seo plugin (thanks heaps! btw you said you would included www/http...
View ArticleBy: Mike McKoy
Thats information I needed. Thank you.Isn’t there a good chance that an app, blog search engine, or some other type of engine might still use meta keyword?
View ArticleBy: Mr. Hawk
@Mike McKoy: No, but som internal searchscripts use metakeywords (finding the relevant results…)
View ArticleBy: SEOGet
This is userful article , don’t waste too much time on the keywords mate tags .I will agree with you ! BTW, i will translate this article to chinese , I hope you can allow . Thank you !
View ArticleBy: Chip Copeland
While meta keywords might not have anything to do with SEO rankings, does it have a benefit when it comes to search? Does it increase the opportunity that someone might find content specific to your...
View ArticleBy: Ewan Kennedy
Hi Chip,Can you clarify your question please? Assuming, as you have, that meta keywords have nothing to do with rankings, how are you envisaging that they can therefore increase the opportunity...
View ArticleBy: Sherice Jacob
Tags > Meta Keywords. Also, in regards to Chip’s question above, I don’t think meta keywords will help anyone find your site – not the way they used to operate anyway. These days, it’s more about...
View ArticleBy: Mercer
If using keywords can’t hurt you, why not use them? At worst, they are ignored… at best they are utilized in some way, no?
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