meta keywords for SEO

[Halfdeck]

LOL DJilla that's a classic.

So, if Google doesn't ignore them, but they don't improve ranking, what does Google do with them?

For one thing, like I posted before, if you use adult keywords in your META keywords tag, Google will filter your page out of results when SafeSearch strict is active. Google will also filter your images out of Google Images unless SafeSearch is turned off.

[Linkster]

Another quick answer here - and I really dont care what the "experts" say - I only base my points on my own testing and results

Google does use the keywords meta - not just for anti-spam detection - as part of their ranking algo - and have for the last 4 months at least - there is no question in my mind about it.

[Licker4U]

Thanks all, I've done some reading and will use meta keywords, without commas for a while.

[Halfdeck]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...me&btnG=Search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...bs&btnG=Search

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a

I'm aching to be convinced otherwise.

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There's no harm in using the META keywords tag as long as you don't spam the hell out of it. I sometimes use it to help myself remember what I optimized a page for.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...me&btnG=Search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...bs&btnG=Search

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a

I'm aching to be convinced otherwise.

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There's no harm in using the META keywords tag as long as you don't spam the hell out of it. I sometimes use it to help myself remember what I optimized a page for.

Those first two URL's gave me this:

Your search - site:http://www.searchenginelabs.com/ genome - did not match any documents.

Your search - genome inurl:searchenginelabs - did not match any documents.

Spam? No, I was thinking something like this for meta keywords:

<META name="keywords" CONTENT="huge massive cocks fucking pussy">

It's basically a sentence but each word stands alone as a relevant word for a "big cock" site.

And for meta description:

<META name="description" CONTENT="images and movies of huge massive cocks fucking pussy">

[Bill]

That's Halfdecks point, Licker4u, the searches show no results for a page that he's saying is cached for a meta keywords test.

What led you to decide to use spaces instead of commas?

I said earlier there's a lot of ongoing debate about the keywords tag. At a certain point you just gotta make your choice and take your chances.

It's a weak tag. I think it barely matters what you put there. And you can do without it on most pages.

However, If you are going to use it, I would say it should be unique for every page you use it on. That's because of the spam detection potential of the meta tags.

[Licker4U]

Originally Posted by Bill

That's Halfdecks point, Licker4u, the searches show no results for a page that he's saying is cached for a meta keywords test.

I missed that...

Originally Posted by Bill

What led you to decide to use spaces instead of commas?.

One of the Google articles I read recently said they aren't necessary....I think.

[DangerDave]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...me&btnG=Search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...bs&btnG=Search

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...ient=firefox-a

It's a pity he/she/they couldn't even get the structure of an HTML page right... thereby making the experiment completely useless.

DD

[Bill]

Originally Posted by DangerDave

It's a pity he/she/they couldn't even get the structure of an HTML page right... thereby making the experiment completely useless.

DD

Huh. It does look like the tag is malformed.

[DangerDave]

Originally Posted by Bill

Huh. It does look like the tag is malformed.

and out of order....