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Meta keywords are most probably completely ignored by SEs because they're so easy to set but the visitor usually does not see them. Thus: Too easy to manipulate the SERPs.
Therefore, it probably does not matter at all whether you've got commas or not. To separate different phrases, they should be there, I think.
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It is recommended to not use comas to cover more combinations of the keywords (I still don't believe that will make any difference, but that's what was recommended to me)
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Get Over the meta keyword thing, SEs don't consider it anymore.
However, you can use comma or can even separate them with spaces.
Is it true? "Get Over the meta keyword thing, SEs don't consider it anymore" ??? If this is the real case, then do SE's onlly considers content? What about meta descriptions?Is it ignored by SE? I am still using meta keywords and meta description for my website....should I stop those?
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Is it true? "Get Over the meta keyword thing, SEs don't consider it anymore" ??? If this is the real case, then do SE's onlly considers content? What about meta descriptions?Is it ignored by SE?
Yes, this is true. The meta descriptions are most probably not relevant for your rankings, either. They are, however, sometimes used as the 'snippets' which google shows below the titles in the SERPs. If you have a good meta description and if it is shown to users searching Google, they might be more inclined to visit your site. You can achieve better click-through rates if you have good meta descriptions.
I recommend checking which snippets Google shows for popular queries that bring or should bring visitors to your site. If you think the text can be improved, add a useful meta description.
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Is it true? "Get Over the meta keyword thing, SEs don't consider it anymore" ??? If this is the real case, then do SE's onlly considers content? What about meta descriptions?Is it ignored by SE? I am still using meta keywords and meta description for my website....should I stop those?
Meta keywords are no longer considered by search engines in their ranking algorithms for the sole reason that it can be manipulated quite easily.
However, in the case of meta description, you can avoid that too if you have lots of text content on your page. I still use meta description on my important pages...never care to use it in contact us, about us etc pages though.
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Meta keywords are no longer considered by search engines in their ranking algorithms for the sole reason that it can be manipulated quite easily.
However, in the case of meta description, you can avoid that too if you have lots of text content on your page. I still use meta description on my important pages...never care to use it in contact us, about us etc pages though.
But Pro seo, I know one site which is benefitted out of Meta keywords recently. The PR of the site increased from 4- 7, and now it is fairly doing good with higher search engine rankings and traffic. I feel Google still considers the Meta keywords as an important aspect..pls read this
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=EGLC,EGLC:2006-50,EGLC:en&q=free+thumbnails ...what u have to say regarding this? and wonder, it took only 15 odd days for the website to reach the First page of search results!!!
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But Pro seo, I know one site which is benefitted out of Meta keywords recently. The PR of the site increased from 4- 7, and now it is fairly doing good with higher search engine rankings and traffic. I feel Google still considers the Meta keywords as an important aspect..pls read this
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=EGLC,EGLC:2006-50,EGLC:en&q=free+thumbnails ...what u have to say regarding this? and wonder, it took only 15 odd days for the website to reach the First page of search results!!!
What proof or at least strong evidence do you have that the change/addition of meta keywords has caused the change of the SERPs? Think about it, if the keywords were considered important, then why wouldn't any SEO out there use them to get to the top positions? The reason is that it does not work. It makes a lot of sense for SEs to ignore features that a normal visitor never sees while they are completely under the control of the webmaster who wants to rank well.
What's so special about the search result page you linked to up there? I did not bother to check out every site, its backlinks, content, etc, but I can assure you that meta keywords don't play a significant role in getting the sites to the top.
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For me, metas are not longer important in terms of Rankings. But
Google consider it in other way like in snippets your page in SE. that's why as an SEO It is important to consider metas for different instances.
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But Pro seo, I know one site which is benefitted out of Meta keywords recently. The PR of the site increased from 4- 7, and now it is fairly doing good with higher search engine rankings and traffic. I feel Google still considers the Meta keywords as an important aspect..pls read this
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=EGLC,EGLC:2006-50,EGLC:en&q=free+thumbnails ...what u have to say regarding this? and wonder, it took only 15 odd days for the website to reach the First page of search results!!!
I can guarantee you it had nothing to do with the meta keywords. Remove them and you will see no change in ranking. BTW I don't see where the google results you posted prove anything.
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But Pro seo, I know one site which is benefitted out of Meta keywords recently. The PR of the site increased from 4- 7, and now it is fairly doing good with higher search engine rankings and traffic. I feel Google still considers the Meta keywords as an important aspect..pls read this
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=EGLC,EGLC:2006-50,EGLC:en&q=free+thumbnails ...what u have to say regarding this? and wonder, it took only 15 odd days for the website to reach the First page of search results!!!
So you're saying that Meta Keywords are counted by Google AND that they affect PR?
Don't you think it more likely that the increase in Page Rank (indicating the addition of some substantial new backlinks) is responsible for the change in rankings?
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I USE THE KEYWORD META SEPARATED BY COMMAS... but only as a personal filing system to list what keywords I am focusing on within that page. SEs ignore them, but to use it as a remider or listing for that pages keyword(s) is a good thing.
If sometime in the future the keyword META comes back into vogue with the SEs... mine are already there.
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I USE THE KEYWORD META SEPARATED BY COMMAS... but only as a personal filing system to list what keywords I am focusing on within that page. SEs ignore them, but to use it as a remider or listing for that pages keyword(s) is a good thing.
If sometime in the future the keyword META comes back into vogue with the SEs... mine are already there.
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