Is There Any Reason To Use Meta Keywords Anymore?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by AlphanetChrisC, Jan 23, 2009.

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    Meta Keywords don't matter anymore right? Then should I even bother putting meta keywords on my website?
     
    AlphanetChrisC, Jan 23, 2009 IP
  2. catanich

    catanich Peon

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    I believe this is a good position for Google, but the pages that I dropped the meta keyword on also fell of the serps on Yahoo.

    I still us it for nothing more than documentation what the keyword phrase(S) are and in what priority. I would use it just "in case". There is no other reason that I can tell you.
     
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  3. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    it doesnt hurt using it so why not?
     
    sultanofseo, Jan 23, 2009 IP
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    I believe you should keep using them. While they may not be used by the search engines for individual rankings, they are still being used for general indexing.

    I think the most important ones you should be sure to use are;
    keywords
    description
    distribution=global or us or uk...
    index=follow all or no follow...index all or no index
    author=personal name or business name

    I think those 5 are very basic and probably expected by the search engines. Who else is using them and which ones do you think webmasters should be using?
     
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  5. SanDiegoServer

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    I think they probably don't matter anymore, but it helps me sleep at night to do them just in case.
     
    SanDiegoServer, Jan 24, 2009 IP
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    seodetectors07 Notable Member

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    it is the case that the keywords are not considered as imp as they were few years ago but still google must know that which category you have the website in.........
     
    seodetectors07, Jan 25, 2009 IP
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    Meta-Keywords don't play much of a role in SEO anymore, though I believe it helps Indexing wise. Its still wise to spend the extra 10-20 minutes adding some. Who knows, it might still play a very small factor which is good in the end.

    - Ratchet
     
    Ratchet, Jan 25, 2009 IP
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    In my opinion meta keywords don't play any role in any important search engine (however I can't support this with any test results, it's just what I have read and think)
     
    prasunsen, Jan 25, 2009 IP
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    They play no part whatsoever on the serps anymore but there so quick to do you might as well

    If it takes more than 5 mins then dont bother
     
    jenny1985, Jan 25, 2009 IP
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    zexy Guest

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    Meta keywords won't hurt and might still help in some search engines.
    Just make sure you don't exaggerate with the number of keywords you place.
     
    zexy, Jan 25, 2009 IP