What is Importance of Keywords and Description

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Liza New, Dec 5, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi Friends
    Can any tell about importance:
    keywords and description are must to publish or title is sufficient?
    plz. tell under google searching policy
     
    Liza New, Dec 5, 2009 IP
  2. selectsplat

    selectsplat Well-Known Member

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    The importance of meta title and description are greatly diminished in Google and other major search engines. It no longer help with SERP position, as it's just to easy to manipulate SERPS with text that isn't even displayed to the casual browser.

    However, Google and other search engines DOES still display meta descriptions if it matches the key phrase searched for. And, there are still some older engines out there that will still use the description and keyphrase.

    So, while it isn't as important as it used to be, you should still take the time to fill out your meta description and keywords appropriately.
     
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  3. Canonical

    Canonical Well-Known Member

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    You definitely want to optimize title tags as it is VERY important for rankings. You also need to optimize the meta description for each page on your site. Even though Google doesn't consider the meta description for ranking purposes, they do display it as the Google search snippet sometimes as selectsplat pointed out. And while the meta keywords element is ignored by most engines, the idiots at Yahoo! seem to still be using it! LOL So I would include it for just to be complete.
     
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  4. Liza New

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    Hi Friends
    Thanks for your informative replies
     
    Liza New, Dec 7, 2009 IP
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    keyword are not important for google - but for yahoo. A good description ist very importand and can help users click your page when listen in google search result
     
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    Meta Description is more important than Meta Keywords, you should put a really detailed easy to read description that makes sense and rich in keywords. You also do not disregard of the keywords completely because some search engines might still value it more than Google.

    Zac
     
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    Recently Google has announced that they only take concerned with the meta description than the meta keyword. Keywords is nothing but the word which helps the user to search his query by typing it in search engine box. If you have the high density targeted keyword in your article or in your content of the site. This helps the search engine to index when it need by the visitor. But it is more important to use the keywords in the meta description.
    Description is what we defining about our content shortly in the site, this will taken by the search engine and your description is rolled out on the site. If you also the content related keyword in your description then it makes very easy for the search engine to take your site and indexed in top most in front of the visitors.
     
    vagassi, Dec 7, 2009 IP