Blogger and Meta tags missing

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by shamatae, Nov 7, 2013.

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    I do have a question that may be more of a Google Blogger issue.

    I composed my blog post, in Blogger, and include labels, description, keyword optimization (title, headers, image file names and image alt). I even optimized my template to change the title from each post to have the "post title | site name".

    After publishing it, I'll go to the SiteReportCard site and find that its stating, "No Meta Tag found" on both description and keywords. This is true on my main site.

    My report card ends up being pretty bad. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
     
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    View the page source to see if your meta description is on the page. You can usually right-click on your page (depending on your browser) and view the source code.

    Meta keywords are a waste of time: they are completely ignored by Google and the other major search engines, and they have been for years. Just delete your meta keywords, it's code clutter.

    And don't trust these stupid tools. They are linkbait, made in order to attract links, and in many cases also to sell services. These tools can plant a lot of false concerns in your head.
     
    PhilipSEO, Nov 10, 2013 IP
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    patco Well-Known Member

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    Do not pay so much attention to those meta tags... If you have Title as you mentioned in your message, then everything is ok... Just a quick note -> Don't forget to use H1 tag in your article (one or maximum twice per article with 400+ words) and try to post your keywords in the BEGINNING of the article! ;)
     
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    Thank you very much! Very helpful and actionable.
     
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    Please don't spam with low quality posts that don't add anything relevant to the discussion. Don't repeat what has been said. It's against the forum rules.

    Moreover, meta description can be important for searchers and for clickthough, so you give bad advice. Google recommends setting good meta descriptions.

    Moreover, there is no requirement that there should be only one H1 per page. In some cases it's possible to have more than one, as Matt Cutts has confrimed. (Not that this is relevant to the original query.)
     
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    Philip, did anyone told something about H1 tags... If you read in different forums, meta description and meta keywords are NOT so important after the latest updates, title and domain name are MUCH more important... So I am not sure if my post was low-quality or... ;)
     
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    Please stop pretending, you can't reread your own post? Yes, you "told something" about H1 tags.

    Actually, you have no clue about SEO and should not be doing this. If you knew SEO, you would know Google has not used meta keywords since 2005 or so, and not "after the latest updates."

    You are confused about meta description. It is very important, and Google's Matt Cutts recommends setting a fine meta description. What confuses you is that you have heard about how putting keywords in your meta description does not help Google rankings: that is correct. But the meta description is what the searcher sees in the search results, so yes, wake up, it is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for that reason. Whether or not the user clicks on the result depends in some measure on the relevance and brilliance of your meta description. And Google measures the clickthrough rate, and if your description is bad or irrelevant or too generic, your clickthrough rate will be lower, Google will suppose that your site or page is not very relevant to the search, and this can negatively affect your ranking.

    I am SEO expert, and I recognize bullcrap on sight. You should just give up and try not to give SEO advice in this forum.
     
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