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Are Meta tags dead?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by dougadam, Oct 2, 2005.

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    dougadam, Oct 2, 2005 IP
  2. TheHoff

    TheHoff Peon

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    #2
    1) The article is from 2002.
    2) Yup, they're dead as far as rankings go.
    3) Yahoo will still pull your meta-description and use it as the SERP description.
     
    TheHoff, Oct 2, 2005 IP
  3. ROAR

    ROAR Well-Known Member Affiliate Manager

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    It's absolutely worthwhile to use the description. Keywords...probally dont do anything...but the loss of 30 seconds from my life doesn't cramp my style that much.
     
    ROAR, Oct 2, 2005 IP
  4. Smyrl

    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    They may be dead but if you view the source of people whose work gets well rated you usually find the keyword and description tag. This may be overkkill but sometimes you see the meta description used in the SERP. For this reason alone it seems to me it pays to have a meta description tag.

    Shannon
     
    Smyrl, Oct 2, 2005 IP
  5. aaron_nimocks

    aaron_nimocks Im kind of a big deal Staff

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    I just use <title> and <description> and thats it. Works fine for me.

    Also if you do indepth keyword research which can take a long time why would you post it for all to see? I wouldnt put my keywords in the meta tag so my competition can have a peek at all the work I have done.
     
    aaron_nimocks, Oct 3, 2005 IP
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    aeiouy Peon

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    I have had sites get ranked lower in Yahoo simply because the site name was not in the description.
     
    aeiouy, Oct 3, 2005 IP
  7. sji2671

    sji2671 Self Made Mind

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    Also remember that no engine stays static as regards it ranking methods, one day they may become more popular again.

    It is easy to put them in, they do you no harm and when you take a tumble from you cosy high ranking in one of the engines then that will be one thing less for you to worry about.
     
    sji2671, Oct 3, 2005 IP
  8. SaN-DeeP

    SaN-DeeP Well-Known Member

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    are you still facing this problem ? or was in past
     
    SaN-DeeP, Oct 3, 2005 IP
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    The title is one of the most important elements. I would continue to use description and keyword meta tags. If not for the SE's but for marketing as well.
     
    imaginemn, Oct 3, 2005 IP