Commas in Keywords

Is it necessary to place commas in keyword tags?

Please tell me which option is the best:

Option #1:
santee real estate, real estate in santee, santee ca real estate, santee sc real estate, santee homes for sale, new homes for sale in santee

Option #2:
santee real estate in santee ca real estate santee sc real estate santee homes for sale new homes for sale in santee

Option #1:
santee real estate,real estate in santee,santee ca real estate,santee sc real estate,santee homes for sale,new homes for sale in santee

Thanks

 

option 1 and 3 are both correct, although I use only option 1

 

As the keyword meta is ignored by the major search engines it does not make the slightest difference what you put in there.

- Michael

 

I think it still does!

 

on some search engines it does, I think that Yahoo still uses them, but not sure.

 

Option 1, IMLTHO, would be best. I have used some online tools for checking my keywords and found that some of them would get confused if there was not a space in additon to a comma. I presume, I don't know for certain, that some search engine bots could have the same problem.

As for the keywords you are proposing to use, there is a lot of repetition in your keywords. Some search engines will only read your keywords as 'real estate new homes sale ca sc santee'. You might want to consider using different keywords rather than repeating the same keyword over and over.

 

In that case you may also be interested in this

- Michael

 

Use comma to separate keywords. That's meta keyword and by that name it refers to its contents as keywords and not phrases composed of keywords.

If it does not take too much of your time, you can still put it there though its impact is minimal at best.