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Do you use Meta Tags?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by mxlabs, Jun 19, 2005.

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Do you use Meta Tags?

  1. No

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  2. Yes

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  1. pwaring

    pwaring Well-Known Member

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    #21
    I don't bother with meta tags anymore, it was too much effort to create unique keywords/descriptions for each page and Google doesn't appear to use them anyway. They used to be useful but I think they got abused so badly that they're not really seen as a trusted source of information.

    None of my sites appear to have a particularly low ranking as a result of not using meta tags, so I guess they're not really a big issue anymore.
     
    pwaring, Jun 20, 2005 IP
  2. minstrel

    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    But that's just not true -- Google DOES frequently display as a snippet the text from the description tag

    Your choice, but do remember that ranking decently in the search results is only part of the goal -- another part is interesting people enough to click on YOUR link instead of someone else's -- a good description can do that. I'd say you are missing out on a potential edge...
     
    minstrel, Jun 20, 2005 IP
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