Of course backlink (anchor text) is the most important factor in SEO. This is common knowledge. But that doesn't mean we disregard the other factors. Part of SEO is knowing which other factors are weighted and using them.
I am not disputing that. I am just making the point that the description tag is a very small factor and is over-weighted by a very small amount of most other factors. Description tags should not be used as a seo factor because if they are they can be written for the robot and can ruin the visitors impression which means you won't be getting your full potential of traffic.
A good and valid point, visio. I wrote about that several years ago. http://www.v7n.com/increasing-ctr-2.php SEO should often take a back seat to marketing.
Glad we both understand each other now. Sorry if I was unclear there in my first few posts. I have been told that before