QUICK Meta Tag Qusetion.

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by nameonthecake, Aug 23, 2006.

  1. #1
    I have a website about KEYWORD1.

    Should each section have its own unique Meta Tag, what should stay the same, what should change?
     
    nameonthecake, Aug 23, 2006 IP
  2. Mong

    Mong ↓↘→ horsePower

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    Only add meta description tag which clearly and briefly tells about content of your webpage.Meta keywords tag is of no importance.
     
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    Well if you have more than one page and the description of the page changes then use a separate or different tag.

    For Instance is your site was about the keyword " shoes "

    Page one = Picking shoes that match my outfit

    Page two = Finding used shoes at great prices.

    The keyword is still " shoes " YET the describtion tags should be different

    Hope this helps
     
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  4. KC TAN

    KC TAN Well-Known Member

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    Have your Meta Tag describes the respective pages' content. They should be different across your site.
     
    KC TAN, Aug 24, 2006 IP
  5. Locovich

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    If you are using CMS', forums or any management system, look for hacks or mods for including part or all the unique content of the page (part of an article, a post, etc) in the description meta, that way you have a unique description per page and is automatic.
     
    Locovich, Aug 24, 2006 IP
  6. shahzad

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    I think Meta description and Meta Keywords are not much important, but make sure you have unique Title tag on each page.
     
    shahzad, Aug 24, 2006 IP
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    topicalone Well-Known Member

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    >>I think Meta description and Meta Keywords are not much important, but make sure you have unique Title tag on each page.

    Meta description is shown in SERPs for the site, hence nicely written description will help attract visitors.

    Title is important. This should be changed for each page and should reflect the theme of the page.
     
    topicalone, Aug 24, 2006 IP
  8. shahzad

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    Are you sure Search engines will show description in SERPs taking it only from Meta Description and not from the content of the page?
     
    shahzad, Aug 24, 2006 IP
  9. KC TAN

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    Yahoo display your META description:

    My META description:
    USESEO is an everyone's guide to use SEO techniques correctly. USESEO provides free and effective SEO techniques to optimise your site to rank at the highest peak of the search engine

    Yahoo page (top 2nd result):
    http://sg.search.yahoo.com/search?p...All+the+Web&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-tab-web-t909&x=wrt
     
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  10. Locovich

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    KC TAN, in the example you used, all the keywords used in the search, were in the meta description.

    If you search google for: "Subscribe USESEO Feed" your site will be listed, but the snippet will show the portion of the page text which includes the keywords searched for...
    "Date Joined: May 23 2006. RSS Feed · Valid RSS Feed. Google Search. Subscribe USESEO Feed. Add to mymsn · Subscribe in NewsGator Online · Add to My Yahoo!"

    So it is used, but not allways...
     
    Locovich, Aug 24, 2006 IP