Hi, I'm abit confused... I heard google doesn't take into account meta tags, I worked abit on my meta keywords and came up with better phrases. I changed them, even removed one keyword that ranked #1 in google for my website, no its all gone my website is nowhere to be found on that keyword! I guess I did a stupid thing, but than again there is a rumor that google doesn;t consider meta tags. is that all bullshit? and nobody really knows what google does? should I get back to old keywords? or do u think current one is fine?
Google refreshes the index frequently so the ranking might be affected by other factors also. I don't think META has such a great effect on SERP unless you are spamming with it..
changing your meta tags should not have such a dramatic change in your rankings...I think its something else
meta tags (keywords and description ) are one of criterias which help google to recognize your content . you must use them in your pages