What is tag

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    I am new in seo field, please tell me what is tag and how it can help in seo
     
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  2. GMF

    GMF Well-Known Member

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  3. onlinemarketingtoronto

    onlinemarketingtoronto Peon

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    Tag is actually the keyword on which link is given or you can say that they are the keywords over which links is given.
     
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    hey frnd..
    tag is like a part of keyword...they are realtd ur post...
    they increase the possibilites of google indexing ur page
    For more you can search ur query on google..
    To rank your website on google first page and to get high pr(page rank)create backlinks..
    generate the organic traffic via forum posting,directory submision,blog commenting,socail bookmark sharing site..
    forum posting nad directory submission is most imp as it helps in incresing traffic and creating link..
    do blog commenting on sites similar to your website niche..
    make your content fresh and unique...above all a blooger need patience and consistence in his work..
    Happy blogging..hope it helps you..
     
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    Tag means keywords that targeting on your website.. These are helpful to build backlinks as well as traffic to you..
     
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    A tag is a generic term for a language element descriptor. The set of tags for a document or other unit of information is sometimes referred to as markup, a term that dates to pre-computer days when writers and copy editors marked up document elements with copy editing symbols or shorthand.
    tags usually indicate the brand, size of the garment, fabrics used, and the washing instructions. In Web pages, tags indicate what should be displayed on the screen when the page loads. Tags are the basic formatting tool used in HTML and other markup languages, such as XML.
     
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    Tag helps Google to index your page as it is related to your content and keyword.
     
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    Tag in SEO is nothing but No of keywords that you want to target on your website. These helps to generate quality back links and traffic to your website.
     
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    About which tag you are talking? There's alt tag, meta tag, canonical tag and many types in SEO. Search for each in Google :D
     
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    Tags are descriptions used to identify your web page.

    Meta Tags are probably the ones your thinking of. They're html codes inserted into the header of a web page. The ones relevant to SEO like you asked are meta description tag and meta keywords tag.

    They used to be really important in seo but really aren't anymore. In fact, over-using them can hurt your seo
     
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    The term "tag" has become pretty widely used online now...If we're talking about Tags in something like wordpress it would be keywords that describe what your post is about..In terms of SEO you probably mean the meta tags such as meta description, meta keywords..etc. which helps tell the robots what your page is about..
     
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    A command inserted in a document that specifies how the document, or a portion of the document, should be formatted. Tags are used by all format specifications that store documents as text files. This includes SGML and HTML.
     
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    If you're referring to HTML tags like meta tags or alt tags, then these are codes used for describing a part of your site. Meta tags are used to describe the site like the meta–description tags. Alt tags are used to describe images on your site.

    If you're referring to the cloud tags you see on blogs, these are word categories for the articles on the blog. You can click on one tag and it takes you to a page with a list of the articles under that tag. This does not have any bearing on SEO, but others continue to have their target keywords as tags on their sites.

    Hope that helps. Have a good weekend!
     
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    There are many Tags are available.... from my end Meta Tag creation is more important in on page optimization.
     
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    I will give you an example of real world so that you can understand it more easily. Suppose you are a doctor and you belong to any particular community or so. Doctor is a tag with your name and community as well.(means words used to describe somebody or a thing). You are coming under now doctors category when you tagged as a doctor.

    Same is the case of web world or seo: tag is basically words used to define something.

    Suppose in this forum you are posting a topic on bounce rate. you will tag it as bounce rate so that it will list along with all the questions related to bounce rate. and it will be then easy to search this topic.
     
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    Tags are the words which described the particular content. You can call it as keywords. Thanks.
     
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    In seo mata tags means the Special HTML tags used for describe the title, Description and Keywords of a particular page of the sites. You must set those metatags on your all pages or the main important pages.
     
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    These are the tags that tell what a .gif or .jpg is. Adding ALT (Alternative) descriptions to your IMG tags is quick and easy. You don't have to do any complex HTML coding. An example of a ALT tag looks like this:
    <img src="images/services-pic.jpg" width="100" height="78"
    ALT="XYZ company's website optimization services">

    If you use images in your Web pages, its good practice to include Alt text for every image that a visitor to your site will see. ALT tags filled with keywords can also be used to boost your keyword frequency and help you achieve better rankings.
     
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    A tag is the main text that describes an online document. It is the single most important on-page SEO element and appears in three key places.
     
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    A tag is a generic term for a language element descriptor. The set of tags for a document or other unit of information is sometimes referred to as markup.
     
    mical, Aug 13, 2012 IP