meta tags

davidfrank · 10-13-2006, 06:46 AM

does this help in putting your site at the top of the list or not? some say it doesn't contribute much or do nothing at all. anyone?

calcy · 10-13-2006, 09:35 AM

I think it's one of the basic and important element to put our website to the top ranking. They look for the meta tag to find the keyword that user keyed in.

WillB · 10-13-2006, 02:06 PM

It can only help - as long as your keywords are targeted and relevant, and you don't spam the search engines by adding hundreds.

It helps search engines identify relevancy of your page to their result, and relevancy contributes to where you rank.

davidfrank · 10-13-2006, 02:11 PM

i've seen a couple of sites that don't use a meta tag for a keyword. but i'm going to experiment on it. if it works i'll let you know.

maybe experimenting on not putting a meta tag for a keyword and just a meta tag for some like 'abstract'..

123_free_links · 10-14-2006, 03:25 PM

please let us know the results

thank you

cm103 · 10-27-2006, 04:32 AM

Meta tags have helped me rank pretty well on directories I submitted manually to that crawl your site at submission time to bring up the description and keywords for inclusion in their listings. I have read before that Google does not put any emphasis on meta information but rather the keywords in your title and contents. Google considers meta info to be Web 1.0 while their algorithm enforces Web 2.0 standards. They look for around a 2% repetition rate of keywords while engines such as MSN and Yahoo can get as high as 5%-8% keyword density. Trying to get high SERP on all those engines can possibly end up being a tightrope act as Google may consider your SEO efforts for Yahoo and MSN to be keyword stuffing.

I've also read before that MSN accounts for around 20% of searches. Mostly from people who don't change their default IE page from MSN.com. I guess these would be newbies cause I see more msn searches finding my web store rather than my webmaster site which would attract a more internet savvy audience.

Any comments on this? I would love to hear back from the other experts.

10-13-2006, 06:46 AM	#1
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10-13-2006, 09:35 AM	#2
calcy Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 11	Re: meta tags I think it's one of the basic and important element to put our website to the top ranking. They look for the meta tag to find the keyword that user keyed in. __________________ http://healthydiettips.blogspot.com

10-13-2006, 02:06 PM	#3
WillB Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 59	Re: meta tags It can only help - as long as your keywords are targeted and relevant, and you don't spam the search engines by adding hundreds. It helps search engines identify relevancy of your page to their result, and relevancy contributes to where you rank. __________________ -- Will Barden. Big Boss-Man, BardenMedia.com Check Out My Free Library Of Internet Marketing Goodies!

10-13-2006, 02:11 PM	#4
davidfrank Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 11	Re: meta tags i've seen a couple of sites that don't use a meta tag for a keyword. but i'm going to experiment on it. if it works i'll let you know. maybe experimenting on not putting a meta tag for a keyword and just a meta tag for some like 'abstract'.. __________________ start a nursing agency \| background check \| medical recruiting Last edited 10-13-2006 at 02:13 PM. Reason: additional

10-14-2006, 03:25 PM	#5
123_free_links Junior Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: www.ezer.com Posts: 549	Re: meta tags please let us know the results thank you __________________ Backorder Domain Names \| livePR.ezer.com Live PR PageRank checker \| link.ezer.com :BackLinks Update Checker 38 countries Google SERP checker SEO web tool \| Include magic future PR prediction tool

10-27-2006, 04:32 AM	#6
cm103 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 100	Re: meta tags Meta tags have helped me rank pretty well on directories I submitted manually to that crawl your site at submission time to bring up the description and keywords for inclusion in their listings. I have read before that Google does not put any emphasis on meta information but rather the keywords in your title and contents. Google considers meta info to be Web 1.0 while their algorithm enforces Web 2.0 standards. They look for around a 2% repetition rate of keywords while engines such as MSN and Yahoo can get as high as 5%-8% keyword density. Trying to get high SERP on all those engines can possibly end up being a tightrope act as Google may consider your SEO efforts for Yahoo and MSN to be keyword stuffing. I've also read before that MSN accounts for around 20% of searches. Mostly from people who don't change their default IE page from MSN.com. I guess these would be newbies cause I see more msn searches finding my web store rather than my webmaster site which would attract a more internet savvy audience. Any comments on this? I would love to hear back from the other experts. __________________ Free-Site-Host: Free 5GB website hosting with PHP and MySQL and no banner ads. East India Imports: Handmade Indonesian jewelry, clothing, accessories and footwear.

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