Comments on: Who Still Gives Weight To Meta Keywords Tag? http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/ A cynical look at Pay Per Click (PPC) Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:09:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Online Marketing Blog » Blog Archive » Google Still Not Treating Underscores As Word Separators http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-67077 Online Marketing Blog » Blog Archive » Google Still Not Treating Underscores As Word Separators Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:32:16 +0000 http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-67077 [...] its good to analyse these things in context aswell - We know already that Google and Live seem to completely ignore the use of meta keywords (Yahoo and ASK give them some weight), while keywords used within a meta description alone are not [...] [...] its good to analyse these things in context aswell - We know already that Google and Live seem to completely ignore the use of meta keywords (Yahoo and ASK give them some weight), while keywords used within a meta description alone are not [...]

]]> By: Dotless Domain Technology » Blog Archive » Dotlessdomain.com - Google Not Treating Underscores As Word Separators http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-66894 Dotless Domain Technology » Blog Archive » Dotlessdomain.com - Google Not Treating Underscores As Word Separators Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:16:18 +0000 http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-66894 [...] analyse these things in context aswell - We know already that Google, Inc. (Goog) and Live seem to completely ignore the use of meta keywords (Yahoo, Inc. (YHOO) and ASK give them some weight), while keywords used within a meta description [...] [...] analyse these things in context aswell - We know already that Google, Inc. (Goog) and Live seem to completely ignore the use of meta keywords (Yahoo, Inc. (YHOO) and ASK give them some weight), while keywords used within a meta description [...]

]]> By: PPC Blog » Google Still Not Treating Underscores As Word Seperators http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-62583 PPC Blog » Google Still Not Treating Underscores As Word Seperators Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:40:09 +0000 http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-62583 [...] its good to analyse these things in context aswell - We know already that Google and Live seem to completely ignore the use of meta keywords (Yahoo and ASK give them some weight), while keywords used within a meta description alone are not [...] [...] its good to analyse these things in context aswell - We know already that Google and Live seem to completely ignore the use of meta keywords (Yahoo and ASK give them some weight), while keywords used within a meta description alone are not [...]

]]> By: Graham Jones - Internet Psychologist http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-34014 Graham Jones - Internet Psychologist Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:23:56 +0000 http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-34014 While this is interesting, Google clearly doesn't use meta keywords and says as much in it's advice to webmasters. If you try to get the right meta keywords you are concentrating on only a tiny proportion of potential traffic. What is more important is that all the search results for the odd keywords bring up pages where the words are used in the content of the page, as in your article here. The best way to get your page listed on search engines is to concentrate on the content and not worry about keywords; that's actually what this test you have done here shows. Also, by focusing on the content you will be concentrating on your readers - that's who we are trying to reach in the first place. Focusing on meta tags means you are looking in the wrong place for traffic and therefore will not benefit as much as focusing on the content for the people who will be reading your pages. While this is interesting, Google clearly doesn’t use meta keywords and says as much in it’s advice to webmasters. If you try to get the right meta keywords you are concentrating on only a tiny proportion of potential traffic.

What is more important is that all the search results for the odd keywords bring up pages where the words are used in the content of the page, as in your article here.

The best way to get your page listed on search engines is to concentrate on the content and not worry about keywords; that’s actually what this test you have done here shows.

Also, by focusing on the content you will be concentrating on your readers - that’s who we are trying to reach in the first place. Focusing on meta tags means you are looking in the wrong place for traffic and therefore will not benefit as much as focusing on the content for the people who will be reading your pages.

]]> By: Japanese SEO http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-32474 Japanese SEO Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:01:20 +0000 http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-32474 Hi, I've known this kind of techique reading Aaron Wall's SEO Book. I've also experienced it acutually. But I did't notice it was applied only for Yahoo! and Ask.com. Hi,
I’ve known this kind of techique reading Aaron Wall’s SEO Book.
I’ve also experienced it acutually.

But I did’t notice it was applied only for Yahoo! and Ask.com.

]]> By: PPCblogger http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-32422 PPCblogger Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:58:16 +0000 http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-32422 Looks like I stumbled accross a test... Great article by Danny over at SEL - http://searchengineland.com/070905-194221.php Looks like I stumbled accross a test…

Great article by Danny over at SEL -

http://searchengineland.com/070905-194221.php

]]> By: DoubleSpark http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-32421 DoubleSpark Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:56:05 +0000 http://www.ppcblog.co.uk/seo/who-still-gives-weight-to-meta-keywords-tag/#comment-32421 Do you go around examing meta keywords of every site?! Well spotted!! Do you go around examing meta keywords of every site?!

Well spotted!!

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