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Meta-Tag Optimization Tips: A Search Usability Perspective

Posted By: rexolio 135 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: SEO

The once-paramount-yet-still-important meta tag still matters. Although not the most critical piece of SEO today, it is still an important but often overlooked part of an overall SEO strategy. Check it!

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from vanessafox 134 days ago #

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"Most of the time on a text-based document, meta-tag descriptions and keywords are not used to determine whether or not a page ranks."

While I have found this to be true of meta keywords, I haven't found this to be true of meta descriptions. the meta description can be very useful for determining relevancy.

from ShariThurow 134 days ago #

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Hi Vanessa-

Agreed about the meta-tag description attribute. However, I develop sites that use site search engines and sites that have considerable reference portions. And that is precisely where I see the keywords attribute be extremely helpful.

It depends on the site. Priorities vary by site and page type.

from oldschool 134 days ago #

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A great article by Shari pointing out that Meta Tags actually still have a place in SEM. And you don't need a Masters degree in Library & Information Sciences to implement them ;-) (couldn't resist)

from ojaskulkarni 131 days ago # - show/hide this comment

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I personally feel that Meta-tags still hold a lot of good weight in them. I have worked on a lot of sites and Optimizing the Meta-tags have assisted in having the page pull-up much better, although it is not the only thing that is SEO.. :)