meta tags

rietveldrietveld BeginnerLink Clerk
in Search Engines & SEO
do any of the main search engines still use these? is it actually worth putting them in in pages?

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  • SEbasicSEbasic Advanced User VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    I still put them in just in case. but they are pretty useless now.
    Rave it up.
  • PythonPython Forum Leader The Royal RAM
    ye same here. because probably some of the smaller search engines probably use them still

    The Royal Ram

  • kinkkink serious member VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    indeed they do use the metas it will help get you in the right sear ch categorys ect
  • SEbasicSEbasic Advanced User VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    Not really, anyway SE's don't have categories - Directories do...

    When you submit to a directory, you choose the category you wan't to appear in.
    Rave it up.
  • rallyfanrallyfan Advanced User VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    yup i even knew that.

    se's are really strangw with all the pr and stuff.
    for the sake of old times!

    :)
  • SEbasicSEbasic Advanced User VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    se's are really strangw with all the pr and stuff.

    That's only google.
    Rave it up.
  • rallyfanrallyfan Advanced User VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    so what do yahoo and then use then.
    for the sake of old times!

    :)
  • SEbasicSEbasic Advanced User VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    Their own scale.

    Download the Yahoo! toolbar and you can see it.

    Personally I think it's pretty useless though.
    Rave it up.
  • kinkkink serious member VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    well i usw em and just like clockwork google shows up every two weeks to crawl my site probably doesnt do much for pr though
  • SEbasicSEbasic Advanced User VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    well i usw em and just like clockwork google shows up every two weeks to crawl my site probably doesnt do much for pr though

    Every two weeks... That's not a lot...

    I get about 20/30 crawls a day...
    Rave it up.
  • kinkkink serious member VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    i dont want them there more than every two weeks
  • kinkkink serious member VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    for instanc before they show up again i have to fix a link so my pr doesnt go any futher down
  • SEbasicSEbasic Advanced User VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    ahhhhhhhhh
    Rave it up.
  • hugoguzmanhugoguzman Beginner Link Clerk
    the "Title" tag and the image "Alt." tags are still a significant factor in both Yahoo and Google. The most important factor is and will always be relevant inbound links pointing to your site. The more relevant and the higher the PR the better.

    Get lots of them from different domains and you'll be on the right track.
    SEO and Positioning
  • dabossdaboss WP V.I.P. ''The Boss'' Administrator
    Hugo, well put!!!

    Anyway, I still use the meta tags - JUST IN CASE... how much effort does it take to put them in? So why not. Ya got nothing to lose...
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  • CannonBallGuyCannonBallGuy Moderator Shared Hoster
    And don't forget Keywor density... :D lol
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  • dabossdaboss WP V.I.P. ''The Boss'' Administrator
    I think it's a balancing act when it comes to keyword density - too many repetitions make the content unfriendly. I do try to repeat keywords but only when its appropriate... :idea:
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  • CannonBallGuyCannonBallGuy Moderator Shared Hoster
    To get the best results on Google, from keyword density... you should aim for 10%. :)
    So your probably not doing too bad... ;)
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  • dabossdaboss WP V.I.P. ''The Boss'' Administrator
    Hmmm.... I think 10% is too high... Can you imagine reading an article in which in every 10 words you got a repeating keyword? I'd go for 2-3 %.

    Again, only my 2 cents worth... :wink:
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  • CannonBallGuyCannonBallGuy Moderator Shared Hoster
    Uhhh... no 10%.
    That will get you the best possible results where Google is concerened.
    Don't forget, you can have say 20 keywords... so each keyword is only repeated once every 200 words... :D
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  • dabossdaboss WP V.I.P. ''The Boss'' Administrator
    Put in that way, I'd agree by CBG... anyway, the google update hasn't happened yet? I haven't observed any changes... :shock:
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  • PoAPoA Beginner Link Clerk
    I think Yahoo and msn does make use of meta tags if I am not wrong.
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  • SEbasicSEbasic Advanced User VPS - Virtual Prince of the Server
    Yahoo does as far as I know. They mentioned it a while ago...

    Like everyone says - use them anyway.
    Rave it up.
  • tonytony Moderator Administrator
    i think yahoo it counts as about 20% towards searches and the same with the tile bar which is quite high
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