Hi, I have 2 questions regarding meta keywords.
I was very confused by what I read on a web site about meta keywords.
This website gave for advice to never use meta keywords in meta tags. I could not find any reason why, though, on their site. I have learned how important meta keywords are for web ranking, etc...Even Bethers, in her SEO Basics encourages to use them. SO why will this website say not use meta keywords? Oh, now that i remember, they say we should place keywords inside the title tags + body contents of pages. I can surely understand that. But why dismiss meta keywords in the meta tag altogether???
Question 2: their site offers a way to check meta keywords and meta description from your competitors...I browsed the internet for the top 20 competitors in my field (Online French class) and i was surprised to see that 2 among them did not even have a single meta keyword/ or description. And yet, when i googled them, they appear in the very first pages...Any idea why? are meta keywords optional or something? Thanks for your insight!
P.S. the site i was referring to, where they capture other competitors' site's keywords, is http://www.apogee-web-consulting.com...yword_tool.php. To the left of the page, they provide 6 tips about metakeywords, and advise not to use them inside meta tags.
Herman
I was very confused by what I read on a web site about meta keywords.
This website gave for advice to never use meta keywords in meta tags. I could not find any reason why, though, on their site. I have learned how important meta keywords are for web ranking, etc...Even Bethers, in her SEO Basics encourages to use them. SO why will this website say not use meta keywords? Oh, now that i remember, they say we should place keywords inside the title tags + body contents of pages. I can surely understand that. But why dismiss meta keywords in the meta tag altogether???
Question 2: their site offers a way to check meta keywords and meta description from your competitors...I browsed the internet for the top 20 competitors in my field (Online French class) and i was surprised to see that 2 among them did not even have a single meta keyword/ or description. And yet, when i googled them, they appear in the very first pages...Any idea why? are meta keywords optional or something? Thanks for your insight!
P.S. the site i was referring to, where they capture other competitors' site's keywords, is http://www.apogee-web-consulting.com...yword_tool.php. To the left of the page, they provide 6 tips about metakeywords, and advise not to use them inside meta tags.
Herman
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