Meta description and keywords

ElieTal · 12-28-2011, 07:41 PM

I found out about this site a couple of weeks ago and I have been doing lots of reading and wanted to thank you guys for all the input you have given..

I have two questions:
1) How important are meta descriptions? When someone searches on google for a keyword, does google look at your meta description or all the content on your website? When he searches a certain keyword that is on your website but not on your meta descriptions, will he find your site?

2) Are meta keywords important and why?

Thanks,
Elie

OO · 12-28-2011, 07:43 PM

They are important according to the latest from matt cutts. I have been experiementing with a certain plugin on wp and it has helped i think.

Rankx · 12-28-2011, 08:21 PM

They are not as important as they used to be. You can get ranked for keywords that are not even listed in your meta keywords. Google places more emphasis on backlinks as opposed to meta keywords and description.

NYC SEO · 12-28-2011, 08:24 PM

Over the past few years, I've experimented with different strategies for the META Description Tag. I've settled on one which I feel has been of the most benefit. I will typically build the META Description utilizing content from the first one or two paragraphs on the page.

Mike Hutton · 12-28-2011, 10:17 PM

i dont think they are as important as a year or even two years back, but i add them still its a habit in my onsite seo and i suppose it cant hurt

SeoMonster1 · 12-28-2011, 10:49 PM

To google quality backlinks are more important for your site.Only backlinks can change your site's rank alone. On page seo has lost his importance largely.

Stuart william · 12-28-2011, 11:10 PM

Definitely desciption is served as snippets of webpage page in search engines. Keyword tag is not important if you want to secure your ranking in google.

Vishalicious · 12-28-2011, 11:10 PM

use all in one seo pack that will create all this fluff by them self you don't have to worry about it.

WiFi · 12-28-2011, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stuart william

Definitely desciption is served as snippets of webpage page in search engines. Keyword tag is not important if you want to secure your ranking in google.

Agreed! Really right on IMO.

bestbuddy1986 · 12-28-2011, 11:32 PM

They are not so important, but are helpful in onpage seo

UMS · 12-29-2011, 01:15 AM

To all those people saying it's not important, that's just wrong.

Certainly meta keywords isn't important as Google ignores them and other search engines place little to no importance on them.

BUT

Meta description is very important, as it serves two purposes:

1. Helps your onpage SEO, if you have your keywords in the description.

2. Can help get more click throughs to your site if you make the description compelling as that's what is generally displayed in the search results (note that Google will sometimes pick an excerpt from your content instead of the meta description if it deems your content to be more "useful").

furniture7 · 12-29-2011, 01:30 AM

Though meta keywords tag and meta description tags are not the main factor search engines consider when ranking sites, they should not be left off the page. A meta description tag is supposed to be a brief and concise summary of your page's content. A meta keyword tag is supposed to be a summary list of the most important words on your page.

12-28-2011, 07:41 PM	#1
ElieTal Warrior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 14 Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Meta description and keywords I found out about this site a couple of weeks ago and I have been doing lots of reading and wanted to thank you guys for all the input you have given.. I have two questions: 1) How important are meta descriptions? When someone searches on google for a keyword, does google look at your meta description or all the content on your website? When he searches a certain keyword that is on your website but not on your meta descriptions, will he find your site? 2) Are meta keywords important and why? Thanks, Elie

12-28-2011, 07:43 PM	#2
OO HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: United States of America Posts: 102 Thanks: 32 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Meta description and keywords They are important according to the latest from matt cutts. I have been experiementing with a certain plugin on wp and it has helped i think.

12-28-2011, 08:21 PM	#3
Rankx HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 116 Thanks: 4 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts Contact Info	Re: Meta description and keywords They are not as important as they used to be. You can get ranked for keywords that are not even listed in your meta keywords. Google places more emphasis on backlinks as opposed to meta keywords and description.
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12-28-2011, 08:24 PM	#4
NYC SEO NewYorkCitySEO.net Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New York City Posts: 60 Thanks: 25 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Meta description and keywords Over the past few years, I've experimented with different strategies for the META Description Tag. I've settled on one which I feel has been of the most benefit. I will typically build the META Description utilizing content from the first one or two paragraphs on the page.

12-28-2011, 10:17 PM	#5
Mike Hutton SEO Wizard War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: UK Posts: 81 Thanks: 4 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Meta description and keywords i dont think they are as important as a year or even two years back, but i add them still its a habit in my onsite seo and i suppose it cant hurt

12-28-2011, 10:49 PM	#6
SeoMonster1 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 65 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Meta description and keywords To google quality backlinks are more important for your site.Only backlinks can change your site's rank alone. On page seo has lost his importance largely.

12-28-2011, 11:10 PM	#7
Stuart william HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 285 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Meta description and keywords Definitely desciption is served as snippets of webpage page in search engines. Keyword tag is not important if you want to secure your ranking in google.
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Vishalicious Active Warrior Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 80 Thanks: 15 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: Meta description and keywords use all in one seo pack that will create all this fluff by them self you don't have to worry about it.
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12-29-2011, 01:15 AM	#11
UMS Peter Sundstrom War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,854 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 177 Thanked 503 Times in 370 Posts Social Networking	Re: Meta description and keywords To all those people saying it's not important, that's just wrong. Certainly meta keywords isn't important as Google ignores them and other search engines place little to no importance on them. BUT Meta description is very important, as it serves two purposes: 1. Helps your onpage SEO, if you have your keywords in the description. 2. Can help get more click throughs to your site if you make the description compelling as that's what is generally displayed in the search results (note that Google will sometimes pick an excerpt from your content instead of the meta description if it deems your content to be more "useful").
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12-29-2011, 01:30 AM	#12
furniture7 Furniture Store Melbourne Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Meta description and keywords Though meta keywords tag and meta description tags are not the main factor search engines consider when ranking sites, they should not be left off the page. A meta description tag is supposed to be a brief and concise summary of your page's content. A meta keyword tag is supposed to be a summary list of the most important words on your page.