Is Meta Keywords Necessary?

RobinInTexas

12 years ago

I tend to go along with Joost's analysis. https://yoast.com/meta-keywords/

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flertooshia 12 years ago

Originally Posted by RobinInTexas

I tend to go along with Joost's analysis. https://yoast.com/meta-keywords/

Thanks. I was ignoring it. Probably I will add keywords to my site, just in case...
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businessc89

12 years ago

Yes meta keyword is necessary for website. meta keyword is the part of ON-Page Optimization in SEO.

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paulgl

12 years ago

Originally Posted by businessc89

Yes meta keyword is necessary for website. meta keyword is the part of ON-Page Optimization in SEO.

Originally Posted by promo87

Yes, meta keyword is the most necessary part because it's the linking part of site. you can say it's the trails using it people can reach you with the help of search engine.

Originally Posted by ketul

Meta keywords are necessesary for each page. Crawler read and understand your meta keyword, then it place your site in relevant category.
So don't ignore it.

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You people must be shamefully ripping clients off after giving useless advice like that.

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affilorama-portal

12 years ago

I do not put meta keywords anymore as it is no longer necessary as before. But there is no harm in putting it on your pages if you still prefer to have meta kws for your site.

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fastreplies

12 years ago

Originally Posted by affilorama-portal

I do not put meta keywords anymore as it is no longer necessary as before. But there is no harm in putting it on your pages if you still prefer to have meta kws for your site.

Maybe if you optimize your site for Google but Yahoo and Bing still use Meta keywords.

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promo87

Banned 12 years ago

Yes, meta keyword is the most necessary part because it's the linking part of site. you can say it's the trails using it people can reach you with the help of search engine.

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nettiapina

12 years ago

Just go with Joost's opinion, and ignore everyone in this thread repeating "yes, yes, meta keywords". Meta keywords do not work. The time you spend with that nonsense is time you could spend incorporating those words to your article.

And no, Yahoo doesn't use meta keywords. Bing says that they're one of the 1000 signals they may use, but they also say that they're going to penalize you for spamming with them. So benefit is dubious at best, but meta keywords do offer the possibility to shoot yourself in the foot.

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MatthewReece

12 years ago

Originally Posted by nettiapina

Just go with Joost's opinion, and ignore everyone in this thread repeating "yes, yes, meta keywords". Meta keywords do not work. The time you spend with that nonsense is time you could spend incorporating those words to your article.

And no, Yahoo doesn't use meta keywords. Bing says that they're one of the 1000 signals they may use, but they also say that they're going to penalize you for spamming with them. So benefit is dubious at best, but meta keywords do offer the possibility to shoot yourself in the foot.

And Yandex?)

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nettiapina 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MatthewReece

And Yandex?)

Obviously Yandex and Baidu aren't the first thing to discuss if the topic is on an English-speaking forum and just meta keywords in general. Since you seem to know the answer, how about posting it instead?

Here goes: If you're targeting Russia or China meta keywords may have some relevance to you. Yandex has kept them on the list of their signals. However, I do find it likely that Yandex and Baidu do not trust the keywords blindly and know they're used for spamming.
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VivekThakur

12 years ago

Meta Keyword is not necessary , they doesn't effect your search engine ranking, add meta keyword or not its up to you.

And why anybody want to put different keyword to page content?
If you want to add, add exact keyword else don't add.

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ketul

12 years ago

Meta keywords are necessesary for each page. Crawler read and understand your meta keyword, then it place your site in relevant category.
So don't ignore it.

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