Comments on: SEO Tip – META keywords

By: Jack Leblond

Jack Leblond — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:23:50 +0000

Brian – thanks for the link. Good to see Google being clear and not forcing us to read between the lines.

As you said though, since Google is not the only game in town, it is a good idea to still use them.

By: Brian Jambor

Brian Jambor — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:12:28 +0000

I disagree with your article from the standpoint that Google announced on September 21, 2009 that they do not use the keywords meta tag in search engine placement. The blog post you referenced in your article was from 2007. I agree that you should still use meta keywords in your website from the standpoint that they may play a small part in other search engines (a.k.a. bing). Read the post below…

http://googlewebmastercentral......a-tag.html

By: Atlanta Real Estate

Atlanta Real Estate — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:00:47 +0000

Jack:

I agree but was still surprised nonetheless to hear this nonsense on AM radio. “Our next caller wants to know what a BLOG is….”

LOL!

By: Jack Leblond

Jack Leblond — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:32:22 +0000

All – thanks for the feedback. It’s amazing how something as simple as meta tags can create such controversy in an industry.

As for those AM radio SEOs, they are probably the snake-oil type that every industry eventually gets. Unfortunately a lot of people will get burned by them, but they will eventually be figured out. People need to educate themselves before they hire an SEO.

By: Alexis Jameson

Alexis Jameson — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:09:34 +0000

Good post and commentary. I think Realtors internet marketing is great but people
are getting way to caught up with it and think that if you
are great at blogging and marketing…the $$ just rolls in.

By: Claudia Gonella

Claudia Gonella — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:27:08 +0000

Another benefit of Meta taga is that they can serve as a short, text hook in your search results. The engines have character limits for these (I think Google limits to 160) so look out for that. If you write them well enough, it could increase your traffic by getting you more clicks from the search pages.

By: Benn Rosales

Benn Rosales — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:48:20 +0000

Here’s the thing, operating a content management system (CMS) is not a pain if your total content archive contains 200 articles or less, and lower than 9 static pages with 10 total topics- you have a small enough website that the architecture is well understood by search engines in most cases, but over the years and accumulation of content you’ll regret not building a structure of cataloging for each piece of merchandise properly- it’s the equivalent of having merchandise piled into a room without an inventory control sheet and expecting the auditor to to guess what’s under all of those boxes.

Keywords, meta tags, and categories go a very long way to long term management of content, and over the years equate to a well documented inventory of what’s in the warehouse that is your site. Anyone ignoring it today will surely end up having to spend a few weekends cleaning out the warehouse later in order that the CPA (search engine, or consumer) get a good idea of the value of the merchandise in the warehouse.

Ignoring keywords today, fine, tomorrow, it’s one big ass mess. Who cares what the search engines do, it’s really about how well your consumer finds and consumes the product.

Carefully merchandising each piece of your inventory as you create it, only ensures a productive end- your image illustrates my point.