Comments on: Optimizing Meta Tags http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/ Make Money At Home with Jon Waraas Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bLaze http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-29456 bLaze Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:05:49 +0000 http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/#comment-29456 And i thought everything else matters.. not until i read this articles. Now i know why some doesnt really care about what's in their meta keywords.. very interesting indeed! =) And i thought everything else matters.. not until i read this articles. Now i know why some doesnt really care about what’s in their meta keywords.. very interesting indeed! =)

]]> By: Neil http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-25369 Neil Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:30:54 +0000 http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/#comment-25369 Very interesting! Very interesting!

]]> By: Ranked Hard: SEO Comic http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-24761 Ranked Hard: SEO Comic Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:19:20 +0000 http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/#comment-24761 Jon, how do you know for sure that meta keywords tags are completely worthless? I know Google has said that they no longer read them, but we can't go by that. It would be difficult to run a controlled experiment showing that they are worthless. You can find sites ranked highly that lack keyword tags, but you can also find sites ranked highly with poorly optimized title tags as well, sometimes for very competitive keywords. Jon, how do you know for sure that meta keywords tags are completely worthless? I know Google has said that they no longer read them, but we can’t go by that. It would be difficult to run a controlled experiment showing that they are worthless. You can find sites ranked highly that lack keyword tags, but you can also find sites ranked highly with poorly optimized title tags as well, sometimes for very competitive keywords.

]]> By: dude http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-24660 dude Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:51:42 +0000 http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/#comment-24660 I agree 100% with extreme webmaster, the meta keywords don't matter too much, but they matter a little. Why not spend the time, 10 seconds, to write it and be done. It could help and there is no harm - unless you stuff it. I agree 100% with extreme webmaster, the meta keywords don’t matter too much, but they matter a little. Why not spend the time, 10 seconds, to write it and be done. It could help and there is no harm – unless you stuff it.

]]> By: Jon Waraas http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-24657 Jon Waraas Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:50:52 +0000 http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/#comment-24657 I just realized that the code for the examples isnt worken, ill fix that now I just realized that the code for the examples isnt worken, ill fix that now

]]> By: gdubs http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-24656 gdubs Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:47:46 +0000 http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/#comment-24656 I try to write my meta tags like i write my adwords ads, Something really catchy with my keywords in it, and alot of punctuation like !'s and ?'s I try to write my meta tags like i write my adwords ads, Something really catchy with my keywords in it, and alot of punctuation like !’s and ?’s

]]> By: extreme webmaster http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/comment-page-1/#comment-24619 extreme webmaster Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:27:52 +0000 http://www.jonwaraas.com/optimizing-meta-tags/#comment-24619 Calling the <b>description meta tag</b> a mini sales letter is brilliant! Because that is what it precisely is. You have great associations! :) As for the <b>keywords meta tag</b>, I wouldn't completely agree with you. They may be worthless if you compare them to all the other onsite SEO factors, such as content (first and foremost), bolded words, titles, description and title meta tags. When put next to these, they look pretty worthless. But I have heard from other SEO experts that they contribute to your onsite SEO in a minuscule way. It's maybe 0.1% or even 0.01% of the overall onsite SEO. But even if it's that small, why should anyone shove them aside? It takes from 30 seconds to 1 minute to write them. I remember the commercial for some razors - they were showing a swimmer and a cycling racer. They showed their skin and said "Shave off 1/100th of a second". So by writing the keywords, you gain that 1/100th second advantage over other websites. And when it takes less then 1 minute to write those keywords, I think you should write them. Why not? Especially when there are search engines like Yahoo! and MSN, not to speak of a myriad of others who are not as sophisticated as Google and will look at the keywords. Even if it's that tiny 0.01%, I think it's worth it. Because if you give your website all that you can, when you push with all your might, you know that you've given it the best, that you have invested yourself, and you can be satisfied and never have any regrets. And you'll rank. Great post. Keep on truckin'! ;) Calling the description meta tag a mini sales letter is brilliant! Because that is what it precisely is. You have great associations! :)

As for the keywords meta tag, I wouldn’t completely agree with you. They may be worthless if you compare them to all the other onsite SEO factors, such as content (first and foremost), bolded words, titles, description and title meta tags. When put next to these, they look pretty worthless.

But I have heard from other SEO experts that they contribute to your onsite SEO in a minuscule way. It’s maybe 0.1% or even 0.01% of the overall onsite SEO. But even if it’s that small, why should anyone shove them aside? It takes from 30 seconds to 1 minute to write them.

I remember the commercial for some razors – they were showing a swimmer and a cycling racer. They showed their skin and said “Shave off 1/100th of a second”.

So by writing the keywords, you gain that 1/100th second advantage over other websites. And when it takes less then 1 minute to write those keywords, I think you should write them. Why not?

Especially when there are search engines like Yahoo! and MSN, not to speak of a myriad of others who are not as sophisticated as Google and will look at the keywords. Even if it’s that tiny 0.01%, I think it’s worth it. Because if you give your website all that you can, when you push with all your might, you know that you’ve given it the best, that you have invested yourself, and you can be satisfied and never have any regrets. And you’ll rank.

Great post. Keep on truckin’! ;)

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