Effective
and optimized META Keywords Tags
By Asif Iqbal
Meta keywords tags are not very effective for major search engines,
it is always suggested to have them instead of avoiding, a website
should be optimized for all search engines not just for the BIG
Three. This particular tag doesn’t require thinking process,
one needs to put pre-selected keywords in it, keeping few given
guidelines in mind.
What Is The Meta Keywords Tag?
It’s an HTML tag use to feed keywords to search engines,
it helps search engines to identity the webpage relevance with respect
to supplied keywords, it is declared after description tag of the
webpage under head tag.
Example: <meta name=”keywords” content=“Your
Keyword1, Your Keyword2”>
Is The Keywords Tag Still Important?
Not exactly, keywords tag has lost its value, search engines get
smarter these days, they have set their own criteria to identify
web pages with their relevancies, they take each word as “keyword
OR phrase” present at webpage and they keep those words in
priorities with their densities. There is no harm in utilizing this
tag for better results.
How to Hide Keywords from Your Competitors?
If you use this tag, then obviously your competitors are going
to know where you are focusing and what are your primary keywords?
You should use KEYWORDS in BITS, distribute PHRASES into SINGLE
KEYWORD, remove DUPLICATE keywords, keep all keywords UNIQUE.
Old Technique: “seo services, seo trainer, seo training,
seo consultant, seo outsourcing, outsourcing services, seo consultancy”
BITS Technique: “seo, trainer, services, training, consultant,
outsourcing, consultancy”
Tips To Write Effective Page Description Tag:
- Optimize for relevant keywords
- Use group of relevant keywords on a particular webpage
- Put only those keywords which are focused on webpage
- Don’t put all keywords in this tag
- Don’t repeat keywords in this tag
- Don’t use misspell keywords
- Use keywords with small case letter
- Use BITS technique to write keywords
- Each individual page should be optimize for less than 10 keywords
About The Author
Asif Iqbal is a Research Analyst, eBusiness & eMarketing
Consultant, SEO Specialist, Trainer, Speaker and Author, specializes
in eBusiness, eMarketing, SEO, branding and promotion and has trained
dozens of qualified SEOs. He can be reached at asif@asif-iqbal.com |