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  • theking
    Nice Kitty
    • Sep 2002
    • 21053

    #1

    Bottom line on Meta Tags

    What is the up to date bottom line on Meta Tags? Are they needed, or not needed, to have your site crawled by the major search engines? If they are needed do they need to be on every page, or just on the initial index page?
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  • theking
    Nice Kitty
    • Sep 2002
    • 21053

    #2
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    • SunTzu
      Confirmed User
      • May 2002
      • 456

      #3
      meta tags for the most part are ignored by the search engines. If you're going to have them at all, just put a description meta on your main page. If you're going to use a keyword meta, all words should match what's already on your page. So it's basically only good for adding synonyms of existing keywords.
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      • dav555add
        Confirmed User
        • Jun 2001
        • 3427

        #4
        from what i have read on search engine boards, besides the title tags, meta tags are becoming more and more useless.
        ...

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        • Fletch XXX
          GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!!
          • Jan 2002
          • 60840

          #5
          meta meta come out come out wherever you are. hehehe


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          • wsjb78
            Confirmed User
            • Jun 2002
            • 594

            #6
            Why are they more and more ignored?

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            • eru
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2002
              • 2612

              #7
              Fuck meta tags. I don't use them yet I get top listings in google for good keywords.
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              • Amputate Your Head
                There can be only one
                • Aug 2001
                • 39075

                #8
                meta tags still have quite a bit of usefulness left in them guys....
                SIG TOO BIG

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                • WiredGuy
                  Pounding Googlebot
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 34515

                  #9
                  They don't play much use in Google, but Inktomi/Altavista and other older search engines still use them. Don't diss them just because Google doesn't use them in their algorithm.

                  WG
                  I play with Google.

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                  • theking
                    Nice Kitty
                    • Sep 2002
                    • 21053

                    #10
                    Originally posted by WiredGuy
                    They don't play much use in Google, but Inktomi/Altavista and other older search engines still use them. Don't diss them just because Google doesn't use them in their algorithm.

                    WG
                    A full range of Meta Tags that used to be used or just description and keywords? In addition for all pages or just the initial index page?
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                    • theking
                      Nice Kitty
                      • Sep 2002
                      • 21053

                      #11
                      Anymore information about this subject?
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                      • Amputate Your Head
                        There can be only one
                        • Aug 2001
                        • 39075

                        #12
                        Originally posted by theking
                        Anymore information about this subject?
                        there's a plethora of info widely available across the Net on meta tags.
                        SIG TOO BIG

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                        • theking
                          Nice Kitty
                          • Sep 2002
                          • 21053

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Amputate Your Head


                          there's a plethora of info widely available across the Net on meta tags.
                          I have read much of it. Just wanted to get some thinking from some of the SE (specialists ?) on this board.
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                          • Amputate Your Head
                            There can be only one
                            • Aug 2001
                            • 39075

                            #14
                            Originally posted by theking


                            I have read much of it. Just wanted to get some thinking from some of the SE (specialists ?) on this board.
                            my main use of meta tags is for robot spidering direction, and prevention of the image toolbar in the new browsers.
                            SIG TOO BIG

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                            • thechink
                              Confirmed User
                              • Aug 2002
                              • 294

                              #15
                              don't use them. not needed.
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                              • Amputate Your Head
                                There can be only one
                                • Aug 2001
                                • 39075

                                #16
                                Originally posted by thechink
                                don't use them. not needed.
                                lol... okay.
                                SIG TOO BIG

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                                • WiredGuy
                                  Pounding Googlebot
                                  • Aug 2002
                                  • 34515

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by theking


                                  A full range of Meta Tags that used to be used or just description and keywords? In addition for all pages or just the initial index page?
                                  Keywords, Description are the top most read ones. Also Robots is used in case you don't have access to server side robots (robots.txt). More info available from my site: http://www.submitcorner.com/

                                  WG
                                  I play with Google.

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                                  • Bree
                                    Registered User
                                    • Aug 2002
                                    • 356

                                    #18
                                    I use metas to block the smart tag thing...

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                                    • jimmyf
                                      OU812
                                      • Feb 2001
                                      • 12651

                                      #19
                                      I'd be using them if I were you
                                      I get a lot of traffice from Europe on 1 of my page and it does not come from google and i use Meta's
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                                      • SunTzu
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • May 2002
                                        • 456

                                        #20
                                        I use simple meta's just in case the smaller SE's that use them come around. But as far as ranking on the majors, I get the same results with or without them in the top 20 listings.
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