Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking

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[oneeyedgeek]

Where can I find out what information you use to rank (other than content of course)? And where can I find info on stuff like robot.text, which you mention so often?

[GoogleWebmasterHelp]

Hi oneeyedgeek,

You can find plenty of information at the site shown at the end of the video. There you'll find links to our blog, help center, and even a discussion forum where you can ask more questions.

- Wysz, Google Webmaster Central

[Brave Dave]

0:25 - 0:41: A rare glimpse into Matt's homelife from the POV of his kid having a bedtime story :P

[Daniel Hart]

wow, I didn't know the keyword tag wasn't used... so I'm guessing I should be focusing on the meta-description tag then to convey the content of my sites?

[Vitaly S]

Forget about meta-description. User will not see it and Google does not care about it. Focus on title and content.

[Jason Saggs]

I just watched this video, though knew about the "Meta Keyword" tag was no longer in use. What I found really interesting and perhaps it was a signal to us guys out here in the real world and not the Google search engine world was the wearing of the Panda T-Shirt that Matt was wearing in the video there? Was that a massive hint that we all missed? LOL I doubt it just my thinking more like... :)



[Joshua Fredrickson]

Nearly four years later and I'm still sending my clients to this video.

[tixan]

Sue 'em!

[AdwordsUser]

Hello. Does anybody know if by adding the keywords meta tag in a landing page for an adwords campaign, the quality score of the keywords improves? Should we use meta tags on our landing page?

[Vladimir Ivanov]

Can you please tell me, why for example have on support.google.com/adwords/ans­wer/2476688?hl=en page this line: meta name="keywords" content="Google Help Center" , or on this youtube page you have meta name="keywords" content="google, keywords, meta tag" ....and etc... seems thats work for you only or i am in mistake somehow... in any case i am confused as i testing this for many years....cheers ;)

[Mathukutty P.V.]

I use tags and metatag moudle in my drupal site happyrays.in Is it wrong to use this? very confused. google webmaster account not showing anything wrong.

[Debra Seiling]

I found this short and to the point video from Google Webmaster Help to be very helpful.

Thanks so much! Debra Seiling