Keyword Meta Tags
Both the meta keywords tag and the meta description tag contribute to your search engine ranking. A meta keywords tag is supposed to be a brief and concise list of the most important themes of your page.
The meta keywords tag takes the following form: meta name="keywords" content="keywords,keyword,keyword"
Keyword Meta Tag : 5 Questions
SEO Tip 1. Set up a sitemap (named sitemap.htm or sitemap.html) containing the links to all of your content pages. They speed up the indexing of your pages, and Google advises this.
SEO Tip 2. Do include an About Us or Biography page. If this is a company page, describe what it is that your company does and how it might benefit the visitor. Studies as far back as 1994 (an eon in Internet Time) suggested that viewers want to know who is behind that page/site on their screen. This is especially true if you are selling products or services and want them to spend their money with you.
1. What do I want to be known for?
2. What information, products, and services do I offer?
3. What keywords are my top ten competitors using?
4. What keyword phrases are people actually using when they search?
5. What types of actions are taken by people searching for each phrase?.
These are the questions you need to answer to begin your SEO task. They are relevant no matter what phase of site creation or redesign you are in. Try to do this (and have the answers) before you layout your site structure.
Let's go back to number 4: What keyword phrases are people actually using when they search?
This free keyword suggestion tool from WebRank Info generates 10 keywords suggested by Google based upon your input and shows the number of results for each word or phrase. Just remember to pick keywords that you then can incorporate into your content.
The Google Keywords Tool will generate a list of keywords used in searches and advertiser competition words.
You can also download a free utility names Good Keywords which will generate some for you, but it will also track incoming links to your site - a very important part of SEO.
Finally, here is a page onsite (SEO Tools) with various tools :
To Recap: the meta keywords tag (along with the meta description tag) contribute to your search engine ranking. A meta keywords tag is supposed to be a brief and concise list of the most important themes of your page.
The meta keywords tag takes the following form: meta name="keywords" content="keywords,keyword,keyword phrase,etc.">
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