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(Entry was posted by Lindsey Siegele on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 06/18/2014).

What are your thoughts about using the keywords meta tag?

I`m looking for opinions: What are your thoughts about using the keywords meta tag? I know Google has stated that it doesn`t matter for rankings. A year or so ago, when I talked to Bruce Clay, he was still recommending using them, and he had specific guidelines for doing so (exactly how many words should be included, how often words can repeat, etc.). Are any of you using keywords meta tags? If you are, are you following specific guidelines??
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  • Lindsey Siegele: I'm looking for opinions: What are your thoughts about using the keywords meta tag? I know Google has stated that it doesn't matter for rankings. A year or so ago, when I talked to Bruce Clay, he was still recommending using them, and he had specific guidelines for doing so (exactly how many words should be included, how often words can repeat, etc.). Are any of you using keywords meta tags? If you are, are you following specific guidelines?
  • Jim Munro: Google says they don't use it. ;Bing says they don't use it. I'm in the Bruce Clay camp but don't take any comfort from that +Lindsey Siegele. The last time I had a site that seriously ranked, Bush was still President. :)
  • Jim Munro: Actually I might be able to contribute something useful to this. On some of the sites I manage, we use the branded term followed by the region in the keywords meta ;on all pages. It's probably a coincidence but these sites do OK.
  • Dave Elliott: i love sites that use meta-keywords! Makes it so much easier to do competitor research. mutters something about causation vs correlation at jim while leaving
  • Tony McCreath: Senior?
  • Jim Munro: Yep. Need an breath test alco-lock on my keyboard, +Tony McCreath ;:)
  • Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 02:08:07 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/what_are_your_thoughts_about_using_the_keywords_meta_tag +Lindsey Siegele

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