Meta Keywords Tag Analyzer
The <meta> Keywords Analyzer is a sub-section of the Web Page Analyzer.
The <meta> Keywords tag, also referred to as metadata, defines the keywords of a web page. The <meta> Keywords tag is not directly visible to users visiting the web page with a browser.
The Meta Keywords Tag:
- provides keywords for a web page for some search engines. ScrubTheWeb™ uses this information ONLY when the keywords are also found in the viewable section of the document. Yahoo! claims the <meta> Keywords tag can "improve the position of your website in Yahoo!" (see below)
- provides keywords for Google's Search Appliance
Below is an example of a non-optmized <meta> Keywords.
HTML <meta> Keywords tag Example:
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The words 'Web page keywords' are words that should describe the page and should be kept to only a few. Stuffing keywords or including non-relevant keywords here will not boost your rankings in any major search engine.
How to Optimize your Meta Keywords
The <meta> Keywords tag is not as important as it once was. However, several search engines (ScrubTheWeb.com, Yahoo! and others) continue to use the <meta> Keywords when ranking search results. In fact, Google's Search Appliance also utilizes the <meta> Keywords tag (see below).
The right keywords in your HTML Meta Keywords tag can boost your rankings in some search engines. Therefore, your Meta Keywords tag must be part of the whole page analysis to achieve optimal results.
In order to fully optimize your Meta Keywords tag, you need a suite of SEO tools that only a search engine like ScrubTheWeb can provide you. Our advanced SEO tools are designed by in-house search engine developers and work together to help you quickly discover the best keywords for your web page.
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Meta Keywords Tag Validation- The Meta Keywords Tag Analyzer will validate the HTML/XHTML source for proper usage, format and detection of duplicate Meta Keywords tags. Premium members also receive complete details of errors found along with instructions on how to correct them. |
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Meta Keywords Tag Character Length- It is recommended you keep this to only a few keywords and keyword phrases. Stuffing this tag with keywords will not improve your search rankings in any search engine. |
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Meta Keywords Tag Recommendations- SEO recommendations for optimizing your Meta Keywords tag for maximum search engine visibility and ranking. |
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Meta Keywords Toggle- Because not all search engines are equal, premium members have the ability to include or exclude the <meta> Keywords tag in the analysis. |
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Meta Keywords Tag Keyword Search Results- Accurate search engine keyword count, keyword densities and keywords highlighting of your targeted keywords. |
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Meta Keywords Tag Search Term Character Density- A ScrubTheWeb™ proprietary report providing you with added dimension and insight into keyword density analysis that are missed by others. |
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SEO Help- UNLIMITED on-line search engine optimization support by on-staff and other experts from around the world. |
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Important Search Engine Facts:
Not long after the Meta Keywords tag became popular, people started to abuse it with unreliable and misleading keywords. Because of this, many search engines simply stop supporting it, or use spam detection algorithms like that at ScrubTheWeb™ described above.
On the web page titled 'How to Improve the Position of Your Website in Yahoo! Search Results', Yahoo! claims to use Meta Keywords in conjunction with other factors for improving search engine rankings.
Yahoo!® says - "Use a 'keyword' meta-tag to list keywords for each page of your website. Use distinct lists of keywords that relate to each specific page on the site."- ScrubTheWeb™ says - "ScrubTheWeb will use the keywords found in the <meta> Keywords tag ONLY IF those keywords are also found in the <body> of the web page. Keywords not found in the <body> will be ignored."
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