The response:
The purpose of the inclusion of Meta Keywords is to cater for older
search engines that are still using meta tags. The Meta Keywords tag
allows [ClientName] to define which search terms are important to their
web page. Yahoo actually uses the meta keywords tag to see if a site
During one of Tantek's seminars at WE05, I assumed I was the last person
in the world to learn that Meta Keywords were no longer used by search
engines.
However, I have just received a document from a client who has been
advised by a search engine optimisation specialist [hitwise] to add
So, from John Derek's responses, am I correct in thinking there's no use
for the Meta Keywords or Meta Description tags anymore?
Any web resources/ reference for this information?
I'd like a bit more knowledge before questioning Hitwise.
Thanks
Martin
