I'd also add that for semantics we should be using them - so what if search engines choose to use/not use/change they way they handle them.
Grant -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] Sent: Friday, 7 October 2005 2:59 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Meta Keywords? I would advise anybody against taking Meta Tags (description and keywords) out of their sites. Although major search engines have publicly declared that they put less emphasis on the tags, there are still search engines around that read them. Google and Yahoo never really said "we don't support meta tags anymore". They just say they have implemented new ways of ranking sites. We leave the meta tags in all our websites and have had extremely good results with our rankings. Of course other factors (such as cross linking and page content) play a huge role in the ranking as well. BTW, even if search engines didn't put emphasis on the Meta tags, they still display the Meta Description in their search results (at least Google does). So if it's not for improving your ranking, at least put a meta description onto your site for the sake of informing people in a short sentence what your site is all about. ********************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. ********************************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
