{"id":581,"date":"2009-09-22T09:59:08","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T13:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/?p=581"},"modified":"2009-09-22T09:59:08","modified_gmt":"2009-09-22T13:59:08","slug":"meta-keyword-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/22\/meta-keyword-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Does NOT Use the Meta Keyword Tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-583\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-583\" title=\"matt-cutts\" src=\"http:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/matt-cutts.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Says:\" width=\"261\" height=\"196\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Says:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You know, I have had argument after argument with shop owners regarding this tag. I have said over and over the major search engines, Google included, DO NOT use the keyword tag&#8230;. Like talking to the wall.<\/p>\n<p>So, to finally put this subject to rest and answer this with absoluteness&#8230; <a title=\"Google Meta Keyword\" href=\"http:\/\/googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag.html\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Google Meta Keyword\" href=\"http:\/\/googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag.html\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Cutts has clearly stated<\/a> in no uncertain terms that <strong>Google Does Not Use the Meta Keyword Tag to Rank Websites<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>So, no more arguments. You will just have to write good content&#8230;. as there is no easier way.<\/p>\n<h2>Matt Says:<\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jK7IPbnmvVU&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jK7IPbnmvVU&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xcfcfcf&amp;hl=en&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>As a matter of fact, Matt clearly stated that&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It&#8217;s possible that Google could use this information in the future, but it&#8217;s unlikely. <strong>Google has ignored the keywords meta tag for years<\/strong> and currently we see no need to change that policy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While I may seem bitter, that&#8217;s really not the case and this isn&#8217;t about validation&#8230; But rather about shop owners getting on with what matters and for them to stop wasting time on useless measures. Create fresh, unique and descriptive content&#8230; <strong>In essence this IS your keyword tag for Google<\/strong>. Nobody ever said life was easy!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Most people do not recognize a business opportunity<br \/>\nbecause it comes disguised as hard work.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have said over and over the major search engines, Google included, DO NOT use the keyword tag&#8230;. Like talking to the wall. So, to finally put this subject to rest and answer this with absoluteness&#8230; Matt Cutts has clearly stated in no uncertain terms that Google Does Not Use the Meta Keyword Tag to Rank Websites!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,995],"tags":[1230,72,597,1199,1030,1229,464,2626],"class_list":["post-581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecommerce-seo","category-myths-misconceptions","tag-descriptive-content","tag-google","tag-keywords","tag-major-search-engines","tag-matt-cutts","tag-meta-keyword-tag","tag-meta-tag","tag-zen-cart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pro-webs.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}