How valuable are META keywords?

If you've ever been advised about building or optimizing your website, you've likely heard about META data and the need for them.  Well, things have changed on the Internet (big surprise) and you should be aware of the current value of META keywords.

In a nutshell, the META keyword tag is useless.  This information is coming from Google directly.  And its not only regarding Google.  There are no search engines which pay attention to the META keyword tag anymore, and we're glad thats the case.  There was never any real important information in that tag, it was only ever exploited as a means of keyword-stuffing.  We're glad to hear this news officially.

Read the full article »