Google Doesn’t Use Meta Keyword

This is old news to SEO followers, but a valuable point for newcomers trying to optimize their sites.

Once upon a time the <meta keyword> tag in the HTML code was a factor in search engine rankings. Google has abandoned that practice (though other search engines have not). Here’s the voice of the big G, Matt Cutts, making the point uneqivocally.

Tags: Google, keywords, SEO, technical SEO

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