Comments on: Meta Tags are Not Important – Google Confirms It http://www.liveambitions.com/seo/meta-tags-not-important-google-confirms/ SEO & Internet Marketing Simplified Thu, 20 May 2010 04:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Steve http://www.liveambitions.com/seo/meta-tags-not-important-google-confirms/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Steve Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:03:52 +0000 http://www.liveambitions.com/?p=825#comment-204 Dan, I did mention that in the last sentence. However, I probably could've worded it better. Thanks for clarifying anyways. Dan,

I did mention that in the last sentence. However, I probably could’ve worded it better.

Thanks for clarifying anyways.

]]> By: Dan Jensen http://www.liveambitions.com/seo/meta-tags-not-important-google-confirms/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Dan Jensen Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:09:25 +0000 http://www.liveambitions.com/?p=825#comment-203 They haven't used the meta keywords for a long time, however your post is a dangerous one because you imply that they don't utilise the meta tag description at all. They may not use it in the ranking algorithm, but they definitely use it in the SERPs. The meta tag description becomes the description for each indexed page of your site. I use unique meta tag descriptions for each page to describe what that page does, this shows up in the SERPs pages. Neglecting that meta data would be one of the biggest mistakes a site owner could make. From the link you have provided they suggest that they "sometimes" use the tag for snippets. I've found that they use it about 99% of the time. There are very few pages where I've used unique meta data where they haven't used the description. They haven’t used the meta keywords for a long time, however your post is a dangerous one because you imply that they don’t utilise the meta tag description at all. They may not use it in the ranking algorithm, but they definitely use it in the SERPs.

The meta tag description becomes the description for each indexed page of your site. I use unique meta tag descriptions for each page to describe what that page does, this shows up in the SERPs pages. Neglecting that meta data would be one of the biggest mistakes a site owner could make.

From the link you have provided they suggest that they “sometimes” use the tag for snippets. I’ve found that they use it about 99% of the time. There are very few pages where I’ve used unique meta data where they haven’t used the description.

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