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What are cons to not to use <meta name="keywords" content="some, words" />

If i only use <meta name="description" content="lorem impsum." />

I heard search engines does not give importance to Keywords.

<meta name="keywords" content="some, words" />

So is it ok to not to use Keywords?

Solution

  • I heard search engines does not give importance to Keywords.

    Google doesn’t use the keywords meta tag for the web search (Source).

    However, Yahoo (Source), Bing (Source), and other search engines may still be using them with various degrees of importance. They may also be used by internal search engines.

    So is it ok to not to use Keywords?

    "... I hope this clarifies that the keywords meta tag is not something that you need to worry about, or at least not in Google." - Mutt Cutts (Google doesn’t use the keywords meta tag in web search)