SEO Myth #3 - If I put my keywords in my meta tags, this helps my rankings
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet=YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet||{};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1205509492_0′]={”text”:”meta keywords tag”,”weight”:2.07348,”type”:[”shortcuts:/concept”],”category”:[”CONCEPT”]};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1205509492_1′]={”text”:”Google”,”weight”:0.25,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/company_name”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/domain”],”category”:[”ORGANIZATION”],”metaData”:{”canonicalName”:”Google Inc.”,”domain_name”:”Google”,”domain_url”:”http://www.google.com/”,”exchange”:”NMS”,”symbol”:”GOOG”}};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1205509492_2′]={”text”:”Yahoo”,”weight”:0.25,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/company_name”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/yahoo_property”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/domain”],”category”:[”ORGANIZATION”],”metaData”:{”canonicalName”:”Yahoo! Inc.”,”domain_name”:”Yahoo”,”domain_url”:”http://www.yahoo.com/”,”exchange”:”NMS”,”symbol”:”YHOO”,”yprop_description”:”Discover email, news, shopping, search, music, fantasy sports, and more.”,”yprop_name”:”Yahoo!”,”yprop_url”:”http://www.yahoo.com/”}};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1205509492_3′]={”text”:”MSN”,”weight”:0.25,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/company_name”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/ticker”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/domain”],”category”:[”ORGANIZATION”,”TICKER”]};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1205509492_4′]={”text”:”meta description tag”,”weight”:2.98352,”type”:[”shortcuts:/concept”],”category”:[”CONCEPT”]};It’s surprising that people still believe that meta tags are how you get your site ranked. If you’re not in the business of SEO, though, this common misconception is widely accepted. However, all SEOs know that all the major search […]









