Saturday, August 25, 2012

Quality SEO - Meta Tags


If you are fairly new to Search Engine Optimization, SEO, meta tags word can be a bit 'confusing for you. There are different types of meta-tags and each can help your website or blog to get better positioning in search engines, to be indexed by search engines faster or more accurately, or help people find your site. The two main are below.

1) Meta description. In a nutshell, this is the description of the content you find on a given page of your website. The meta description does not only help people understand what your site is about, can also help search engines properly index, or store your site. Should be at least two or three sentences, and not more than one full point.

2) keywords meta tag. These are words or phrases that best apply to content that is within your site. Choose words and phrases within the niche that your site is. For example, if your site is about selling golf clubs or golf clubs, you can use keywords such as golf clubs, left hand golf clubs, golf clubs, women's, kid clubs, etc.

Only a couple of notes on meta-tags.
A) There are several other optional tags you can use depending on what you're trying to accomplish.
B) The meta description should be the original text, and should not be just a repetition of the title.
C) Each search engine uses meta tags in different manors. Depending on where you are focusing on optimizing your site, the tags should be done accordingly .......

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