zhangy Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Hello, Can someone please tell me if meta tag keywords need apostrophes around multiple word keywords? ex. <meta name="keywords" content="key, words, 'more than one word', is, 'this right'" /> or no need?: <meta name="keywords" content="key, words, more than one word, is, this right" /> Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/137365-solved-meta-tag-quotes/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
dropfaith Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 qoutes are not needed Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/137365-solved-meta-tag-quotes/#findComment-723524 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 The <meta name="keywords"> tag is obsolete apparently, as this 'keywords' meta tag was abused to no end. Developers would insert extremely high ranking keywords that have no relevance to their site for the simple (and devious) purpose of driving more traffic. From what I understand, spiders now ignore this completely. As a result, we can safely omit this tag altogether.. the <meta name="description"> tag is still relevant however. Upon learning of all this not too long ago, I'll have to go through and remove the keyword tags from my own pages. EDIT - In accordance to this wikipedia article, apparently Yahoo still makes use of the keyword aspect, but I don't think the other search egine services support it. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/137365-solved-meta-tag-quotes/#findComment-726503 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 The tag is obsolete apparently, Didn't know that, although it does makes sense. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/137365-solved-meta-tag-quotes/#findComment-726546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg_alpha Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Well, I suppose one could leave those tags in for Yahoo. Afterall, it isn't much code (just a line). Depending on how big Yahoo's search usage ranks against Google and MS, it may (or may not) be much of an issue either way. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/137365-solved-meta-tag-quotes/#findComment-726662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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