Say Goodbye to Keyword Stuffing
There is currently a lot of hype and confusion surrounding keyword meta-tags. Once widely used to help website ranking, these meta-tags can now actually hinder your site’s ability to rank well. We wanted to take this opportunity to help alleviate some of the concern on this topic. Why are Keyword Meta-Tags No Longer Used? Several years ago, Google only looked at a website's content to determine their ranking and paid zero attention to "off-page" factors, such as the number of links pointing to the webpage through a strong social media presence. Google relied heavily on keyword meta-tags to determine a site’s content and where it should rank it. Unfortunately, some website developers began to stuff often-irrelevant keywords into their website designs. This meta-tags stuffing became so severely abused that Google decided to disregard them completely . Are There Any Penalties For Using Keyword Meta-Tags? In some cases, yes! In Google’s eyes,...