Keywords in description

bluenoser · 12-13-2005, 07:28 AM

I want to put keywords in the description of my pages, is there a right and wrong way?

Is "keyword1, keyword2, ..."

better than

"keyword1 keyword2 ...."

Or the first one without spaces

tzmartin · 12-13-2005, 08:23 AM

Putting keywords in your description metatag or page body is not recommended at all. Put them in your keywords metetag. Search engines are optimized to understand the difference and display the results to visitors accordingly. Your description tag will be shown to visitors on the SERP.

But, if you insist... comma or space works either way. I prefer comma + space. It's, technically, more, correct.

Joe · 12-13-2005, 08:49 AM

i dont know what is correct, but if agree with tzmartin, use a keyword metatag instead, as the description would be displayed...

i'd just put a ',' and leave no space, but if u put it in the descrition, you're best of putting a ',' and a ' '.
you get that?

bluenoser · 12-13-2005, 09:07 AM

Got it, it looks like I am going to have to mod in a keyword tag too

Thanks for the information, and help

mch · 12-13-2005, 09:38 AM

I'm sure it doesn't matter for the crawler if it's a space and/or a comma since it uses a regular expression to separate the words.

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12-13-2005, 08:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
tzmartin NamePros Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 92	Putting keywords in your description metatag or page body is not recommended at all. Put them in your keywords metetag. Search engines are optimized to understand the difference and display the results to visitors accordingly. Your description tag will be shown to visitors on the SERP. But, if you insist... comma or space works either way. I prefer comma + space. It's, technically, more, correct.

12-13-2005, 09:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
mch NamePros Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: EU Posts: 248	I'm sure it doesn't matter for the crawler if it's a space and/or a comma since it uses a regular expression to separate the words.

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