Do Meta Tags need to be consistent?

SiobhÃ¡n · 06-14-2005, 09:03 AM

For example. If i have drug rehab related site. Should I try to be as consistent as possible with the meta keywords and stick with ones like "drug rehab", "drug treatment" and "drug abuse"......

Or could I safely use a mix of general keywords as well, like "health", "hospitals", "clinics", "psychiatry".....etc...and still get the improved SE rank I'm looking for?

Sorry for the newbie question but I want to give myself the best chance of showing up in some search results and I'm new at SEO.

photoshopfreak · 06-14-2005, 09:19 AM

I would stick to keywords you are targeting drug rehab, drug addiction ect provided that drug rehab & drug addiction or whatever keywords you choose are in your web sites body text...

StudioWorks · 06-14-2005, 10:12 AM

Many search engines don't even give too much attention to meta tags anymore. But if you want to place them on your web site I would say that meta description and keywords should be there.

However, try not to place too many keywords. 6-7 should be enough. Only the first 150 characters or so will matter anyway, the rest will be ignored by search engines.

DJ-Sound · 06-19-2005, 10:11 PM

Not a real issue, just keep the tags relevant to the page's content

06-14-2005, 09:03 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
SiobhÃ¡n NamePros Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 33	Do Meta Tags need to be consistent? For example. If i have drug rehab related site. Should I try to be as consistent as possible with the meta keywords and stick with ones like "drug rehab", "drug treatment" and "drug abuse"...... Or could I safely use a mix of general keywords as well, like "health", "hospitals", "clinics", "psychiatry".....etc...and still get the improved SE rank I'm looking for? Sorry for the newbie question but I want to give myself the best chance of showing up in some search results and I'm new at SEO.

06-14-2005, 10:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
StudioWorks no one lives forever Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NamePros Posts: 8,092	Many search engines don't even give too much attention to meta tags anymore. But if you want to place them on your web site I would say that meta description and keywords should be there. However, try not to place too many keywords. 6-7 should be enough. Only the first 150 characters or so will matter anyway, the rest will be ignored by search engines. __________________ epagini.com mexicorealty.net softwarepit.com yadasoftware.com

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06-14-2005, 09:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
photoshopfreak NamePros Regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 461	I would stick to keywords you are targeting drug rehab, drug addiction ect provided that drug rehab & drug addiction or whatever keywords you choose are in your web sites body text...

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DJ-Sound Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,814	Not a real issue, just keep the tags relevant to the page's content

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