Whomever you ask, where ever you ask, you'll get a different answer. Every HTML email list has constant ongoing debates on this topic. But I've never heard the limit that low, even the title tag can stand more than that. A few things are for sure......there's several types of meta tags. For starters there's the:
<title>Your words here</title> <meta name="description" content="Your Words here Your Words here"> <meta name="keywords" content="your words here, your words, here, your, words, here"> There's generally more characters/words in the tags from top to bottom as shown there. SE's are seemingly putting less and less precedence on tags' structure, page structure, AND content. They seem to be moving towards popularity, and that's it. Test it yourself. Go to any SE, search for some things at random, and study the HTML code of the top ranking pages. Depending on what you search for, some won't even have meta tags! Or, some may have them and they will be incorrect; in the wrong places, structured wrong, etc. However it's never a BAD idea to use the tags, unless they are blatantly not used correctly to the point of possible penalty. Using my text in this paragraph, here's some examples: <title>There's generally more characters/words in the tags from top to bottom as shown there. SE's are seemingly putting less and less precedence on tags' structure, page structure, AND content.</title> <meta name="description" content="They seem to be moving towards popularity, and that's it. Test it yourself. Go to any SE, search some things at random, and study the HTML code of the top ranking pages. Some won't even have meta tags! Or, some may have them and they will be incorrect; in the wrong places, structured wrong, etc"> <meta name="keywords" content="There's generally, more characters, words, in the tags, from top, to bottom, as shown there, SE's are, seemingly putting less, and less, precedence on tags, structure, page structure, AND content, They seem, to be, moving towards, popularity, and, that's it, However, it's never, a BAD, idea, to use, the tags, unless they are, blatantly, not, used, correctly to the, point, of possible, penalty, Using, my text, in this paragraph, here's some examples"> It's a good idea to have some of your title's most important words or phrases and description's most important words or phrases AS keywords in the "keywords" meta tag. The tags above are good tags. These are not so good: <title>Word</title> <meta name="description" content="Your Words here Your Words here Your Words here Your Words here Your Words here Your Words here"> <meta name="keywords" content="your words here, your words, here, your, words, here, your words here, your words, here, your, words, here, your words here, your words, here, your, words, here"> The title tag above is not descriptive enough. The description tag is too repetitive, the same thing over and over. The keywords tag is also too repetitive with the same words over and over. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Anyone know if having too many words in the Meta Tag area is anathema to web crawlers? I read having more than 15-20 is bad. Vern ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
