First and foremost, keywords are a cornerstone of SEO. They are categorically necessary and not once did I intend for my previous post to come off at all as though I don't understand the critical ...

I was happy. I was joyful. I thought the meta keywords tag had finally died last year. But Bing recently said that it does use it. After some back-and-forth, I can confirm further that it does, but as ...

Remember when meta keywords were all the rage? Fast forward to 2025, and while search engines have evolved dramatically, meta tags remain crucial building blocks of your SEO foundation, just not the ...

The one constant with SEO (search engine optimization) is change. Search engines have been around since the 90s and have since died a thousand deaths. I recently read a post about the many deaths of ...

Ben Pfeiffer is the President and CEO of Rank Smart Search Marketing, an organic search engine optimization and marketing firm. He is an industry veteran, writer, and speaker with over 12 years ...

Google has announced a new keyword metatag for Google News-accredited blogs and websites, allowing webmasters to offer the engine more information via up to ten keywords, even if they don’t appear ...

It has been a while since I covered the keyword meta tag and for some reason the topic has come up recently, so I decided to cover it again. In short, Google Search still does not use the keyword meta ...

Meta tags may not be displayed on a rendered Web page, but they provide valuable information to both browsers and search engines. Search engine optimization (SEO) techniques have changed over time, ...

An HTML tag that identifies the contents of a Web page for the search engines. Meta tags are hidden on the page, but they, as well as all the HTML code on a page, can be viewed by selecting ...

Disclaimer: I am not an SEO expert and have never claimed to be one! We have previously seen why SEO is important for a blog and also discussed about the growing challenges for SEO experts. Both these ...