Why are Meta Tags Important?

[pamelabaker]

Hey friends, can you share your thought why are meta tags important?

 

[Deleted member 657006]

Because there meta data.

They control the meta data needed to correctly setup your indexing correctly.

Some people don't even use them.

All i no is i have always used them as good seo practice.

 

[James Tora]

Because the search engine matches your meta tags with the searched words.

 

[Deleted member 657006]

This might help you.
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_meta.asp

 

[WebMath SEO]

It might be added advantage for ranking on particular keyword. It will boost your site in search engine.

 

[itz_styx]

google ignores them since years, but some other SE's might use them (as well as social networks when you post your url)

 

[SuperSonicProxy]

Well its quite obvious and we all know its not a ranking factor anymore in google but there is no harm using them, it always helps search engines to ensure that how relative your content is.

 

[Authority Empire]

To rank on google serp meta tags optimization is most important part.

 

[itz_styx]

To rank on google serp meta tags optimization is most important part.

no thats completely wrong

 

[Rob Dean]

Because Meta tags describe your page content to search engines and website visitors.

 

[naskootbg]

So many meta tags, that must write fat book for all them. If you mean meta description and keywords - they have not SEO impact in google.
Writing meta description in the meta tag or adding the same text in the vissible content in the body of the page have not difference. It may only help to increase the CTR rate if writen eye catching enought.

Using meta description is still recommended for bing and yahoo - if you go check bing webmasters tools, you will find SEO analyzer (beta) - they will check meta description lenght and will tell you if it is too long, means it have impact there.

Some small search engines still using meta keywords. So if you submit on them for 1-2 monthly visitor, use the meta keywords tag. Keep in mind that they may have negative effect as well, so I recommend to not use this tag.

 

[Anna Barley]

Google bot first read your meta tag and after reading your article

 

[robanox]

To rank on google serp meta tags optimization is most important part.

it's no longer useful as it used to be

 

[Joyce Burrou]

Hey friends, can you share your thought why are meta tags important?

Meta-tags are the Main HTML tags that Spell out Your Own page content into search engines and website Traffic. Thanks

 

[John Geller]

Meta tags improves the possibility of your page result appearing on the SERP for the concerned search query of the user. But over optimisation could also affect real bad. So be more clear on what you use.

 

[tappu]

Website optimization is important for SEO. Unless & until you are not optimizing website for search engines it will not appear in search.

Meta Tags are one of the Important factor for On-Page SEO, where it helps websites to rank in search engines. Meta Tags are nothing but keywords, which are searched term by user & for those phrases we optimize website, so that it comes up in search results. Thats why Meta Tags are important in SEO.
Accurate meta descriptions can also help improve your click-through rates along with relevant title tags.

• Meta description tags generally should be approximately 150-160 characters long
• Ideally every page on your site should have a unique meta description

 

[dummerfranz]

they give google info about your site.
keywords etc exist to get google a small view on your content