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Will adding 100 meta keywords to the same page hurt or help SEO?

Since 2009 it is Google's official statement that they don't use the meta keywords tag for ranking purposes: https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2009/09/google-does-not-use-keywords-meta-tag.html They ...
Theo van der Zee's user avatar
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Are there any benefits to having unique meta descriptions and meta keywords per article/post/page on blog?

You seem to have a few things going on. I do not know WP so I will not give specific advice in that regard. However, you do not want multiple copies of either meta-tag on any page. Only one will be ...
closetnoc's user avatar
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Having same page with different meta tags without affecting SEO

It's not going to well in search result. Displaying the same content on different URL's is considered to be 'duplicate content' (Google mostly focuses on body content), no matter if your title, meta ...
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How to add meta keywords in each Blogger post?

Google announced in 2009 that they no longer use the meta keywords tags as a ranking factor, and Bing have since stated they could view it as a spam signal rather than a ranking aid. I'm pretty sure ...
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Can I use completely different keywords in a long-tail without affecting my rank?

The example: I need to rank for free x123456 templates and free y123456 themes, but I don't want to use two different long-tails, so can I use it like this free x123456 y123456 templates themes, ...
Mike -- No longer here's user avatar
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same keyword in different cases for SEO

Ditch the meta-keyword tag, or at the very least, ditch the same repeating words regardless of whether the letters are upper or lower case. Google doesn't pay much attention to meta-keywords and I ...
Mike -- No longer here's user avatar
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Is it necessary for all the keywords in a meta keyword tag to be included in the page's content?

For Google, it is not necessary to use a meta keyword tag. It won’t help in search engine optimization. It is seen as a spam signal rather than a ranking signal. Adding keywords to a meta keyword tag ...
Khalil's user avatar
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Meta description only displays in Google search for some search terms

Note always does Google shows what is in your meta tags, except they are similar to texts on your webpage. And also Google would show the user how that page relates to their search string, so in your ...
booluw's user avatar
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How to perform SEO (Meta-Keywords) for different language?

Google certainly understands many languages. The Google search engine is available in tens of locales. If you want to bring in visitors that speak other languages you will need to do more than put ...
Stephen Ostermiller's user avatar
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Should I remove the description/keywords meta tags if I want to use structured data markups (JSON-LD)?

If you add structured data, do not remove any of your existing meta tags, just add the structured data in addition. Meta description for example is a very important tag, and its behavior cannot be ...
Maximillian Laumeister's user avatar
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Should I remove the description/keywords meta tags if I want to use structured data markups (JSON-LD)?

I would recommend leaving the meta description as this field is still important for search engines and some other web services that are crawling your site. Don't bother with the keywords as this is a ...
tshimkus's user avatar
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Submit pages to indexing by Google but censor the search terms in the page?

That's not possible, you can't rank in Google for a hidden term. That's called cloaking and you can get a penalty for that. If Google gets to read the phone number, visitors must also be able to. ...
Emirodgar's user avatar
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Does it improve click through rate from Google if I put queries from search console into the page?

What's visible on a page can't directly affect CTR. People haven't seen it. Indirectly it can change how you rank, and that can affect your CTR. E.g. If you rank higher or for searches that are more ...
Tony McCreath's user avatar
1 vote
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Keywords vs Meta-Keywords

We need to help you clarify a couple of things first. The focus keyword is just the only way Yoast SEO have to know about what is your targeted keyword for that particular page or posts. If you do ...
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Will adding 100 meta keywords to the same page hurt or help SEO?

Is it possible to add several keywords to the same page? Yes but It doesn't seem practical. Will this penalize my page by Google? Possibly (see below) What is the implication in adding many ...
Mike -- No longer here's user avatar
1 vote

Will adding 100 meta keywords to the same page hurt or help SEO?

Since keywords are not used anymore for referencing. Just put the best words at the best places (h1, h2, h3, etc.. tags) Just make sure to priorities the words.
Hybris95's user avatar
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SEO Meta Tags: Is it better to have empty meta content or no tag at all?

Keywords Meta-tag I completely ignore the keywords meta-tag since most search engines ignore it. There are some exceptions such as Yandex. It is fairly safe for the major SEs to ignore this tag. ...
closetnoc's user avatar
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Why does meta description exist when keywords doesn't?

In my humble opinion keywords are still useful even though they are not being used for ranking. They are useful for the content writer and potentially for the reader. If you know what people are ...
Michael Moriarty's user avatar
1 vote

Can a website use multiple meta keyword tags?

Google doesn't use the keywords meta tag in website ranking. If you use multiple keyword tags it won't be helpful for SEO. It's not good idea from (September 2009), If you don't use it will be better ...
Mazharul Haq SEO's user avatar
1 vote

Delimiter character for keywords meta tag

Yes here I would use a comma or a space as well. Do not use a . # or @ sign. This will trip up your database big time if you're going to use these as your delimiters. The . character can give you some ...
JohnLasheras2's user avatar
1 vote

Delimiter character for keywords meta tag

Space delimitation is fine. And while the keywords meta tag is no longer useful in Google, Yahoo, or other major search engines in the Western world, some Chinese search engines still utilize the ...
Kaitlyn Brown's user avatar

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