Are these tags important?

[ajitky]

Hello all,

I came across few meta tags on some websites, would like to know if about their importance, and do they really play any role in ranking or optimization?

<META NAME="RANK-WORDS" VALUE="gift, ideas, present, men">

<META NAME="RANK-DOCUMENT" VALUE="-2">

<meta http-equiv="DESCRIPTION" content="Great gift ideas">

<meta name="rating" content="general">

<meta name="REVISIT-AFTER" content="7 days">

<meta name="Distribution" content="Global">

Thanks,
Ajit

[Hope]

<META NAME="RANK-WORDS" VALUE="gift, ideas, present, men">

<META NAME="RANK-DOCUMENT" VALUE="-2">

I have never heard of these. I think they are either a pipe dream or put there to confuse people.


<meta http-equiv="DESCRIPTION" content="Great gift ideas">

<meta name="rating" content="general">

<meta name="REVISIT-AFTER" content="7 days">

<meta name="Distribution" content="Global">

These have no real value either.

The only meta tags you need are

<meta name="description" content="add description here">
<meta name="keywords" content="add keywords here and don't spam or stuff them">
<meta name="robots" content="all">

[Bernard]

Originally posted by Hope
The only meta tags you need are:
...
<meta name="robots" content="all">

I've never seen that one advocated before. Why is that one important?

[ajitky]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply...

As per my reading the <meta name="robot" content="all"> instructs, indeed I would say request spider to index current page and follow links on that page, but not sure how SE reats to this tag.

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> is this tag of any importance for SEO

Again I have found 2 different versions for keyword & description tag...which version does SEs prefer.

<meta http-equiv="KEYWORDS" content="">
<meta http-equiv="DESCRIPTION" content="">

<meta name="KEYWORDS" content="">
<meta name="DESCRIPTION" content="">

Thanks again,

Ajit

[Hope]

Originally posted by ajitky
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> is this tag of any importance for SEO

Again I have found 2 different versions for keyword & description tag...which version does SEs prefer.

<meta http-equiv="KEYWORDS" content="">
<meta http-equiv="DESCRIPTION" content="">

<meta name="KEYWORDS" content="">
<meta name="DESCRIPTION" content="">


<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> doesn't help seo, but identifies what kind of file it it.

I only use <meta name="KEYWORDS" content="">
<meta name="DESCRIPTION" content="">

Robots meta tags tell the spiders what to do. all means to index the page and follow the links on the page.

[g1smd]

For more information see the separate posts I made at:


http://www.ihelpyouservices.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9361

and

http://www.ihelpyouservices.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=97972#post97972


as well as several others in the meta tags forum.