Google Wants You To Use Keyword Metatags... No, Really

SEOs are going to have to start including keyword meta tags in their service proposals again, at least when their clients are Google News-accredited. For the rest of you, get ready to explain why keyword meta tags still don’t matter to the vast majority. Google just announced a brand new keyword tag on the Google News blog. The news_keywords meta tag is designed to “empower news writers to express their stories freely while helping Google News to properly understand and classify that content so that it’s discoverable by our wide audience of users,” according to Rudy Galfi , Google News Product Manager. The idea of using keywords to help Google better sort the news isn’t entirely new; publishers have been able to use the ”keywords” tag in the News XML sitemap at each new article upload for some time. This new tag in the HTML of each article is a logical extension of that so...

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@jefffis » 02 Oct '12, 5pm
Google [may] have a new use for meta keywords? [link]
@OOm_Singapore » 29 Sep '12, 1am
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@taradawnberry » 28 Sep '12, 11pm
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@Advisemedia » 27 Sep '12, 8pm
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@NinaAnthonySEO » 26 Sep '12, 3pm
Are you informed about Google's new News-Keywords metatag? - Search Engine Watch (#SEW) [link]
@seoaus2010 » 25 Sep '12, 7am
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@webgagaleblog » 23 Sep '12, 8pm
"The news_keywords meta tag is designed to “empower news writers to express their stories freely" [link]
@webgagaleblog » 23 Sep '12, 8pm
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@huhuzgz » 23 Sep '12, 3pm
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@HarryLynch » 21 Sep '12, 8pm
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@seotweetz » 21 Sep '12, 8pm
RT @PageRankSEO: Google Wants You To Use Keyword Metatags... No, Really /by @MirandaM_EComm on @sewatch [link] #seo #keywords
@LoonieGuy » 21 Sep '12, 7pm
And the gods have spoken! Google Wants You To Use Keyword Metatags... No, Really by @MirandaM_EComm [link] via @sewatch
@gabriHellmateus » 21 Sep '12, 5pm
Google não usa keywords meta tags para ranqueamento [link]
@seotweetz » 21 Sep '12, 5pm
RT @kanesean: It's 1999 again... Keyword Metatags are back, kind of. What's next? AltaVista? @MirandaM_EComm [link] via @ ...
@kanesean » 21 Sep '12, 5pm
It's 1999 again... Keyword Metatags are back, kind of. What's next? AltaVista? @MirandaM_EComm [link] via @sewatch #SEO
@DanitaBlackwood » 21 Sep '12, 3pm
RT @ivan_temelkov: Google Wants You To Use Keyword Metatags... No, Really by @MirandaM_EComm [link] via @sewatch
@lindseymwagner » 21 Sep '12, 3pm
Google News introduced a new news keyword meta tag to help gauge relevance: [link] via @sewatch
@searchmuse » 21 Sep '12, 3pm
Google Wants You To Use Keyword Metatags... No, Really [link] .. For news only; the web ignores it
@AdRankMedia » 21 Sep '12, 2pm
An interesting read! [link]
@FissionSEO » 21 Sep '12, 2pm
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@taliyada » 21 Sep '12, 1pm
RT @jgdafonseca: Google vai começar a usar as meta keywords, embora não seja para todos [link]
@bluedogmktg » 21 Sep '12, 12pm
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@jgdafonseca » 21 Sep '12, 12pm
Google vai começar a usar as meta keywords, embora não seja para todos [link]
@WebbasicsBelgie » 21 Sep '12, 11am
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@michaelkebriggs » 21 Sep '12, 10am
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@LucyReflect » 21 Sep '12, 10am
Google want us to start using meta keywords again...for news stories this time: [link]
@FirdausHaque » 21 Sep '12, 10am
Google Introduces New News-accredited Keyword Metatags To Empower News Writers. by @MirandaM_EComm [link] via @sewatch #SEO
@feejin » 21 Sep '12, 10am
More info on keywords: [link] . Did you know there’s a STANDOUT tag too? [link]
@amalik » 21 Sep '12, 10am
Reading : Google Wants You To Use Keyword Metatags... No, Really [link]
@OpenvalleyWeb » 21 Sep '12, 9am
Los responsable SEO tendrán que agregar nuevamente palabras claves con el nuevo Meta Tag de Google [link]
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Google now wants content writers to use keyword metatags: [link] via SE Watch
@GiseleNMendez » 21 Sep '12, 6am
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@Macmodi » 21 Sep '12, 6am
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@jorkam » 21 Sep '12, 5am
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@WordGurusTeam » 21 Sep '12, 3am
Confused about the use of metatags? Have a read... [link]
@RobertAnderson » 21 Sep '12, 1am
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