google doesnt use meta keywords tag

[bianca18]

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Google made historic news yesterday by declaring they do not use the meta keywords tag. Okay, I am being incredibly sarcastic. Google hasn't used the meta keywords tag for an incredibly long time and any "SEO" should know that. So why did Google blog about this, on the record? At least two reasons, (1) people continue to sue over it by claiming copyright infringement and people confuse the meta keywords with the meta description, which Google does recommend to use.

News Flash: Google Doesn't Use Meta Keywords Tag

[Brendon]

Yes, I think it was mainly for the benefit of idiot lawyers. This sort of thing is still regularly brought up in court, and treated seriously.

Actually to be perfectly accurate, they do read the keywords tag, since they use it as a spam signal, but it isn't used as a ranking signal, and it isn't indexed