Adding keywords to a web page with Dreamweaver 8

Question

Hi,
Does anyone of you know how to add keywords to a web page
with Dreamweaver 8? I want the link to the web page shows up when
people google the keywords. I pulled out the instructions from
ehow.com and followed the instructions by using the HTML Keywords
function in the Insert menu. I tested it on Google website by
entering the keywords but it did not work.
Any clues would be helpful.
Thanks,
Shirley

Answer 1

Let's put it this way - those sites I have that are highly
ranked do not
have any meta keywords on them. So - you do the math....
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"Nancy O" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Maybe...
>
>
http://www.hypergurl.com/articles/metatagswhatare.html
>
> "Will Meta Tags Improve My Rankings?
>
> Unfortunately, the majority of the major search engines
do not recognize
> the
> meta keyword tag at all. A larger number do recognize
the meta description
> tag for the purpose of creating a summary for the page.
The prevailing
> philosophy is that search engines prefer to index text
that is clearly
> VISIBLE to the user, although exceptions are certainly
made. The engines
> in
> general consider invisible text, such as that found in
meta tags, as
> "untrustworthy" since they can be easily abused by an
unethical Webmaster.
> For example, someone could list out many keywords that
do not apply to
> their
> page's content, or they could repeat a keyword many
times in hopes of
> boosting their rankings.
>
> Of the engines that do support meta tags, none are
thought to give extra
> "relevance" to words appearing in meta tags versus
elsewhere on the page.
> In
> fact, most engines give words in these tags less weight
than if they had
> appeared elsewhere on the page such as in the body area
or the page title.
>
> You might then conclude that meta tags are useless?
Well, not quite. You
> definitely want to include a meta description tag on
every page to avoid
> the
> search engine making up its own description from random
excerpts on the
> page.
>
> In regard to the meta keyword tag, many experts believe
that including a
> keyword in BOTH your meta tags and in other areas of
your page CAN help
> improve your rankings. For example, let's say your
keyword was "Star Wars
> collectibles" and it appeared in the body text that is
visible to the
> user.
> If the keyword were also included in your meta keyword
tag, then that
> would
> reinforce to the search engine that "Star Wars
collectibles" was an
> important theme on this page. Although no extra
relevancy boost is given
> for
> including the keyword solely in the meta tag, some
engines may look to the
> meta tag as a way to reinforce their belief that a page
is relevant if all
> the other more important factors "check out" too.
>
> In any case, including the tags are unlikely to hurt
your rankings if you
> follow a few simple rules. Be careful not to repeat the
same keyword more
> than two or three times in the tag. Never repeat the
same word twice in a
> row or you may trigger a search engine's "spam filter."
Lastly, never
> include keywords that do not apply to the content of
that page."
>
>
> --Nancy O.
> Alt-Web Design & Publishing
> www.alt-web.com
>
>
>
>
>
> "John Waller" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> > No one? Several regulars here do.
>>
>> Is there any point in using them other than typing
practice?
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>>
>> John Waller
>>
>>
>
>