Do meta tags still work?

I have a website where I sell my arts and crafts and someone
from another forum gave me some advice about making my website more
searchable. She said:
"I visited your site and found a few things that might help
you with getting more hits. One of the main things I note is that
that you are missing numerous meta tags. All I could see were Title
and Keywords. You are missing many of the necessary meta tags that
the search engines look for to index a site."
I thought I heard that most major seach engines now over look
meta tags, making them obsolete. Maybe I'm misunderstanding
something. Can someone please clarify? That would be super
appreciated. :)
Thanks!
Crystal

Yes, that's what I mean. The email is designed to prey on the
poorly
informed and unwary consumer, just the same as the domain
expiration notices
for a domain you don't own do, and the way the Nigerian bank
account does.
For what it's worth, I am not aware of a single search engine
that uses any
of those meta tags to develop a site ranking.... But if it
helps you feel
better, then that's up to you.
Murray --- ICQ 71997575
Adobe Community Expert
(If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do so!)
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"Nancy O" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:[email protected]...
> <This is a clever adaptation of the Nigerian bank
account email....>
>
> By that do you mean any unsolicited advice from
self-proclaimed SEO
> experts?
> If yes, I agree that you shouldn't pay a dime to anyone
who promises to
> get
> your site Top Rankings.
>
> For what it's worth, I include the following meta tags
on my pages for the
> engines who still use them. It may not help, but it
can't hurt to cover
> bases either.
>
> Title
> Author
> Contact_Addr
> Copyright
> Distribution
> Language
> Rating
> Keywords
> Description
>
>
> "Murray *ACE*" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> This is a clever adaptation of the Nigerian bank
account email....
>>
>> --
>> Murray --- ICQ 71997575
>> Adobe Community Expert
>> (If you *MUST* email me, don't LAUGH when you do
so!)
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>>
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>>
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>> ==================
>>
>>
>> "Jackeltree" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >I have a website where I sell my arts and crafts
and someone from
>> >another
>> >forum
>> > gave me some advice about making my website
more searchable. She said:
>> >
>> > "I visited your site and found a few things
that might help you with
>> > getting
>> > more hits. One of the main things I note is
that that you are missing
>> > numerous
>> > meta tags. All I could see were Title and
Keywords. You are missing
> many
>> > of
>> > the necessary meta tags that the search engines
look for to index a
> site."
>> >
>> > I thought I heard that most major seach engines
now over look meta
>> > tags,
>> > making them obsolete. Maybe I'm
misunderstanding something. Can
> someone
>> > please clarify? That would be super
appreciated. :)
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> > Crystal
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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