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For me the point in writing a description is that some search engines sometimes show it in their SERPs. I write a sentence or two or three with a short and precise description of what is on the page. The most important keywords are there but mostly only once.
Meta keywords are really almost useless. I write a few words, sometimes only one. I don't repeat them. No use. And it might trigger some filter if other factors are close to an edge.
then is there a real importance in keywords anymore
Absolutely! But to be sure we're talking the same thing here, it's the META keyword tag that's gone the way of the dinosaur. Still have it in your code, just don't obsess over it. Some SEs do use it, but not the big name ones.
Focus on putting your keywords in your copy. What benefits your visitors will benefit the spiders.
Could you provide a link to the article you read?
Didn't Yahoo state that meta keywords were a ranking criteria when Yahoo Search was launched?
I can't give a link, but one place Yahoo said this was at the Search Engine Strategies conference in New York in March, when Yahoo Search was a brand new baby.
They didn't indicate how much weight the meta keywords would be given, but did say their algo would look at them.
so its more intent to use your keywords as content rather than in the metta tag correct?
Yes, focus more on what your content says, than the meta tag. I haven't read the article referenced above, but I do know that the majority of SEOs will tell you that great content will produce great results (that, and other factors, some of which are in and out of your control). I know, kind of vague, but SEO is more an art than a science at this point.
Select the keywords you want to target for a page of your site, and include them in the content for that page. Do the same thing for each page of your site, but with keywords specific to the content relevant to the page in question.
