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I am new to this. Does putting too many key words and description in Meta tags effect SERP ranking. I have a website, Where I had put about 6 lines of decription and around 50 keywords. Some of the keywords are not in my site. When I search for my site I am getting only my site name.. not any description of my site under it. Rest of my pages are not listed. My site comes 1 in yahoo, but in Google it does not. Is putting too many key words affects your ranking? Please give me some suggestions, how can I improve my site's ranking in Google. Thanks in Advance.
Vadim
A site I do rank has incoming links with anchor text "great looking widgets". It ranks well for the term, but since that exact text isn't found on the landing page, Google, instead of showing a snippet from the page shows a snippet from the meta description field:
In translation:
"Need new widgets? Get some great looking from us!"...
However, if the old meta description size rules still apply, I don't think this tag should be longer than 256 characters.
It's to what degree Google uses each item is what the question should be.
Let me repeat myself: Google uses everything. It's to what degree Google uses each item is what the question should be.
Now, not all search engines do this, but Google does.
Thats no test!
If the phrase/keyword does not appear on the page or a link in, of course Google will probably not rank you. The keyword in the keyword tag would have to be supported by anchor text in, title tag, perhaps alt tag or an on page mention. The keyword tag is a guide for indexing, these will have to be supported by other 'stuff' before being taken seriously. It's impossible to 'test' google, you either do a proper page and see what happens or forget it. Eitherway, your ranking will be for a number of reasons and pin pointing any of them is impossible because of constant shifts and variables, from age of page to competitors putting up new stuff or acquiring new links. Using nonsense words as a test is a nonsense in itself, as broad match etc. etc. plays a part in 'the real world'.
I sit on the fence regarding whether or not they are used by google, but better to use them sensibly than not at all, other spiders do use them, especially from small directories. However, the golden rule is surely to make sure they also appear on the page or in links pointing to the page or at least somewhere else.
Google uses everything.
It's to what degree Google uses each item is what the question should be.
Vadim
You stated that when you search directly for your domain name it does show up. Does the result have a link to the cached page? If yes, then you are in the Google cache and some very specific search would perhaps show you on the SERPs. If there is no link to your cached page - you are not (really) in Google!
Solution? Wait! Once your site is about 4 to 5 months old and you still don't show up it's time to panic again.
Mozart
