Revisit Meta Tag

[etraffic4u]

Do search engines recognize the revisit tag in html pages such as:

<meta name="revisit-after" content="7 days">

Or is it more of a hopeful addition?

[ncw164x]

It is an obsolete metatag and has been seen in many variation

<meta name="revisit-after" content="1 day">
<meta name="revisit-after" content="1 hour">

non of which work

The only tags which work are a good title and description, keywords are not used by google but it is better to use it on your pages for the other search engines which do

ncw164x

[etraffic4u]

Thank you for your answer, very helpful.

[pageoneresults]

It is an obsolete metatag and has been seen in many variation.

It may not be obsolete but, it is a search engine specific piece of metadata that was or is being utilized by searchBC. It has never been supported by any of the major SEs based on my knowledge.

Just think about the abuse factor of this type of metadata. I've seen thousands of sites utilizing this tag with various time frame listed. I believe I've even seen one like this...

<meta name="revisit" content="12 hours">

Anything to try and gain an advantage. ;) Problem is, the tag was never supported by the major SEs and having it there pushes your prime content down one line further and increases your text to html ratio.

Unfortunately we will see this tag for many years to come. When you have META tag generators out there that include this in their long list of meta tags to generate, they won't go away any time soon. Not until developers realize there are very few pieces of metadata that you need when it comes to the spidering SEs.

P.S. Misinformation like this is how these tags found their way into those sites you saw using them...

This tag can also be beneficial in boosting your rankings if search engines display results based on the most recent submissions.

The above quote is why they have last modified and if modified since headers returned from the server.

[dougie]

I'm finding this thread very helpful. Does anyone have a list of the meta tags that you should always include please?

[ncw164x]

Page Title Tag
The Title is the first thing that is seen at the top left of any website browser above the pull down menu's. The title is given to each web page on a website to Identify the page and is also the first line of the HTML source code of your web page.
The page title should be approx 40 - 50 characters long including spaces in-between the words, if you try and use more the title text will be cut off. It is Important to use keywords or words relating to the name of the page in the tile. This is what the Search Engines use when indexing the web page.

Description Metatag
The description meta tag has to capture the visitors attention. The meta tag should be 150 - 200 characters in length, but some search engines cut the description to 150 characters or less, so make make sure your main keywords are at at the beginning of this meta tag.

Keywords Metatag
This is the meta tag in which you list your carefully selected keywords and keyword phrases. Separate each keyword with a comma and a space between each word and place your most important keyword or keywords first.
You can use different keywords on different pages. This will increase your chance of matching different searches
Make sure that your selected keywords and keyword phrases are words that visitors to your site can be expected to use when searching.

Robots Tag
The robots tag invites search engine spiders to enter your site or to stay away from certain pages or links

The Robots Meta tag has the following options
Indexes the page and follows links
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow">

Does not index the page, but follows links
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow">

Indexes the page, but does not follow links
<meta name="robots" content="index, nofollow">

Neither indexes or follows links
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">

You can use one of these tags on specific pages according to your requirements for each page

ncw164x