Need suggestion for keyword tag

[saikatblogger]

Hi,

How many keywords can I put in the keywords tag? Do you suggest to set an upper limit for number of keywords, or it just does not matter?

One more thing:

search engine, search engine optimization

Will it be considered as two different keywords/keyphrase OR, SE will count 'search engine' keyword to be appearing twice there?

Thanks in advance.

[saikatblogger]

3 more questions:

Can SEs differentiate between cases? I have never seen them returning different result for my query and My Query. Hence I think I should not make separate entries for my keywords and My Keywords, right?

There are many images in the navigation bar, like bullets, arrows etc. What kind of alt tag should I add to these images or I should left it blank? If I start adding my keywords as alt tag to these bullets and arrows, is there any chance to be charged for spamming? Other images on my site contains proper alt tag though.

If I use keyword rich filenames for images, will it add to keyword density of my site?

[wige]

3 more questions:

Can SEs differentiate between cases? I have never seen them returning different result for my query and My Query. Hence I think I should not make separate entries for my keywords and My Keywords, right?

There are many images in the navigation bar, like bullets, arrows etc. What kind of alt tag should I add to these images or I should left it blank? If I start adding my keywords as alt tag to these bullets and arrows, is there any chance to be charged for spamming? Other images on my site contains proper alt tag though.

If I use keyword rich filenames for images, will it add to keyword density of my site?

General practice is to put keywords other than proper nouns in lowercase. As far as the "layout" images, the alt tag should simply be alt="". This is where the idea of user first comes in, how would it be to the blind user hearing all those alt tags full of keywords read off?

[saikatblogger]

Any suggestions about number of keywords in the meta keyword tag?

And if I put keywords = "search engine, search engine optimization", will it be counted as 2 separate keywords or SE will consider 'search engine' keyword to be appearing twice?

[suzstephens]

None of the major search engines pay much attention keyword meta tags anymore. They are of very little value. I don't use them on my own sites.

[kyobul]

I put 8 to 10 keywords, not repeating a keywords more than 3 times. It is true that major search engines do not care about however it can still serve to some others and for me it is a good reminder when dealing with social bookmarks websites

[tamecrow]

Hi,

How many keywords can I put in the keywords tag? Do you suggest to set an upper limit for number of keywords, or it just does not matter?

There's no definitive limit, but don't spam your tags - you'll be doing more harm than good. Do some keyword research and order your keywords by search volume. Find a prominent cut-off point and work from there upwards.

search engine, search engine optimization

Will it be considered as two different keywords/keyphrase OR, SE will count 'search engine' keyword to be appearing twice there?

If they're separated by a comma, they'll be counted separately. Of course, if your website contains information on 'search engine optimization', this will boost the relevancy for 'search engine' too, as it contains the secondary keyword.

Can SEs differentiate between cases? I have never seen them returning different result for my query and My Query. Hence I think I should not make separate entries for my keywords and My Keywords, right?

Absolutely. Not only can they differentiate between cases, but they can differentiate between singular and plural, and are looking more closely at synonyms. Read up on Latent Semantic Indexing for more information on this.

There are many images in the navigation bar, like bullets, arrows etc. What kind of alt tag should I add to these images or I should left it blank? If I start adding my keywords as alt tag to these bullets and arrows, is there any chance to be charged for spamming? Other images on my site contains proper alt tag though.

You should use alt tags for all images, but there's a possibility that doing so for small images could be seen as spam. Whatever you do, don't give them all the same alt tag!

If I use keyword rich filenames for images, will it add to keyword density of my site?

Not to any noticeable degree. It all pales into insignificance when compared to on-page text. If you're starting a new website, by all means use keywords where relevant in filenames, but don't go changing filenames of existing pages/images on an established site (unless your images are named xxx-viagra-enlargement-pills-casino-insurance.jpg )

Hope this helps.

-tamecrow

[bart0r]

myself, 9-15 keywords, but as mentioned, they're not so important anymore.
Make sure your keywords are placed on your index page, ideally bold or between <h1> tags etc

[Traffic Master]

Hi,

How many keywords can I put in the keywords tag? Do you suggest to set an upper limit for number of keywords, or it just does not matter?

One more thing:

search engine, search engine optimization

Will it be considered as two different keywords/keyphrase OR, SE will count 'search engine' keyword to be appearing twice there?

Thanks in advance.

Your Keywords in the Keywords tag should not 10 - 12.

[incrediblehelp]

I actually dont use keyword tags anymore.