[Web4lib] Google and Meta tags

Patricia F Anderson pfa at umich.edu
Fri Jul 22 08:39:35 EDT 2005


Hi, Rich,

Very good! This is precisely the key point:

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Richard Wiggins wrote:
[snip]
> In any event, as long as you are not index spamming, I suggest that people
> not be shy about making legitimate use of Meta Keywords and Meta
> Description. Instead, I encourage people to exploit them properly as they
> were intended to be used.
[snip]

My impression from the question asked was that the customer may or may not 
have been intending to use metatags "as they were intended to be used." 
That is indeed the key point, and your comment about matching the content 
is exactly the thought process people should be using.

Good job, and thank you for the clarification!

Patricia Anderson, pfa at umich.edu


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