SEOs are going to have to start including keyword meta tags in their service proposals again, at least when their clients are Google News-accredited. For the rest of you, get ready to explain why keyword meta tags still don’t matter to the vast...
Google has tried using metatags in the past to help determine the original and best sources of content, such as “original-source” and “syndication-source” tags. Google announced a new content tag for the U.S.
Google on Duplicate Content Filtering and News Attribution Metatags - SEO by the Sea Here's a roundup of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Nov.to 19, as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as search news and tips from around...
It's also fine for there to be multiple original-source metatags on one page, to indicate a variety of original reporting leading up to the current article. The Google News blog introduced credit tags this week for attributing sources for news...
No longer about metatags, but "What's my content strategy? Is it an emerging trend or a fad? Tabke: Vertical search engines making a comeback. The technology is out there. Don't overlook it. Weitz: This is what we call faceted search.
Actually, the first to notice that it had died was Andrew Goodman of Traffick, who declared way back on my September 2, 2002, "An End to Metatags (Enough Already, Part 1)". At SMX East this week, Cris Pierry, the Senior Director of Yahoo!
The company may provide Web site design services to new customers, as well, provided such services don't include the creation of metatags or keywords or submission to search engines. SEATTLE – A Washington-based company that sells search engine...
As I mentioned in “Introduction to Search Engine Marketing at SES New York 2008,” the most popular method used to improve search engine rankings back in 2000 was “changing metatags. Why? If you are one of the 1,250 alumni who attended SES Toronto...
Unfortunately, it's hard to parse this case because the court is imprecise about which metatags were used. I've looked through the defendant's appellate brief and they don't clarify the technology for the court at all--I'm wondering if any of the...
Back in 2000 when the most popular method used to improve rankings was “changing metatags,” the key concepts were comparatively simple. It's just one of the 78 sessions, workshops, panels, keynotes and training classes to be held at the Hilton New...
Yet Another NY Court Says Keyword Ads & Metatags Aren't TM Use in Commerce--S&L Vitamins v. A class-action lawsuit filed in California against retail giant Target could accelerate the need for those plans, and could potentially have wide...
Yet Another NY Court Says Keyword Ads & Metatags Aren't TM Use in Commerce--S&L Vitamins v. Here we've collected today's top news stories posted to the Search Engine Watch Blog, along with search-related headlines from around the Web:
You need keyword metatags. As we enter 2007, this evolution continues, inexorably pushing the Web site owner toward practices that begin to sound much like conventional business plans. Following SEO best practices should provide you with a secure...
Eric Goldman's blog that TechDirt refers to stated "The court holds that, as a matter of law, the use of keyword-triggered ads and keyword metatags cannot confuse consumers if the resulting ads/search results don't display the plaintiff's...
Outdated Metatags Don't Infringe--Pop Warner v. Engine Watch Blog, along with other items we've spotted but not blogged
separately: From The SEW Blog. Ask.com Upgrades Weather Results According to the study, 63 percent of U.S.
Unfortunately, the court in my opinion did not understand properly how meta tags work, when it stated, "Using another's trademark in one's metatags is much like posting a sign with another's trademark in front of one's store.
Metatags are not dead, long live Metatags! So, people are just not putting Metatags on pages anymore. Search Engine Marketing and Branding SearchDay, May 8, 2003 http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2200961
Invisible text, multiple metatags, and transparent gifs are all considered spam by the search engines, and penalized. The metatags at the top of the home page had been written by our client's previous SEO company, earlier that year, and had...
The metatags at the top of the home page had been written by our client's previous SEO company, earlier that year, and had appeared benign so I had never changed them. We use a combination of web site content optimization, page relevant metatags...
An End to Metatags Traffick.com, Sept.http://www.traffick.com/article.asp? I'm happy to oblige, at least in the case of the meta keywords tag. Now supported by only one major crawler-based search engine -- Inktomi -- the value of adding meta...