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Meta-Tag Generator
:.Some people turn Meta Tag optimization into an art! However, most of us
don't have the time for that. The countless hours that can be spent on
adjusting and re-adjusting Meta Tags could be better spent creating new
content. After all, it is the content that search engines are "really"
looking for. The Meta Tags just help the search engines to find it.
So, the best thing that you can do is to create a sensible set of Meta
Tags which will be friendly to most search engines. Then MOVE ON. However,
Meta Tags are quite important, so you should go about making them
properly, ONCE.
There is no such thing as a "magical" set of Meta Tags that will
instantly explode your web site statistics and search engine rankings. For
example, you could go to a site that has a #1 raking for a great search
term and cut and paste the Meta Tags into your site, but you will NOT get
a #1 ranking out of it. Why? ..because there are many factors that
determine search rankings such as site popularity, page loading speed and
content. So, what you need is a set of Meta Tags that will match your site
PERFECTLY!
If you use our Meta tag Generator below you can be sure that
your Meta Tags will not be too long, as the keyword, description and title
characters used by search engines do vary. It is BETTER to have too few
than too many. We'll explain that a little further ahead.
Rule #1
If a keyword is not on your page, do NOT put it in the title,
description or keywords. Many, many people do this, and it can be
extremely damaging to your promotion efforts. All it will do is water the
theme of your page down, and the search engines will be scratching their
heads (if they had one they would) wondering who to show your page too.
If you do know a word or phrase that is very common, and you want to
use it, then you need to make sure that it is in your title, description
and keywords 'as well' as on your page several times. Therefore you will
most likely need to re-edit your content as well, (not just the Meta
Tags).
Rule #2
Don't try and trick search engines. They're not as silly as they once
were and they're getting smarter every day. Example: Don't repeat text
hundreds of times, making it the same color as the background. Search
engines woke up to this a long time ago. Basically, just be honest. The
time you waste trying to be "tricky" would be better spent working on your
site, content and REAL promotion efforts. ie: Ones that actually work.
Rule #3
Keep your title, description, keywords and content specific. Many
people try to add too many words and phrases all over the place. Imagine
for a moment that you are lost and you need to ask for directions. If you
were told to "drive under the bridge, past the green house on the left,
over the little bump, past the red mail box, you'll see a house with a
white gate and then you'll need to pass a school crossing and then turn
left" would you look at the person with a blank face (providing that you
continued to listen to the person)? Probably! However, if the person said:
"Take your next left" it would be much more helpful, yes? So, you need to
keep specific. Use as many informative words as you can to keep a "theme".
Don't go overboard.
Method
Creating a "functional" set of Meta Tags is actually not all that hard.
It's not "rocket science" as many people would have you believe. You can
of course do HEAPS of research on keywords and spend hours on each page,
and get very good results, but if you have 3,000 pages and a business to
run, it's not always practical. So, that's what we mean by functional. A
decent set of Meta Tags that will do a great job, (possibly even better
than sitting for hours per page). If there was anyone that KNEW how to get
#1 every time, then they'd be a very, very rich person. The truth is that
it's just not possible, so you need to keep realistic.
If possible take a look at the content, before you make any Meta Tags
at all. Is there a GREAT keyword that could be repeated a few more times?
Especially somewhere within the first 255 characters on the page? You need
to put yourself in the web surfer chair for a moment. Ask yourself: "If I
were looking for the content that is located on this page, what would I
type into a search engine?" Once you have thought of 3 good words/phrases,
add them to your content. Re-adjust the content so that it still reads
well. If the words that you thought of were already in the content, good.
Less work!
Now you need to make sure that the 3 keywords/phrases are also in the
title, description and keywords. This can be slightly tricky at first, but
once you have done a few you will get really good at it. It may be a bit
of a bother if you do have 3,000 pages, but let a lesson be
learned. It is good to get in the habit of using descriptive and
informative words when writing content. If you are not the content editor,
then it would be a good idea to explain this concept to the person(s) that
do write the content.
Here's an example:
You have a page about the benefits of vitamins for you a cat.
Obviously, if you were to have such a page, you would of course be selling
some form of cat/pet food on your site. It is for this reason that you
would want people to visit your site, otherwise there would be no real
benefit.
You would think of words that people may type if they were looking for
products which would keep their cat healthy. They might use "natural cat
food", "natural pet food" and "cat nutrition". So, you would make sure
that each of those phrases are in the page content several times each. It
would also be a good idea to use the singular words many times too. ie:
cat, nutrition and other derivatives such as cat food, pet food, nutrition
for cats and nutrition for pets. Try to use plural and non plural words as
well.
Once you have done that, you should make a title, which also uses the
same words. ie:
<title>Cat Nutrition: Natural pet food for cats food</title>
With the above title, your page will most likely be found under:
Cat Nutrition: Natural pet food for cats (Cat Nutrition)
Cat Nutrition: Natural pet food for cats (Cat Food)
Cat Nutrition: Natural pet food for cats (Natural pet food)
Cat Nutrition: Natural pet food for cats (Pet food)
Cat Nutrition: Natural pet food for cats (Nutrition for
cats)
Cat Nutrition: Natural pet food for cats (Pet nutrition)
Such a title would do much better than something like:
<title>Look after fluffy: He will love you because he needs his
vitamins</title>
..which would get you traffic that were searching for things like:
Look after fluffy: He will love you because he needs his
vitamins (Love vitamins)
Look after fluffy: He will love you because he needs his vitamins
(Look fluffy)
Look after fluffy: He will love you because he needs his
vitamins (Needs love)
..the whole point here is that you need to be specific, informative to
search engines and have a "theme" going.
Now you need to add a description. As mentioned above, where it was
stated that you should add your keywords and phrases to the top of your
page, (especially within the first 255 characters) you will have your
description there. All you need to do is copy the first paragraph of your
page into your description. Just like that.
Now the keywords. Try not to add single words. With all the competition
on line, there is not much chance that single words will be of any use.
Your best bet would be to use key phrases of 2-3 words. ie:
cat food, nutritional cat food, cat nutrition etc..
Don't bother adding extra words or phrases that are not in your page.
Doing so would be a waste of time.
This
generator will create custom meta-tags for HTML
webpages.
Meta-tags are used by some search engine
spiders to index your website.
Fill in the values
below and click create to make your code.
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