{"id":100653,"date":"2010-09-07T14:42:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T06:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/?p=653"},"modified":"2021-05-11T06:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T06:30:21","slug":"meta-tags-basics-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/meta-tags-basics-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Meta Tags for SEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Meta-tags.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fpi-shvzz\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1546 lazyload\" title=\"Meta tags\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Meta-tags-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Meta tags\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a>Meta Tags have been around ever since I can remember. They have been an integral part of search engine information and have been used as a powerful way of manipulating search engine rankings back in the days.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Changes have come and gone over the years and spammers and exploiters who abuse SEO tactics have had their way in stuffing their meta tags with a lot of keywords &#8211; even unrelated ones.<\/p>\n<p>Now meta tags have a different use. And it is arguably hardly an effective means to affect your search engine rankings. Aside from the &lt;title&gt; tag, there is not much use for meta tags anymore. So I&#8217;ve come up with what little use meta tags still has for your website&#8217;s SEO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This short course has four distinct lessons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"What are meta tags\" href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/what-are-meta-tags-and-why-are-they-important\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What are Meta Tags and why are they important?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Meta Tags and search engines\" href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/what-search-engine-crawlers-do-with-your-meta-tags\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What search engine crawlers do with your meta tags<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Meta Tags SEO\" href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/how-meta-tags-should-be-used-for-seo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Meta Tags should be used for SEO<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Meta Robots SEO\" href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/what-meta-robots-tag-are-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Meta Robots Tag are for<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>After the course you will have a better uderstanding of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What Meta Tags are<\/li>\n<li>How you can use Meta Tags for SEO<\/li>\n<li>How search engines values Meta Tags<\/li>\n<li>What effect Meta Tags have for your website<\/li>\n<li>What Meta Robots are<\/li>\n<li>What effects Meta Robots have for your SEO<\/li>\n<li>How Meta Tags are retrieved from your website<\/li>\n<li>How Meta Tags affect Search Results Rankings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta Tags have been around ever since I can remember. 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