Commas or spaces on keywords [Archive]

Dmkths

3rd May 2008, 10:10

Hi there,

I'm about to do some SEO work on my website and was wondering on my keywords do i use commas or leave a space as i have read many stories about the two options, also how keywords to use?

Thanks in advance.

thehandlestudio.co.uk

Mark..

mke

3rd May 2008, 12:11

Google doesn't use the keyword meta tag any more, other than to penalise you for spamming if you have too many in there. So keep the numbers down to, say, fifteen to twenty. But that's not an exact figure. Depends upon your business type, industry sector and other factors.

Use commas and no spaces. For those search engines that do still use the tag, some count a comma or a white space as a space. One of each is treated as a single space. So a keyword like wedding entertainment and another one, say dj, could be written as dj,wedding entertainment and would be interpreted as dj, wedding entertainment and dj wedding entertainment, so you get three for the price of two without the risk of being penalised. Just think carefully about how you put the words together.