How can you seriously say that?
Please show me evidence to back up this ludicrous statement.
I can say that because I know for a fact that Bing has been slapping sites down for keyword stuffing the meta keywords and if a change to that bit of meta tag content can critically impact search rankings on Bing, then it's impossible to ignore.
Evidence? As if hearing it from me is ludicrous, but if someone else says the same thing, then it's a fact.... Face it, your mind is made up
@justinaldridge - I'd hate to confuse you with the facts.
Examples of people saying much the same thing:
1)
http://forum.webflow.com/t/the-seo-meta-keywords-field-to-be-removed-from-webflows-ui/22336/4
December 2015, Revolution said, "we were hesitant at first...- our testing indicated (and still does) that bing and yahoo still checking meta-keywords. (for us) removing the meta-keywords has had little to no traffic different from Google... - however, some of our bing and yahoo placements have dropped a bit."
2) On the same URL, you'll see corroboration from Nosher, "I agree that we should all follow Google, but I also agree with Revolution on "our testing indicated (and still does) that bing and yahoo still checking meta-keywords"
3)
https://www.quora.com/Can-meta-keywords-and-meta-description-still-use-in-seo
Shobhit said, "If we talk about meta tag keyword,after some new updates
now google don't give much importance to keyword tag. But some search engines like Yahoo and Bing still give importance to this tag."
4)
http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/91427-SEO-Why-Is-Metadata-Important
August, 2015, Jill Kocher said, "Bing may still use them, but only as a spam signal. In other words, too many irrelevant keywords in this attribute may actually harm rankings in Bing."
5)
http://www.uk-websitedesign.co.uk/?p=10
Duane Forrester, a Bing employee, stated, "I’ll make this statement: meta keywords is a signal. One of roughly a thousand we analyze. Getting it right is a nice perk for us, but won’t rock your world. Abusing meta keywords can hurt you."
Danny at SearchEngineLand emailed Duane to confirm...
"Search Engine Land emailed Duane asking if this comment was true. Duane replied with the following:"
"Yeah, you’re pretty much bang on Danny. In fact, it’s not like we’re actively trying to encourage folks to start using the tag. And you’re right – the scenario I describe is more of a spam signal, which ultimately leads to rankings (or not, as the case may be)."
If Bing says it's one their 1000 signals and that it can ultimately impact your rankings, and if 5 of the top 7 search results on Google are pointing to the statements above when people search for information about Bing using meta keywords tag, I'm thinking confidence is high in that intel being accurate.
I'm not sure how ludicrous you find that statement, now. But you coulda done the search and legwork in 10 minutes yourself to compile this research.
Again, my own testing confirms with the 5 points above have stated - meta keywords are a consideration for Bing SEO, whether it's anti-spam or pro-rankings.
