META Tags

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  gostate2009 · Member · May 23, 2009 at 10:47 pm

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  I would like to submit my site to Yahoo! Site Explorer and where do i add META tags on a WordPress.com hosted blog.
  MNG BLOG ADMIN

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · May 23, 2009 at 11:09 pm

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  You don’t.

  First, meta tags would have to be added in the underlying theme files. In wp.COM we don’t have access to those files. Second, meta tags were abused and are now practically obsolete. The best way to provide information about your site is a sitemap. All wp.com blogs have a sitemap created automatically.

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  gostate2009 · Member · May 25, 2009 at 5:41 pm

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  okay

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  ericdawson · Member · Jun 11, 2009 at 8:00 pm

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  Meta tags aren’t “practically obsolete.” They are still a key part of all search engine algorithms.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jun 11, 2009 at 8:26 pm

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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_tag#Meta_element_used_in_search_engine_optimization

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_tag#Academic_studies

  http://searchenginewatch.com/2165061

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jun 11, 2009 at 8:32 pm

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  From http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/why-isnt-my-blog-in-google/ :

  “Google and most other search engines ignore meta tags.”

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 11, 2009 at 8:42 pm

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  Meta keywords are still in the algorithms, but are not given much weight anymore.

  http://www.searchenginejournal.com/the-importance-of-keywords-meta-tag-in-seo/6014/

  At one point in time the keywords tag had an impact on a web site’s position within the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS). Now the keywords tag has little impact on where a site will appear in the search results. When search engine first started determining the relevancy of a site they placed a larger emphasis on these tags.

  Soon every webmaster used them and oftentimes overused these tags and therefore the search engine placed less importance on them.

  According to some, what is important is the meta description tag and using it properly, but we don’t have access to the underlying files, so we cannot mess with that.

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  sudiipm · Member · Jun 15, 2009 at 2:13 am

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  Looks like no constructive answer for the question, Where do I paste the Metatag in wordpress.com?
  please someone can answer the question what is goodor bad we will discuss in another SEO forum

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 15, 2009 at 2:23 am

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  No meta tags at wordpress.COM. No meta descriptions at wordpress.COM.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 15, 2009 at 2:25 am

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  Properly and carefully tag and categorize your posts here and you will do well with search engines.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Jun 15, 2009 at 3:32 am

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  @sudiipm: Try to read before you post. To the question “where do I paste the Metatag in wordpress.com” I replied: “You don’t.” And I explained: “Meta tags would have to be added in the underlying theme files. In wp.COM we don’t have access to those files.” Doesn’t get any clearer than that. No meta tags at wordpress.COM, as tsp says.