Meta keywords is still needed?
I have been reading about meta tags, and many sites that it is no longer important for Google and other search engines the use of meta 'keywords', causing some doubt of use in the project in which I am developing.
After all, meta keywords are still needed? Does it still have any weight for seekers?
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Google does not use the meta tag keywords to process the ranking of the sites that will be displayed in a search. In the link below you can check which meta tags the Google robot uses to index the sites.
Https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/79812?hl=pt-BR
The Yahoo Search Engine uses this meta tag, but the words contained in it have less relevance than words from other places, such as those contained within body tags, title, description or anchor.
Bing uses the same idea as Yahoo: meta tags are a sign, but with very little relevance.
If you're with search engines in mind, using the keyword meta tag won't help. This tag has become history:)
If you can see there was not so much need even for keywords, keywords are also being added in descriptions in bold moderately to give relevance to the content. it is very good to also add those compound keywords Q Google suggests, when searching for a keyword in the browser, Google suggests more searched compound synonyms q it is good to add to the content (descriptions).