Google Rankings & The Keywords Meta Tag

I have mentioned this to new designers and in SEO trainings at least a 100 times in the past few months. Now you can hear it directly from Matt Cutts mouth. Google just does not place weight on keyword meta tags unless it is a refined search. I would love if it was different, but it is not.

So, should you still add the Keywords Meta Tag?

Yes, you should. The keyword analysis process and placement of keywords in the meta tags is important to your learning and ranking process. Additionally, other search engines do use the Keywords Meta Tag , therefore you still need to add them correctly.