Thanks Dean,

I try to apply the same individual responses on Social Media. People take the time to respond individually and that warrants a personalised response.

All too often this is a failing of businesses on Social Media.

Jason

Hi Dean,

Think content rather than keywords - spot on!

As I've only been in my job for 6 weeks, my fear is if I delete them it may have a negative impact on our search engine results.

So far deleting them is more likely than not.

I'll keep you informed of any impact this may have.

Thanks

Jason

Hi David,

So far I'm in favour of deleting them, but with your response I'm in a bit of a dilemma.

I agree with your premise that you should optimise for people and not search engines, also the point about not knowing how people reach your site.

The meta keywords is the last of my tasks as meta tags, title tags and other on page text has been fully optimised. However I am finding a direct correlation between meta keywords and search engine rankings. Our sites feature in the top 5 searches on Google but 30-40 on Yahoo and Bing. So after optimising all other areas of the websites, meta keywords seem to be the cause of this. So the sink is leaking somewhere.

I really appreciate your detailed response and will take some time ponder over my options.

Thanks

Jason

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your reply. With your advice and the majority of responses to this post it seems like deleting them might be my best option.

If I delete them and it has a negative effect I'll keep you all informed!

Thanks

Jason

Thanks for clarifying this Kevin.

Our websites ranks high (top 5) on Google but ranks around 30-40 on Yahoo and Bing so there does seem to be a direct correlation.

I think the very nature of meta keywords is stuffing, so I'm swaying on the side of deleting them altogether.

Thanks for your response.

Jason

Thanks Evan

Hi Mark,

I too analyse competitors websites in the same way, it helps me with SEO and copywriting.

This is one of the main reasons I want to delete them from our sites.

Thanks for your feedback.

Jason

Thanks Benjamin,

There certainly seems to be harm in leaving them when considering Bing. I've noticed that our websites all ranks within the top 5 searches on Google but Bing and Yahoo we don't fair so well.

I am hesitant to delete them as you rightfully point out, they may be important in the future.

Cheers

Jason

Thanks for your response Ruben.

There's a few differing opinions on this thread so I'll take your advice and balance my options. Unfortunately the link you kindly provided cannot be found

Thanks

Jason

Hi Guys,

I've been reading various posts on the Q&A section here at Moz about Meta keywords.

I understand that meta keywords are not relevant with Google and that Bing signals this as spam.

I'm optimising existing websites which already have meta keywords in the html coding.

My question is:

If I delete ALL meta keyword coding will this have any negative impact whatsoever?

Thanks Mozers

Jason