Google No Longer Uses the Keyword Meta Tag?

Did you know Google Doesn’t use the Keyword Meta Tag in Web Rankings?

I have always put keywords in the keyword meta tags so I was a little surprised when I heard this from Google. And although Google may not use them, others such as Yahoo and MSN still may.

Google says they stopped using it because they realized some webmasters were abusing it. And also there are so many other factors to consider when ranking a page such as what other pages are ranking to it.

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