Meta Keyword & Description Help!

[miles]

I just take a look at this meta_tag.php file in the modules folder. what i want to to do is removing the :

categories from meta keywords
categories from meta description

im not sure what to remove in tht file as theres a lots of similar codes in it.
i hope someone can help me because im afraid of getting penalize by the SE for repeating my keywords.

thx

[DrByte]

1. Who's telling you that you're being penalized?



2. If you insist that you must do as you've described,
a) copy /includes/modules/meta_tags.php to /includes/modules/YOURTEMPLATE
b) line 52 says this:
define('KEYWORDS', str_replace('"','',zen_clean_html($keywords_string_metatags) . CUSTOM_KEYWORDS));
c) add a line ABOVE that line, which says this:
$keywords_string_metatags = "";
d) save and upload the file



3. Changing what you send as metatags (esp regarding duplicate words) is *not* going to be *the* deciding factor in your search engine rankings. Site content is the key.

[miles]

Thanks for the reply Doc..
I'm still learning about SEO's for how it works or not and so on...

Can i have your opinion on my meta tags?

EXAMPLE:

< Main Page >
Website URL : www.mygirlshoes.com
Title : MyGirlShoes Retail - brown shoes, black shoes, blue shoes, red shoes
Meta Keywords: mygirlshoes, brown shoes, black shoes, blue shoes, red shoes
Meta Description: we offers all kinds of shoes for girl. we have brown shoes, black shoes, blue shoes, red shoes

< About Us >
Website URL : www.mygirlshoes.com/about-us.html
Title : About Us : MyGirlShoes Retail - brown shoes, black shoes, blue shoes, red shoes
Meta Keywords: mygirlshoes, brown shoes, black shoes, blue shoes, red shoes, (then the categories) girl brown shoes, girl black shoes, girl blue shoes, girl red shoes, About Us
Meta Description: MyGirlShoes Retail - About Us - mygirlshoes, brown shoes, black shoes, blue shoes, red shoes, (then the categories again) girl brown shoes, girl black shoes, girl blue shoes, girl red shoes

*So what I'm concerning is about my About-Us page. where i have the words girl & shoes in the title & keywords, then add by the categories where also includes the words girl & shoes.

Do you think it's ok to have a lots of same keywords for my About-Us page meta? If it does, then i just leave it as it were.. I'm just a newbie

Thanks again..

[Kim]

You only get penalized if you *spam* the keywords. That means repeat them over and over in non-relevant context. The fact is you should have them in your keywords and at least once in the text on the page or they don't help.

I would suggest some study of the numerous articles available online.

[DrByte]

Partial repetition is fine. "spamming" of keywords would be akin to saying something like "girl girl shoes shoes shoes shoes girl girl girl girl girl shoes shoes shoes" with or without commas etc.

It is normal to repeat words on a page in normal discussion. In fact it's not surprising to note that the word "page" on this page has been used at least 10 times already. And that can hardly be penalized.

While you are using the word "shoes" repeatedly, each instance is separated with commas, and the words between commas are not repeated. As such, the repetition is technically not spamming.

[miles]

Thanx for the explanation.. i need someone with experience like you guys to give an opinion on my work rather than read about it (keywords) myself & still surrounding with confusion.

[sharonbretl]

How do I get rid of the quotation symbol in front of my first keyword. For example my keywords are read by search engines such as:

<meta name="keywords" content="'figurines,collectibles,home decor,toys,collectible toys,collectible figurines,collectible home decor,religious collectible figurines,eagle collectible figurines,dolphin collectible figurines,angel collectible figurines,spun glass collectible figurines,glass collectible figurines,musical collectible figurines,outdoor living decorative home decor,holiday decorative home decor,religious decorative home decor" />

The small symbol in front of figurines is being read as ('figurines). When I tried to remove it may my page not work., so I put it back in the code. In the meta_tags.php file the code looks like this:

// Custom Keywords

define('CUSTOM_KEYWORDS', 'figurines,collectibles,home decor,toys,collectible toys,collectible figurines,collectible home decor,religious collectible figurines,eagle collectible figurines,dolphin collectible figurines,angel collectible figurines,spun glass collectible figurines,glass collectible figurines,musical collectible figurines,outdoor living decorative home decor,holiday decorative home decor,religious decorative home decor');


www.treasuresbysharon.com/cart

[Ajeh]

Check the file on the server for:
/includes/templates/template_default/common/html_header.php

Carefully read it and see if this line matches:

Line #25 : <meta name="keywords" content="<?php echo META_TAG_KEYWORDS; ?>" />

[all4coffee]

I'm working on SEO of my site. Eventually I will about 60% of my main products with custom Meta tags, however for now and for the remaining 40% of products I would like the default (not customized) Description meta tags to exclude the top categories names and include the contents of the actual description of each product (as entered in product catalog)
Deafauly keyword meta tag I would like to leave unchanged.
Below is your answer to request for remobing top category names from both description and keyword meta tags. Could this solution be adjusted so it does what I would like it to do? or a totally different solution?

a) copy /includes/modules/meta_tags.php to /includes/modules/YOURTEMPLATE
b) line 52 says this:
define('KEYWORDS', str_replace('"','',zen_clean_html($keywords_string_metatags) . CUSTOM_KEYWORDS));
c) add a line ABOVE that line, which says this:
$keywords_string_metatags = "";
d) save and upload the file

[all4coffee]

I noticed that when I commented out the

$keywords_string_metatags .= $keywords_metatags->fields['categories_name'] . METATAGS_DIVIDER;

so result of this line looks like:
// $keywords_string_metatags .= $keywords_metatags->fields['categories_name'] . METATAGS_DIVIDER;

my products new default (not customized) descriptions do include the product description text just as I want and do not include top categories names, also as I want

but the resulting keyword tags on both product and category pages do not have top categories names and I wanted to keep those...

I would be greatful for any help with this.