Inserting Comma for Auto-Generated Keywords

17 Apr 2007, 10:59 AM

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Inserting Comma for Auto-Generated Keywords

Hi, this was a question raised a long time ago but the archived answer is not accessible now.

I just thought it unusual for the meta tag keywords auto generated by ZC to not be comma separated. Would that affect my website's ranking with search engines. Is it necessary to comma-separate those keywords? If so, how may I accomplish that?

TIA.

17 Apr 2007, 2:45 PM

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drbyte

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Re: Inserting Comma for Auto-Generated Keywords

If you prefer a comma, simply add it into the default configuration:

/includes/languages/english/YOUR_TEMPLATE_NAME/meta_tags.php

// Define divider ... usually just a space or a comma plus a space
  define('METATAGS_DIVIDER', ' ');

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18 Apr 2007, 4:53 AM

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stenrique

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Re: Inserting Comma for Auto-Generated Keywords

Thanks Doc. I'm not familiar with the SEO thingy, does the comma plays a part in assisting search engine indexing?

18 Apr 2007, 4:56 AM

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Re: Inserting Comma for Auto-Generated Keywords

Commas stop the benefit of keyword groups ...

Some swear by commas ... some by no commas ... and yet others by do both sets ... :smartalec:

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19 Apr 2007, 2:59 AM

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stenrique

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Re: Inserting Comma for Auto-Generated Keywords

Thanks you for your great help. :clap:

19 Apr 2007, 4:11 AM

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Re: Inserting Comma for Auto-Generated Keywords

Along a similar line, where should I input the Meta tag Description for the homepage? At my site, both the Meta tag Description and Keywords shows very similar words, I wish to change the Description to be more sentence-like rather than comma-delimited. Thanks.