It has been a while since I covered the keyword meta tag and for some reason the topic has come up recently, so I decided to cover it again. In short, Google Search still does not use the keyword meta tag for ranking purposes.Google does not look at the words in your keyword meta tag for...
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Proposing a new meta tag for LLM/AI
While Google is opening up the discussion on giving credit and adhering to copyright when training large language models (LLMs) for generative AI products, their focus is on the robots.txt file. However, in my opinion, this is the wrong tool to look at. My former colleague Pierre Far wrote...
Maximizing your website tracking with Google’s Tag coverage summary
Google’s “Tag Coverage” feature now allows you to see which tags are firing on your website and which ones are not. You can access this summary from the Google tag sections of both Google Ads and Google Analytics, and through Google Tag Manager. What Tag Coverage is. Tag Coverage is a...
What is Google Tag Manager & How Does It Work?
What Is Google Tag Manager?Google Tag Manager (GTM) is a free tool that enables you to install, store, and manage marketing tags without modifying website code. Marketing tags are small snippets of code that track user actions and collect data. The most common example of a marketing tag is...
Google Talks More On lastmod Tag In XML Sitemap
Google's John Mueller spoke a bit more about when you should update the date in the lastmod tag in the XML sitemap file. He said on Twitter if you are "providing something new for search engines that you'd like reflected in search," then update the date, if not, then don't.John said, "Are...