Is the Keyword tag still important for Seach Engine Optimization?
The syntax for this tag is <meta name=”keywords”, content=”keyword1, keyword2, keyword3″/>
Over the last few years meta keywords are not of importance to Google for SEO purposes since this tag has been abused too much by spammers. Yahoo still pays some attention to this tag.
Limit yourself to 35 words in this tag. When using the keywords, separate them with commas and do not use any spaces in beween the phrases. Make all the the keywords lower case and pluralize the phrases if possible.
If you are using the keyword meta tag make sure it has relevance to your content.