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Use Keywords in Table Summary Tag?

Question from Todd: Will keywords in the table summary help boost rankings? An analysis of one competitor’s code suggests that it is helping them boost SEP.

Answer: You know, that’s a good question. For several years I routinely put in a table summary tag and put the keywords for the page in it — and it didn’t seem to make much difference. It didn’t hurt, either.

So it’s optional. Let me know if you have any success using it.

If you’re going to use tables, however, then I recommend you also use the “table trick” described here: http://www.wordsinarow.com/tabletrick.html

Best,

Jeré Matlock
http://www.wordsinarow.com
Website Design & Marketing / SEO

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 at 3:18 pm and is filed under Web Design, Search Engine Optimization. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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