Google Webmasters not Accurate

[theLotter]

I recently updated all the Meta titles, descriptions and keywords on my website because in the past most were duplicate and/or written in the incorrect language.

According to Webmaster Tools they have indexed our site post update, but we still have the same number of HTML issues.  When I click to investigate the issues further it is clear they are reflecting the old Meta not the new stuff we just added.

Should this fix itself the next time Google crawls my site or is there something else I should be doing about the issue?

Thanks!

[marcinlejman]

Hi Sara,

Google Webmaster Tools are well known for their lag in reporting various stats. Just give it a couple more days.

In the meantime, you can use a tool such as Screaming Frog SEO Spider or A1 Website Auditor to perform a crawl of your site. These tools will easily find any outstanding issues with duplicate descriptions, titles, etc.

On a related note, there's really not much point in keeping meta keywords tag today. It is obsolete and irrelevant, so you could as well get rid of it. Please refer to this video from Matt Cutts - http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jK7IPbnmvVU

The same applies to other major search engines.

[theLotter]

Thanks!

And yes, I know there is no actual value in the keywords tag. I figure its worth keeping because doesn't hurt and the content writers can use it to quickly see the main KWs for each page.