Help with this metadata code!

[CapitolShine]

My website developer used the code below for my metadata but SEomoz is showing an error for my metadata. How can I change with this code so it will work?

[mctip_it]

Hi Capitol Shine,

If it was me I would consider getting rid of the keywords tag completely, as most search engines dont use them any more and you also leave your keyword strategy open for your competitors to see.

Then reduce the length of the description to around 155 characters, seomoz provide some good info on this here : http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/meta-description

Hope this helps  

[MarieHaynes]

I would agree with mctip_it.  The description is a little long.  The keywords tag is not helping you at all (other than telling your competitors what keywords you are targeting.)  Bing recently caused a stir when they announced that YES, they do use the keywords tag in regards to SEO.  Then, they came out and clarified that actually it was a negative ranking factor.  Sites that stuffed their meta keywords tag were more likely to be engaging in spammy SEO.