Meta Keywords - Should I define them myself

[CFCU]

Hi All,

Im sure this has been answered somewhere but I couldn't find it.  SEOQuake etc suggest you should define meta keywords.  However I was under the impression that this was not best practice

Can anyone confirm what I should do/ is best practice?

Cheers

Bowey

[BlueprintMarketing]

Don't use meta keywords the only thing that they do is show your  competitors what you want to rank for.

[MoosaHemani]

Completely agree to Thomas! Including keyword Meta tag in the page will never really help you with SEO or any kind of rankings but on the other hand it will exactly tell your competitors what you are focusing on each page of the website.

This might help them align their strategies against you and kick you out from the better SERP positions in search engine from the targeted key phrases.

Hope this helps!

[MattAntonino]

Actually I believe the "most correct" answer to this is - do not use meta keywords if your main search engine is Google. If you are trying to rank on Baidu, 360, Yandex or other search engines it may help you (but don't overspam.)

The generic advice of "don't do it" disregards the possibility of optimising for other engines as most English-speaking work is done for Google.

Otherwise, agree with the two other answers you've received. Just be aware of your goals and you'll be fine.