Free Meta Tags Optimisation Tools
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It is widely known that the Title tag, Description meta tag and (to a lesser degree) the Keywords meta tag can be tweaked to assist in gaining a higher search engine ranking.
Every website owner and developer should become familiar with articles about Search Engine Optimisation and especially informative articles that explain how to achieve high google rankings. If you apply many of the suggestions made in those articles, your website will become more visible.
In respect to the major search engines used by Australians (google, yahoo, ninemsn, sensis), our SEO results show that:
- The meta title tag should be 65 characters or less.
- The meta description tag should be 155 characters or less.
- The meta keywords tag should be 256 characters or less.
Title meta tag
Example: <title>FREE Australian SEO Optimisation Tools</title>
The recommended maximum number of characters in a title meta tag is 65 characters.
Description meta tag
Example: <meta name="description" content="FREE Australian SEO Optimisation Tools useful for search engine optimisation (SEO) to increase & get high search engine rankings in google, yahoo, ninemsn" />
Our suggested maximum number of characters in a description meta tag is 155 characters.
Keywords meta tag
Example: <meta name="keywords" content="website builder australia, website builder melbourne, website designer, website designers melbourne, internet website australia, build website quote, ecommerce transactions, web hosting australia, in Epping, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia" />
Our suggested maximum number of characters in a keywords meta tag is 256 characters.
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