How to Tag Articles
Understanding meta tags is an important aspect of getting your article to be included in the results for search-engine queries. Articles have two primary meta tags: the meta keywords tag and the meta description tag. The meta keywords tag tell a search engine which keywords are related to your article. The meta description tag describes your article when it shows up on a search-engine query.
There are two ways to create meta keywords. One is to use the keywords most frequently used in your article. The other is to find popular keywords and then write an article around them. After you have written the article, use the keywords as the meta keywords.
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Using Frequently Used Words in Your Article as Meta Keywords Tags
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Write your article. When you are finished, select your entire article and copy the text. Open your Internet browser and enter the URL for TagCrowd, listed in Resources. This website allows you to visually see which keywords are the most frequently used in your article.
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Click in the text box labeled "Paste text to be visualized:". Paste your article in the text box. Click the "Visualize!" button. A box will appear showing the most frequently used keywords in your article. The larger the font for the keyword, the more often that keyword is used in your article.
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Write down the large keywords that appear in the box. Go back to your article and find the field for inputting your keywords tags, search tags or post tags. Type in the first keyword you want to use, followed by a comma. Input the next keyword, and type a comma after it. Continue to enter keywords, and separate each keyword or series of keywords with commas.
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Go back to your article. Click on the field for inputting your article description or descriptive overview. Type a short description of your article, and include some of your keywords. This description will display under your article during search-engine queries. Submit or publish your article.
Finding Popular Keywords for Your Meta Keywords Tags
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Open your Internet browser and enter the URL for the Google Adwords Keyword Tool, listed in Resources. This tool helps find popular keywords for your article. Once you find the keywords you want to use, write your article around them and include the keywords in the body of your article. Later, use these keywords for your meta keywords tags.
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Click in the text field labeled: "Find Keywords: word or phrase." Type in a niche keyword associated with your article. Click on the field below the "captcha code." The "captcha code" is a scrambled message that you type in the field to verify that you are a human user. Type the "captcha code" and hit "Search."
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Look at the keywords that show up on the search. All the keywords have data on their "Global Monthly Searches," found to the right. Look for keywords that have at least 2000 "Global Monthly Searches," and write them down.
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Open the Web page where you will post your article. Compose your article, using the keywords you wrote down earlier.
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Find the field for inputting your keywords tags, search tags or post tags. Type in the first keyword you used earlier, followed by a comma. Type in the next keyword, and type a comma after it. Continue to input keywords, separating them with commas.
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Click on the field for inputting your article description or descriptive overview. Type a short description, and include some of your keywords. This description will display under your article during search-engine queries. Finish writing your description, and submit your article.
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