Comma or no comma in keywords?

blackimpallass · 03-08-2008, 07:34 PM

I have been reading the board and i notice some people use comma in the keyword and some people do not. Why and when do one decides to uses comma or not to in the keyword? Thanks in advance

ScriptMan · 03-08-2008, 07:54 PM

Makes no difference one way or the other. Might have a small advantage when the keywords are a phrase.

Not worth worring about either way.

tdd1984 · 03-09-2008, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by blackimpallass

I have been reading the board and i notice some people use comma in the keyword and some people do not. Why and when do one decides to uses comma or not to in the keyword? Thanks in advance

it don't matter rather you use commas or not the reason being is because the search engines don't read it, so in other words the search engines don't parse it, so you could use them or not use them it would have no effect what so ever.

kevalin · 03-09-2008, 04:38 AM

Comma use is still important, granted not much as it used to be. MSN and Yahoo mainly reference your website off of keywords; so it's still a good practice to put in just for that reason. Make sure to use phrases in your keywords, also referred to as long tails. An example would be, Best SEO tips, would be a phrase keyword.

Keyword stuffing is not important as it used to be, try not to go over 8 - 12% if you are going to be doing this. But the time involved is not really worth it.

anie_b · 03-10-2008, 01:56 AM

Makes no difference, Search engines do not consider it. Comma use is from user point of view.

naman · 03-10-2008, 02:03 AM

well i think commas help to define keyword phrases exactly, one can pulled out the key phrases with help of commas withing the bundles of tags.

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mit · 03-10-2008, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by blackimpallass

I have been reading the board and i notice some people use comma in the keyword and some people do not. Why and when do one decides to uses comma or not to in the keyword?

Its just about presenting your tags/ phrases nothing else. I prefer commas in keywords, so that they can't look like mixed up

. And should be easily readable. Nobody has to be confused.

arcel · 03-10-2008, 05:23 AM

makes no difference. but i prefer using commas to be more organize when i'm looking at it. it's really up to you to decided on that.

mooh · 03-10-2008, 06:04 AM

I prefer commas

x3mario · 03-10-2008, 08:03 AM

No difference. But there is a little advantage to user when you use comma to separate the keywords in order to make them more presentable and organized.

dee_el07 · 03-10-2008, 08:18 AM

Yes, no difference because SE's wont read it.. But I still prefer to used commas to separate my keywords..

aira · 03-10-2008, 08:42 AM

The main purpose of using commas is to separate keywords from another KWs or phrases, to avoid confusion

nalds20 · 03-10-2008, 08:49 AM

Yahoo has long recommended using commas and in particular supported them as a way to separate out distinct terms for those in their paid inclusion programs.

Avril · 03-10-2008, 08:56 AM

No difference as just dee_el07 said...its depend on you and your style...for me I used comma so that I can identify them better and avoid confusion...And much more presentable...

corlock · 03-10-2008, 11:24 AM

I never used a comma on my keyphrases or keywords before and at the time...if there's a difference, maybe its not that big...

~DaRk-EyE~ · 03-10-2008, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by aira

The main purpose of using commas is to separate keywords from another KWs or phrases, to avoid confusion

Well said...
This is absolutely the main purpose of using commas in key phrases...

kyrie · 03-10-2008, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by x3mario

No difference. But there is a little advantage to user when you use comma to separate the keywords in order to make them more presentable and organized.

True, no doubt that comma is used to make them readable and easy to understand...

redeemer_spawn · 03-10-2008, 12:35 PM

they are right that it doesn't have big differences to each other., maybe I/we used comma to make our KW's organized.,

aimhigh · 03-11-2008, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by redeemer_spawn

they are right that it doesn't have big differences to each other., maybe I/we used comma to make our KW's organized.,

I agree. I observed when you submit your site to the directories they always want that the keywords are separated with comma.

jeffnova · 03-11-2008, 07:49 PM

Yes, just for user readability