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I found a website this AM and when I checked the source there were 2 sets of keywords. Also, there were more than 7 in use at each line. They are number one listed in their category on Google. If this is acceptable and the spiders soak up all what's to prevent people from putting more lines down to enhance their Google position?
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Following and the replies from and , here is an up-to-date, practical summary you can use today.

Major search engines no longer use the meta keywords tag to rank pages; it has been effectively obsolete for years. Relying on extra keyword lines in the source will not move a page up in Google. See concise explainers from Moz and Yoast for background and history: Moz: Meta Keywords Tag, Yoast: Meta Keywords.

What does move rankings? Focus on measurable signals: unique, helpful content; a descriptive title tag and H1; natural internal structure and schema for enhanced results; a clean canonical strategy; fast mobile-friendly pages; and — critically — a strong, relevant backlink profile. Small tag tweaks rarely beat strong content plus authoritative links.

Quick checklist to investigate any surprising high ranking:

  • Inspect the page with Google Search Console (URL Inspection) to see how Google renders and indexes it: https://search.google.com/search-console/about
  • View the fetched HTML as a crawler (curl, a site crawler, or the cached page) to confirm what is actually served.
  • Check for strong off-page signals (backlinks, brand queries) with backlink tools or the Search Console Links report.
  • Look for cloaking, hidden text, or redirect tricks that could trigger manual actions.
  • Verify canonical/hreflang/robots settings so the canonical version is what you expect.

If a site ranks despite odd markup, it is almost always due to other ranking signals (brand, backlinks, local relevance), not meta keyword tricks. Prioritize content quality, technical correctness, and legitimate link building.

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Member Avatar for antechindia

Only one set of keywords in a website source and these are limited in a website. if there is no limit in a website then google not accept it.

Member Avatar for GiddyupGilbert

That certainly makes sense to me. So, how do they wind up listed in the top slot. Does the spider do the top one and ignore the second?

Member Avatar for almostbob

keywords must relate to site text
keyword farms, get blacklisted from se results

Member Avatar for GiddyupGilbert

Thanks for the input.

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