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IMM-Keywords is a new plugin brought to you by The Internet Marketing Monitor. At first glance, this plugin looks very simple in that it is simple to install and simply ads your choice of meta tags keywords to your posts. At second glance, you realize that this functionality truly gives your blog a shot at Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
There is some debate as to if the keywords meta tag is even considered by search engines any more. Or if it is being used, it most likely doesn’t have the weighting that it once did in search engines. This is due to many webmasters manipulating search results by populating this field with irrelevant data for the sole purpose of improving organic searches. If you are in the camp that believes that it is not used then this plugin probably won’t satisfy you. However, if you still believe that this meta tag is being used then you should definitely install it. I am under the impression that this tag is used but its weighting on your sites keywords is dependent on the use of those same words or phrases withing your blog.
Now for the specifics of this plugin. Installation is a simple as you can make a plugin. Copy the php file into your plugin folder, login to your Wordpress Dashboard and enable the plugin. That’s all there is to installation. For those of you that have had a blog for years now, there is an easy way to add a default keyword to every post on your blog. From the Dashboard, go to the Options tab and choose IMM-Keywords. There is one field on this page to enter your default keywords. The next time you edit a post or create a new post, there will be a keywords field for you to fill in. It is integrated into the Wordpress Admin so well that you may initially miss the field.
The one bit of functionality that I would request for the next version of this plugin would be the merging of the default keywords with the post specific keywords. Currently, if you create a new post and add keywords for that post, the default keywords will NOT show up in the tag on that post. I would like those default keywords to show up whether you entered post specific keywords or not.
If you would like to learn more and download this plugin yourself visit the IMM-Keywords page.