Individual word or phrase in keyword?

[cbella]

I'm trying to optimize my web page and am trying to understand how search engines look at the keyword meta tag. In order to rank higher in search results, should I use individual words seperated by commas or word phrases seperated by commas in my keyword?

For example, taking the phrase "toronto loft for rent", do I construct my keyword as "toronto loft for rent" or "toronto, loft, rent"?

Thanks in advance!
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[vistadivine]

It would be much better if you would use both however, now most of the search engines ignore these tags, this tag is now of less importance. PM me if need top placements.

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[benbradle]

Hi,
I would suggest one word in one time, like "abc", "xyz", "pqr" etc. You can also use phrase in the meta keywords, but don't repeat one word in phrases more than three time.Some SE will consider it as spam.

Cheers,
Bradley
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[hadiyarobins]

you can use Keyword phrases in keyword meta tag.
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[chrisbroad]

using keyword phrase is better than single keyword.

[mrLenin]

Basics on practice good way is use both single keyword and keyword phrase.
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[stuart888]

The keyword phrase works well, as your link is part of what a user sees in the search engine results. For me, just having florida in the DNS is fine. But having fun florida getaways is more along the lines a person would be looking for.

Stuart,
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[stevewaganer]

using keyword in key phrases is better than using individual keyword. you can use both keyword and keyphrases in keyword meta tag but i ll suggest you should use key phrase in title tag.
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[lajocar]

use "toronto loft for rent"

It is simple for your website rank top with that combination
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[weblaunchphxx]

You should use both.As i see that single word keywords have more competition.

[weblaunchphxx]

You should use both single word keyword and keyword phrases.

[yoauto]

Try to use a combination of both
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[agbdesign]

"toronto loft for rent" will definitely be more successful for you. Try adding that as alt text for some of the pictures you have on the site also, could help out a lot
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[guruananth]

google is not doing that at all.MSN looks into meta tags.so you add meta tags in your pages
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