Robot tags

[steve_vki]

Are these tags still necessary?

<meta name=“robots” content=“index,follow”>
<meta name="REVISIT-AFTER" content="2 weeks">

I still use them, but lately I've heard that it might be worse than just leaving them out. Any definitive answers out there?

Thanks.

[Pyrrhonist]

nope.

[Pyrrhonist]

I don't think I've been able to greet you yet Steve - welcome to the forum.

[steve_vki]

Thanks.

[seo guy]

The tags are completely superfluous

[Pyrrhonist]

Hey Steve, i finally found what I was looking for. SEO Guy talked about those meta tags a bit more over here: http://www.seo-guy.com/forum/showthread.php?t=380

[jocelyn]

They are a waste of bandwidth.
Google does not listen to these...

[callmeshoe]

the only thing that is useful is robots.txt if you have a protected area of the site like an admin area that you do not want the robot to try and follow. the tags do nothing.