I was asked recently by a senior programmer for a large publishing company if I thought meta tags were still relevant. I was very surprised but not at the question, my surprise was at the person asking the question. Because after all, it was a senior programmer and don’t programmers spend like 24/7 on the Internet? The bottom line is that websites are just getting so complicated; having one person on staff to take care of all your website related needs isn’t always possible or at least prudent anymore.