Do html entities in meta tags influence indexing?

Question

I was wondering if using HTML entities in meta tags (like keywords and description) is the best way to go?

Does it influence the indexing from search engines?

Answer 1

Meta tags are not ignored. There are still read by Google, so I think, they should be used in the proper way. Google loves pages done in proper way, but remember, that meta tag is one of hundreds things that robots take into consideration.