News Related Items not working

hi i am using the related items module that came with the site but i cannot get it to work. I have put in meta tags into some articles to test it out but the module just shows a white space and does not show any related items, can anyone please let me know what i am doing wrong please.

Hi

Can You please show me what related items module You have in mind ? I do not recall the exact module for that in our templates.

Hi

Can You please show me what related items module You have in mind ? I do not recall the exact module for that in our templates.

this is the one, here is what it says. it came with the template

mod_related_items This Module displays other Articles that are related to the one currently being viewed. These relations are established by the Meta Keywords.

All the keywords of the current Article are searched against all the keywords of all other published Articles. For example, you may have an Article on "Breeding Parrots" and another on "Hand Raising Black Cockatoos". If you include the keyword "parrot" in both Articles, then the Related Items Module will list the "Breeding Parrots" Article when viewing "Hand Raising Black Cockatoos" and vice-versa.

Because that was not working i tried the related overload module which is supposed to do the same job but it does not work either