What are Meta Tags

Meta Tags offer information about the content of a web site page, such as if a web site page is about football, the meta tags also show this. Meta tags are usually used by Search Engines to beable to categorize the web page in their database. Meta Tags just provide information about the web site page and don't alter the look of a web page and are included the <HEAD></HEAD> of a web page. Below is a list of some of the more popular meta tags,

  • Keywords - <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="internet, guide">
  • Description - <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Guide to Internet.">
  • Content Type - <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-2022-JP">
  • Author - <meta name=author content="Tml Designs">

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