What are Meta Tags?
Meta elements are special HTML codes that contains the metadata, which is the”data describing data itself”. Unlike regular codes, meta elements do not affect the appearance of the website. Its purpose is to specify and provide certain information of the page such as author and copyright, identify and assign proper values.
Once the meta tags play a major role in the algorithm of the search engines. Although they are no longer the primary factor, they are still important to a website and good to have regardless, since they can give your page a unique description to the search engines. Meta tags are relevant for a successful website SEO process.
There are four valid attributes of meta elements. They are : content, name, http-equiv and scheme.”Content” provides the property of the meta information, while”Name” provides property name for the corresponding value. The”scheme” formats and interprets the property value.” Http-equiv” is used to indicate the property as a HTTP header for HTTP servers to gather informantion and respond.
The <meta> tags should always stay inside the <head> element.
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<head> <title>Mavista - Web Site Management Solutions</title> <meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=utf-8″> </head> |
Here are some common usage of the meta tags: