Meta Tags

RockerMan · 1 Meta Tags Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:37 pm

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Meta Tags
Get a basic understanding of meta tags

Content Type Declaration:

Code:: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

This simple tag informs the browser what type of information is contained on the document. It’s good practice to simply include this tag in its’ entirety above the ‘Page Title’ tag. You’ll also find that if you make a new HTML page in programmes like Dreamweaver, this tag is included automatically.

Keywords

Code:: <meta name="keywords" content="keyword, keyword two, keyword three" />

This can be quite a controversial Meta Tag. The majority of experienced web designers and SEO consultants will tell you that this tag is simply ignored by all of the major search engines. I’m of the opinion, that there’s no harm in including it, providing that the keywords contained in the tag, match the content of the web page.

Description

Code:: <meta name="description" content="This is the description of the page." />

Probably the most important Meta Tag, the Description Tag allows you to summarise your page in around 150 words. If the description you enter is deemed suitable by the search engines

Distribution

Code:: <meta name="distribution" content="Global" />

The Distribution Tag is used by a lot of webmasters. This tag is used to define the privacy of the web page. There are 3 values that can be added inside the content part:

GLOBAL – Suitable for full distribution (no restrictions).
LOCAL – The document should not be made available to the full web.
IU – Internal Use (For Intranets etc, not for distribution)

I hoped you enjoyed this basic tutorial, but it will help alot with your sites SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

Thanks

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