Web Hosting User Guide - HTML and CGI Script - Meta Tags

 

Meta tags provide information such as who created the Web page, how often it is updated, what the Web page is about and which keywords represent the Web page's content. Many search engines use this information when building their indices.

Below is an example of the HTML for a meta tag:

<meta name="description" content="description of Web site">
<meta name="keywords" content="list of keywords">

Another commonly used meta tag is called the meta redirect or meta refresh. This tag is used redirect one Web page to another. When using this tag you must put the absolute URL for the Web page to which you are redirecting.

For example:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5; url=http://www.forexample-domain.com/">

For more information on meta tags, go to the the Web authority's W3C The global structure of an HTML document.

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