Monday, January 16, 2012

#9 - xHTML Guide : Meta Tags



Ever wondered how Search Engines find websites? Well basically this is what they
use: meta elements. Search engines usually catalogue sites by following links to
pages on sites they find. These meta elements have information about the page on
them. Have a look at the following extract from some code for an example:


‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
1 <head>
2 <meta name = "keywords" content = "learn, makeuseof how to, computer help,
    technology, muo, tech" />
3 <meta name = "description" content = "lots of great articles and information to help
     you on your adventures
4 through cyberspace and gain the technological advantage." />
5 </head>
’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’



As you can see above, the meta information goes in the <head> tag and has the
types: keywords and description. The content is the other part of the meta
information which is either the keywords or the description as shown in the example.

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