How is meta used in html coding?

Meta tags are used to provide additional information about an HTML page. For instance it can be used to help categorize it like the use of keywords, it can be used to specify expiration of the data, it can also be used to tell what type of content the page contains like xml, html, text, or others.





They were primarily helpful to search engines. However, today most search engines including Google only use meta tags as a small part of a much bigger algorithm. They are not used much anymore except for offering keywords, set the content type, or to tell the browser when it should refresh.





You specify this addition information in the heading of the page like...





%26lt;html%26gt;


%26lt;head%26gt;


%26lt;title%26gt;My Title%26lt;/title%26gt;


%26lt;META HTTP-EQUIV="expires" CONTENT="Wed, 26 Feb 1997 08:21:57 GMT"%26gt;


%26lt;/head%26gt;





The above tag tells the browser viewing it that the content expires on Feb 26 of 1997.





Below I have specified a great link which talks all about the different types of tags and provides examples. I have also posted another link that tells you how to optimize using these tags and goes into more depth on how they can be effectively used.





Hope this is what you were looking for! Enjoy!

How is meta used in html coding?
this page describes all the various uses of meta tags





http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/metat...
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Html meta tags are placed between %26lt;head%26gt;





Example





%26lt;html%26gt;


%26lt;head%26gt;





%26lt;title%26gt;HTML META Tags%26lt;/title%26gt;


%26lt;META NAME="description" CONTENT="Your PaGe Description here"%26gt;


%26lt;META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="Your keywords"%26gt;


%26lt;/HEAD%26gt;


%26lt;body%26gt;


YOur Page Details


%26lt;body%26gt;


%26lt;html%26gt;