meta tag
HTML header element
A meta tag is a snippet of HTML code that provides information about a webpage to search engines and browsers.
Meta tags don't appear on the page itself but sit in the source code, describing content, keywords, or instructions: The meta tag told search engines not to index the page.
They're crucial for SEO and how links display when shared.
- descriptionAccount of characteristics
- keywordsImportant identifying words
- page titleName of a document
- titleFormal honorific or name
- canonicalAccepted as standard
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- tagsgeotag, hashtag, label, hashtags, labels
- markupXML, HTML, element, attribute, div
- searchsearch, web search, seek, text search, hunt
- search termssearch term, search terms, keyword, query, search query