[RESOLVED] Why MetaTags?

Hi,

I want to know why we use meta tags in html and asp pages?

What is the main use of Meta tags?

Can anybody Please Explain?

Thanks,

VasuArya

VasuArya

What is the main use of Meta tags?

The tag provides metadata about the HTML document. Metadata will not be displayed on the page, but will be machine parsable.

Meta elements are typically used to specify page description, keywords, author of the document, last modified, and other metadata.HTML meta tags are basically used as data tags that lie between the open and closing head tags in the HTML code of a document.

The text in these tags is not displayed, but parsable and tells the browsers (or other web services) specific information about the page.

Sample:

Check the below link for more details

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• How to use Meta Tags
  

Hello Vasu,

Meta tags are actually meta data of the HTML elements you are using.Metadata is data (information) about data.The tag provides metadata
about the HTML document. Metadata will not be displayed on the page, but will be machine parsable.Meta elements are typically used to specify page description, keywords, author of the document, last modified, and other metadata.Search engines uses this information
to give you result on the same.Meta tags have a number of attributes like charset (Specifies the character encoding for the HTML document) , content (Gives the value associated with the http-equiv or name attribute) , name (Specifies a name for the metadata)
, http-equiv (Provides an HTTP header for the information/value of the content attribute) etc etc.

Hope This Helps.

Thank A2H

VasuArya

Thank A2H

You are welcome.