HTML Class - Fall 2002
HTML Meta
The Meta Element
The head element contains general information (meta-information) about a document.
HTML also includes a meta element that goes inside the head element. The purpose of the meta element is to provide meta-information about the document.
Most often the meta element is used to provide information that is relevant to browsers or search engines like describing the content of your document.
Keywords for Search Engines
Some search engines on the WWW will use the name and content attributes of the meta tag to index your pages.
| This meta element defines a description of your page:
<meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials on HTML, CSS, XML, and XHTML"> |
| This meta element defines keywords for your page:
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, XHTML, JavaScript, VBScript"> |