What are Meta Tags?

Posted By: Rimjhim Jain Published: 14, Jan 2024

Metadata is an additional information about html document and Tags are used to specify Metadata. These tags describe the page content to users and search engine hence making it SEO friendly.

How to add Meta Tags ?

We can add metadata to our web pages by placing tags inside the header of the document.

Syntax of meta tags:

<meta attribute-name="value">

Four main Attribute used by meta tag are:

• name - it defines name of the property
• content - it specify properties value
• charset - it specify a character encoding for an HTML file
• http-equiv - it is used to get HTTP response header

Some Important meta tags are:

1. Title : Title tag are used to define the title of our document and it is visible in both browser's top and web page's tab

   example:  <title> Figmanet Solutions :: Transforms Business Digitally</title>

   
   
   



2. Meta description : Meta description describe the content of our web page in summary and it will be visible below the title and url of our web page in Search engine.

   example:  <meta name="description" content="" />

   
   
   



3. Meta viewport : Meta viewport is used to let the web developers to control the viewport's size and scale.

   example:  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

   
   

   Web page without viewport

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4. Meta keywords : Meta keywords are used for search engine optimization.

   example:  <meta name="keywords"  content="Figmanet, Figmanet solutions" />

   
   

5. Meta author : Meta author tells the user about the author of that web page

   example:  <meta name="author" content="XYZ">