When a search engine finds your page, it will need to index it (that is, add it to its searchable database) with some information off the page. Plenty of search engines now support the <META> tags, which let you give keywords & a description to your page. This gives you more control over how your page will show up during a search, & will often cause more traffic to your page.
The <META> tag can be used for a few different purposes. Usually, you ought to place the <META> tag within the <head> tags at the beginning of your document. To improve search engine results, they will use three specific attributes within the meta tag. Here is an example:
- <meta name="description" content="description of page goes here">
- <meta name="keywords" content="keywords go here">
When a user searches a search engine that supports meta tags and a query language expression (search for a keyword) to your page, your page will appear in the list of stakeholders of the results. The page will be listed by title and then, under the title shall first hundred or so characters of the description you placed in the meta tag. It is recommended to keep the contents of the description to a maximum of 200 characters. Although the content keyword is not searched by the user, it is recommended to keep this less than 1000 characters, because if you have more search engine will ignore the rest or delete from the index. (The commas are not necessary to separate keywords)
Example of a real-life meta situation...
When a search engine finds your page, it will need to index it (that is, add it to its searchable database) with some information off the page. Many search engines now support the <META> tags, which allow you to give keywords and a description to your page. This gives you more control over how your page will show up during a search, and will often cause more traffic to your page.
The <META> tag can be used for a few different purposes. Usually, you should place the <META> tag within the <head> tags at the beginning of your document. To improve search engine results, we will use two specific attributes within the meta tag. Here is an example:
- <meta name="description" content="description of page goes here">
- <meta name="keywords" content="keywords go here">
When a user searches a search engine that supports meta tags and they query a phrase (search for a keyword) related to your page, your page may show up in the list of results. Your page will be listed by its Title, and then underneath its title will be the first hundred or so characters of the description you placed in the meta tag. It is recommended that you keep the description content to no more than 200 characters. Although the keywords content is not seen by the user when searched, it is recommended to keep this less than 1000 characters, because if you have more the search engine will either ignore the rest or delete you from the index. (Commas are not needed to separate keywords)
Example of a real-life meta situation...
- <html>
- <head>
- <title>Little Joe's Sound Page</title>
- <meta name="description" content="Joe's Collection of Cool Sound files for you to use in your home page!">
- <meta name="keywords" content="music sounds midi wav joe collection">
- </head>
- <body>
- Page Goes Here
- </body>
- </html>
Meta tags are not visible in the web page unless the user selects to 'view source'.
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