Due to my last topic I posted about 4 SEO Tips for bloggers and Meta Tag is one of the tip for SEO. In the fact is very important so I'd like to explain it in this topic only about Meta Tags.

What is a Meta Tag?

A meta tag is a hidden tag that lives in the (HEAD) of an HTML document. It is used to supply additional information about the HTML document. The meta tag has three possible attributes content, http-equiv, and name. Meta tags always provide information in a name/value pair. The name and http-equivattributes provide the name information and thecontentprovides the value information. Meta tags do not have a closing tag.

Content

This attribute will always be found in a well formed meta tag. It provides the value information in the name/value pair. It can be any valid string, which you should enclose in quotes.

Name

This is the name portion in the name value pair. You can use any name that you would like or that might be useful to you. Some common names are:
- keywords - words that identify what the page is about, usually used in search engines

e.g.(meta name="keywords" content="HTML, HTML help, meta tags, promotion, web sites")


- description - a short description of the page

e.g.(meta name="description" content="Boost your marketing strategy with meta tags")


- author - the author's name and possibly email address

e.g.(meta name="author" content="Jennifer Kyrnin")


- robots - to allow or disallow indexing by robots

e.g.(meta name="robots" content="noindex")


- copyright - the copyright date of the page

e.g.(meta name="copyright" content="August 1999")

http-equiv

This attribute is also a name for the name/value pair, but it is used by the server to include that name/value pair in the MIME document header passed to the Web browser before sending the actual HTML document. Some common http-equiv types are:
- charset - defines the character set used in the page

e.g.(meta http-equiv="charset" content="iso-8859-1")


- expires - when the document will be out of date

e.g.(meta http-equiv="expires" content="31 Dec 99")


- refresh - sets the number of seconds to reload the page or reload to a new pageReload the page every 10 seconds:

e.g. Reload to a new page after 10 seconds:(meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10;url=http://affiliate-betterlife.blogspot.com/")

How to Use a Meta Tag

Meta tags are included in the of an HTML document. If you are using meta tags to improve your standing in search engines, then you should focus on your description and keywords.


The description tag

Use the description tag to describe what your page is about. Engines that use it will supply the content of this tag when displaying a list of links. For example, if you do a search on About.com, you will see the description listed on the search results page.


The keywords tag

Keywords help search engines to categorize your site, and to allow people to find your pages more quickly. However, most search engines have limits as to how many meta keywords are viewed. It is a good idea to review your keywords and make sure that they are as concise and specific as possible.

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