Meta tag structure and meta tag code are important tools in search engine optimization. Here is a quick meta tag chart of some of the ones you know, and some of the ones you might not. Each of these go between the <HEAD></HEAD> portion of your page.
| META TAGS CODE CHART | |
| Tag Name | Code Description |
| Keywords | <meta name="keywords" content="one two three"> Use this meta tag to key search engines in to the most descriptive terms on your site. |
| Description | <meta name="description" content="your info here"> Use this meta tag to provide search engines that recognize this tag with a narrative description of your site. |
| Robots | <meta name="robots" content="index, follow"> Use this meta tag to tell robots which pages on a site should be indexed and which should not. |
| Abstract | <meta name="abstract" content="your phrase"> Similar to the description meta tag. Use this to add a second description to your site for engines which recognize this tag. |
| Author | <meta name="author" content="your name"> Use this meta tag to identify yourself as the author of the web site. |
| Copyright | <meta name="copyright" content="your statement"> Use this meta tag to let other viewers and search engines know that your work is protected by copyrighted. |
| Distribution | <meta name="distribution" content="see below"> This meta tag defines your audience. Currently three options are available: Global |
| Expires | <meta name="expires" content="Mon, 01 Jan 2003 12:00:00 GMT> Use this meta tag if your site has an expiration date. |
| Language | <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="EN"> Use this meta tag to define the language of your site. Note that abbreviations are used. EN=English FR=French etc. |
| Refresh | <meta http-equiv="refresh" content=5;URL=http://newsite.com"> This meta tag will redirect a visitor to a new web site or web page where the number 5 equals the number of delayed seconds until the redirect. Using this tag will result in your web site being dropped by many search engines. It is considered spam. Do not use it. |
| Revisit | <meta name="revisit-after" content="X days"> This meta tag is designed to tell a spider how often to revisit. However, most if not all spiders ignore it. |
| Rating | <meta name="document-rating" content="safe for kids"> Use this meta tag to define your sites age and content rating. Values include: |
| Visitor redirect | <meta How to redirect your guests When you change servers its good to put a redirection on your old site, so your guests can find your new one. Below is the small html code script that redirects your guests automatically. If you keep the content rate at 0 , your guests will be automatically taken to your new home. 0 is the seconds before redirecting and can be changed. |
| Disable image toolbar | <META If you find it annoying that the IE6 browser automatically pops up the image toolbar so visitors can save your images, then this simple script is for you! Simply place the script provided below into the of your html document and the image toolbar function of your visitors browser will be disabled. This will protect all the images on your page. |
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