Can someone tell me exactly what meta tags & title tags are and their purpose in simple terms.
2006-09-13 14:18:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Advertising & Marketing ➔ Search Engine Optimization
The metatags are tags found at the very top of the HTML code of your webpage. They are not visible to ordinary users, but search engines read them and put value in them, especially the title tag. They are used to label the page, describe the page, and help determine the keywords for the page.
If you search on Google for example for the keyword "meta tag" a page on searchenginewatch.com is #1 and this is how Google shows the listing:
How To Use HTML Meta Tags
This tutorial explains how to use HTML meta tags, with links to meta tag generators and builders. From SearchEngineWatch.com, a guide to search engine ...
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2167931
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When you look at the HTML code, the metatags correspond to what Google reads and serves in their search engine results:
2006-09-15 02:46:48 · answer #1 · answered by imisidro 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
A Meta tag is part HTML coding used to give information to search engine robots/crawlers and browser software. A Title tag is also part of HTML coding, it's the title that's placed at the top of a web page, this also what search engines often use as the title of a listing in the search results.
2006-09-13 17:09:43 · answer #2 · answered by smc2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meta tags are important for Search engine not the title tag. Title tags are just for users. Search engine looks for meta tags so the person telling you about meta tags is right..
2016-03-27 00:27:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Search engines read the html code of your pages. The meta tags are your description in html of what your page is about.
2006-09-13 23:30:28 · answer #4 · answered by Michael Myklin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is a good resource for you:
http://www.seo-web-consulting.com/
2006-09-13 22:56:18 · answer #5 · answered by TradeConsult 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋