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HTML ELEMENTS

Hi, Can anyone please explain the HTML element “meta” and how it works. Thanks.

18th Jul 2019, 12:00 AM
Valentine
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The meta tag is for metadata, extra information about a page that is not shown. Usually these tags are for SEO (search engine optimization), which provides things like site titles, descriptions, and icons. There are also more "special" meta tags that can do things like simulate HTTP headers, redirect the user, reload the page, and change content scaling. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/meta
18th Jul 2019, 2:48 AM
JS Coder
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I use it to define character set.
9th Nov 2019, 7:25 PM
Gyorgy Theisz
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Google it
10th Sep 2019, 5:07 PM
Jayendrasinh Rathod
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metadata....literally means "data about data"...its mainly use for SEO, and bots that crawl sites...but one tag actually help to make sites responsive...but read up on it...it help you in the long run to fully understand it
22nd Dec 2019, 6:14 AM
kay cruz
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The <meta> tag defines metadata about an HTML document. Metadata is data (information) about data. ... Metadata will not be displayed on the page, but is machine parsable. Metadata is used by browsers (how to display content or reload page), search engines (keywords), and other web services. Hope it helps..
12th Aug 2020, 10:13 PM
Priyanka
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used it to define character set
11th Jun 2020, 12:25 PM
Shoyb Hasan
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Meta Tags help in the description of your site and its contents for search engines. Meta Tags are placed between the sections of the HTML code of your page. Doing a “View Source” command from a browser, will help you view the code at the top. In most cases, you will find a list of HTML instructions starting with . https://www.site123.com/learn/what-are-meta-tags-and-how-do-they-work
25th Nov 2020, 9:00 AM
Yaser Dadafarid
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Meta Tags help in the description of your site and its contents for search engines. Meta Tags are placed between the sections of the HTML code of your page. Doing a “View Source” command from a browser, will help you view the code at the top. In most cases, you will find a list of HTML instructions starting with . https://www.site123.com/learn/what-are-meta-tags-and-how-do-they-work
25th Nov 2020, 9:02 AM
Yaser Dadafarid
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