Dictionary of HTML META Tags

Metatags are a way for you to define your web page and web site to the outside world. You can declare the title, keywords and description, which help your placement in search engines. In addition, you can specify who owns the copyright, how often the page is to be visited by search engines and many other useful pieces of information.

Dictionary of HTML META Tags

Metatags are a way for you to define your web page and web site to the outside world. You can declare the title, keywords and description, which help your placement in search engines. In addition, you can specify who owns the copyright, how often the page is to be visited by search engines and many other useful pieces of information.

active-meta

Is a nifty swiftly example program to generate meta tags online.

We did a ranking for each meta tag.

• Meta tags ranked with 1 are essential.
• Meta tags ranked with 2 are optional.
• Meta tags ranked with 3 are rarely used.

Ranking 1

the author tag

publisher

• Description:
  Name or legal entity of the documents publisher. Set "name" to the name or legal entity of the publisher of the document. Seperate multiple authors with commas.
• Attribute:
  <meta name="publisher" content="name">
• Example
  <meta name="publisher" content="the publisher">

company

• Description:
  Company or individual operating the website. (This is not the hosting company !) Company or individual operating the website. Seperate multiple authors with commas.
• Attribute:
  <meta name="company" content="name">
• Example:
  <meta name="author" content="Oliver Dornauf">

copyright

• Description:
  Used to include copyright information in the document. Type in the company or individual name in any form applicable. Use "text" to define the copyright owner of the document.
• Attribute:
  <meta name="copyright" content="name">
  Example:
  <meta name="copyright" content="Copyright © 1998, 2001 pda-systems.COM, All Rights Reserved">

Ranking 2

e-mail

• Description:
  E-mail address for question regarding this site. This e-mail address is also used by some search engines to confirm you submission. Warning:Expect tons of SPAM on this account !!! Set "e-mail address" to a valid e-mail address from your company.
• Attribute:
  <meta name="reply-to" content="e-mail address">
• Example:
  <meta name="reply-to" content=" This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ">

language

• Description:
  Specifies the language of the document. User from a couple of Robots to categorize documents by language.
  
• Attribute:
  <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="lang">
• Example:
  <meta name="content-language" content="th"> Set the content to thai language