Meta HTML tags can be very helpful for gaining some search engine rank and promoting your website better. However, these simple tags are not going to drive your website immediately to the top of the lists.
Meta tags are basically information located in the head of your webpage(s). This content is not visible to the viewer, however does communicate with the browser.
Some of the most common meta tags include:
- Description
- Keywords
- Character Set
- Author
- Robots
Here is an example for meta tags of a website about fast cars:
[code lang=”html”]
[/code]
The robots tag is used to tell whether or not a page should be indexed by search engines. For example, if you don’t want your page to be indexed use the following code:
[code lang=”html”]
[/code]
The meta tags are supported by all major browsers out there. These can help your website with it’s niche and search engine listings.