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Meta element

Meta elements are tags used in HTML and XHTML documents to provide structured metadata about a Web page. They are part of a web page's head section, the term meta indicating that they are a form of self-reference. Multiple Meta elements with different attributes can be used on the same page. Meta elements can be used to specify page description, keywords…

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Meta element used in search engine optimization

MarketingSearch engine optimizationSearch enginesInfoseekAltaVista
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HTMLXHTMLMetadataWeb pageMeta
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Redirects

Meta refreshWeb browserURLRedirectSafari
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Examples of themetaelement

HTTPMedia typeUTF-8Character encoding
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Examples of themetaelement

Meta element used in search engine optimization

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HTTP message headers

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Meta element

Nodes53
Edges52
Triples35
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
Components1

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Meta element

Top relations

related to HTTP message headers · 9
Meta element → Except, For, GMT, HTTP, Instead, June, Meta, The HTML, Wed
related to Meta element used in search engine optimization · 8
Meta element → Google, Meta, Prior, SEO, Some, The, They, Web
related to Redirects · 8
Meta element → Auto, For Internet Explorer's, In Mozilla Firefox, It, Meta, The W3C, URL, Web
see also · 4
Meta element → Description Framework, Meta, RDF, XHTML

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Important terminology

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Infoseekinstance ofa definitive understanding of the role of meta tags in SEO is unlikely.ThekeywordsattributeThekeywordsattribute was popularized by search engines0.80text
AltaVista in 1995instance ofa definitive understanding of the role of meta tags in SEO is unlikely.ThekeywordsattributeThekeywordsattribute was popularized by search engines0.80text
and its popularity quickly grew until it became one of the most commonly usedmetaelements.No consensus exists whether or not thekeywordsattribute has any effect on ranking at any of the major search engines todayinstance ofa definitive understanding of the role of meta tags in SEO is unlikely.ThekeywordsattributeThekeywordsattribute was popularized by search engines0.80text
Infoseekinstance ofThekeywordsattributeThekeywordsattribute was popularized by search engines0.80text
AltaVista in 1995instance ofThekeywordsattributeThekeywordsattribute was popularized by search engines0.80text
and its popularity quickly grew until it became one of the most commonly usedmetaelements.No consensus exists whether or not thekeywordsattribute has any effect on ranking at any of the major search engines todayinstance ofThekeywordsattributeThekeywordsattribute was popularized by search engines0.80text
Meta elementrelated to HTTP message headersMeta0.60section
Meta elementrelated to HTTP message headersHTTP0.60section
Meta elementrelated to HTTP message headersFor0.60section
Meta elementrelated to HTTP message headersWed0.60section
Meta elementrelated to HTTP message headersJune0.60section
Meta elementrelated to HTTP message headersGMT0.60section

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