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Class 22 Notes

Using META tags

Some Things You Can Do With the META Element

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Offer Keywords to the search engine. 
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Offer the name of the computer software, herein known as the 
"Generator", you used to make the page (it helps)

Offer a description to use when your page is displayed.
	--Some search engines do not show descriptions, so this won't 
	   work on all engines.

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Offer the author's name. 
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Offer a copyright statement. 
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Offer an expiration date so the search engine's database stops 
bringing your page up after a certain time as passed.

How to use the <meta> element

For example, to offer keywords to the search engine:

   <head>

        <meta name="keywords" content="web page
         design,web design,web page construction,">

      <title>Class 21 Course Notes</title>
    </head>

To offer a description to use when your page is displayed:

    <head>

        <meta name="description" content="This page
        contains lecture notes for CTT145 Web Page Design
        at Washington County Community College in Calais,
        Maine">

       <title>Class 21 Course Notes</title>
    </head>

Other information can be controlled as well - check out this page on the html goodies web site.