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TheFinder
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Hi everyone, Can someone tell me the best use of Meta tags in .html pages. Currently I put mine on all of my pages, copied from the index page and pasted on all the others, but here is my question. Is it better to have them just on your index (main) page and use the meta name="robots" content="index, follow" tag or is it really a benefit to have them on all pages? Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

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ASKED: July 5, 2010  4:19 PM
UPDATED: May 28, 2011  4:14 PM
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Example Describe metadata within an HTML document: <head> <meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials" /> <meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS,XML,JavaScript" /> <meta name="author" content="Hege Refsnes" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" /> </head> Definition and Usage: Metadata is information about data. The <meta> tag provides metadata about the HTML document. Metadata will not be displayed on the page, but will be machine parsable. Meta elements are typically used to specify page description, keywords, author of the document, last modified, and other metadata. The <meta> tag always goes inside the head element. The metadata can be used by browsers (how to display content or reload page), search engines (keywords), or other web services. Differences Between HTML and XHTML: In HTML the <meta> tag has no end tag. In XHTML the <meta> tag must be properly closed. Note: Metadata is always passed as name/value pairs. Standard Attributes The <meta> tag supports the following standard attributes: Attribute Value Description DTD dir rtl/ltr Specifies the text direction for the content in an element STF lang language_code Specifies a language code for the content in an element STF hope it will help u !
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“Is it better to have them just on your index (main) page and use the meta name=”robots” content=”index, follow” tag or is it really a benefit to have them on all pages?“

carlosdl
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Aftrer re-reading the msg. Rechil posted it sounds like it’s better to have them on all pages. Thanks Rechil.

TheFinder
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