a chart to describe the search engine market (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The META tag was
created as a sort of "catch-all." These tags allow Webmasters to
issue an unlimited variety of commands, or to provide information to a browser,
search engine, or automated program (i.e., robot).
Search Engines and
Meta elements
Search Engines help people find web sites
Usually they catalog sites by following links from page to
page and saving identification and classification information for each page.
Included Where?
Meta tags are contained in the HEAD section near the top of
the page.
They are not visible to the user