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Definition of Meta
Tags
Meta tags are information written in html that is
written there for search engines and software bots that roam the web,
but not visible to human beings on the normal browser page. The
three most common forms of meta tags are: title of the web page,
description of the web page, and keywords that can be used to search for
this web page. They are written in html normally near the html
page top in the "header" which means in between the html phrase:
"<head>" and the ending html phrase "</head>".
Importance of Meta Tags
If you are a well-read webmaster, you will have noticed
that some people say that meta tags are extremely important, and some
say that they are not very important at all. I would say that they
are always important. The information within meta tags may or may
not be used by search engines to catalog your site. If that is the
case, then of course supplying the title that you wish and the
description that you wish is far superior to a search engine software
bot making up a title and description by viewing your page. Also
some search engines may look at the search phrases in the meta tag
"keywords" to see what keywords should search for your web page.
But, you might ask, what if the particular search
engines you most care about do not use meta tags for their catalog
information for your web page. For example, it does seem that
Google does not use meta tag information much. In this case, I
would still suggest that meta tags are highly important - but in this
case - for your own usage as a webmaster. It is always good to
have an idea of what the proper title and description and keywords
should be of each web page. An ideal place to store that
information, of course, is in the "meta tag" section of the web page
"header" where it will not get lost. If you decide to share
linking information with another web site, for example, they will ask
you for title, url, and description of your site such that they can list
your site on theirs. That information is two of the three meta
tags discussed. How about keywords then? Keywords should be
the words that you expect someone to search with in order to find your
site and this web page. Having keywords also stored in meta tags
can help organize your thinking of what this web page is to be - sort of
an outline for the subject matter. In this manner, I would
absolutely say that meta tags are always very important. If they
are not important to a specific search engine, they may indeed still be
very needed for your organization of tasks as a webmaster.
rpsoft 2000
site-crawler software
The rpsoft 2000 site-crawler has a number of functions,
one of which is the ability to help you to view and analyze your meta
tags. "Check Meta Tags" is one of the "actions" that can be set,
and the site-crawler software will locate and report the meta tags of
the three items of: title, description, and keywords from the web
page that you point it at on the world wide web. It will also give
you an opinion as to length - as to whether each is too short or too
long.
What if you are unfamiliar with meta tags? The
rpsoft 2000 site crawler will also show you an example under "actions".
If you are still confused, use the "action" of "Show Html" and look at
the top of a web page that has meta tags, such as:
http://www.rpsoft2000.com/.
Looking at the top of the html in the "header" between <head> and
</head> you can see what the format actually looks like. Several
html composers such as Microsoft Front Page assist you in making common
meta tags. In the case of "Front Page" the meta tag help area is
in the pull down menu under "file" and then under "properties".
What if you disagree with the lengths for title,
description or keywords as suggested by rpsoft 2000 software? No
problem. Under "options" and then "meta tags" you can set the
lengths of each that you wish.
Many More Features
The rpsoft 2000 site-crawler has many more
options. You can go to the main page and features of site-crawler
by clicking here, or you can
select other options below. The rpsoft 2000 site-crawler has many
great features for a webmaster. At rpsoft 2000 software, we use it
constantly ourselves in order to maintain a number of websites.
Rpsoft Site-Crawler Links
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