META TAGS AND WAY TO USE THEM (DISCUSSION THREAD / POST ALL SEO RELATED QUESTIONS HERE )

Question

This is not a question , but a discussion thread for meta tags. I will slowly update all the meta tags and their use. Please like :) if it's useful and don't forget to ask if you still have a doubt.

All the meta tags goes in between the head tag in the html.They provide information to search engines and optimizes the visibility of the website on the internet.

Answer 1

Here are some of the most important meta tags.

<title> relevant and attractive phrase</title>
eg.<title> HOME | JOHN </title>
this appears on the upper part of the browser as a tab name.

<meta name="description" content="text">
replace the word "text" with short description of your webpage.

<meta name"keywords" content="words">
replace the word "words" with keyword that are related to your site.

<meta name"robots" contents="selection">
replace the word "selection" with :
index ,follow -to allow bot to crawl.
noindex, nofollow -to stop the bot from crawling.

<meta name="revisit-after" content="period">
replace the word "period" with time frame like;
5-days
1-moth,etc.

<meta name="abstract" content="short description of your website>

<meta name="author" content="JOHN">

<meta name="contact" content="[e-mail]">

<meta name="copyright" content="Meta Tag Company">

<meta name="distribution" content="option">
replace the word "option" with :
Global -Intended for everyone.
Local -Intended for local distribution.
IU -Internal use only.

<meta name="expires" content="ddmmyyyy">

<meta name="language" content="Spanish">

<meta name="web_author" content="John">

more meta tags will be posted soon. don't forget to like ;)

Answer 2

Still horrible advice. At least you dumped the http-equiv’s, you’re almost to 2018 keep going buddy!
You also forgot the meta viewport ;)