Meta Tags

Meta Tags are used to provide additional information about a web page. The information stored in the tag isn't visible on the web page but it can affect the way the web browser works. For example when ICRA Meta Tags are included it can affect the parental controls settings.

Meta Tags can inform search engines about the most relevant keywords used on the page, provide a short summary of the page contents and describe the formatting of the page such as the language it has been written in. They are also used to convey Geo Positioning data and pointers to other files such as News Feeds and Favicons.

Meta Tags are optional. However it is considered best practice to include certain tags and providing more information with tags can open up the functionality of the web site. You can see the tags used on a web page by viewing the source code. In the Firefox web browser you can go to the "Tools Menu" and choose "Page Info".

Technical Formatting Meta Tags

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en">

Search Engine Meta Tags

<meta name="revisit-after" content="10 days">
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow">
<meta name="keywords" content="meta tags, icra, favicons, geo positioning, news feeds">
<meta name="description" content="Meta Tags can inform search engines about the most relevant keywords used on the page, provide a short summary of the page contents and describe the formatting of the page such as the language it has been written in.">

Favicon Meta Tags

<link rel="icon" href="http://www.quotes.co.uk/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.quotes.co.uk/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

News Feed Meta Tags

<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Quotes (Feedburner)" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/quotesuk">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Quotes (Atom 0.3)" href="http://www.quotes.co.uk/news/atom.xml">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Quotes (RSS 2.0)" href="http://www.quotes.co.uk/news/rss.xml">

Authoring Meta Tags

<meta name="author" content="Quotes">
<meta name="publisher" content="www.quotes.co.uk">
<meta name="copyright" content="www.quotes.co.uk">
<meta name="generator" content="Adobe GoLive">

Geo Positioning Meta Tags

<meta name="geo.position" content="50.97590;0.01722">
<meta name="geo.region" content="GB">
<meta name="geo.placename" content="Cricketfield, Newick, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom">
<meta name="ICBM" content="50.9759, 0.0172">
<meta name="DC.title" content="Quotes - Web Design and Hosting - 0870 777 3155 - Newick BN8, East Sussex (www.quotes.co.uk)">