A little more meta
Since we discussed some meta tags in class yesterday, I thought I would share this article, Meta Tags Explained: The Myths, The Truths, which discusses the use of meta tags for search engine promotion. It’s a nice primer on the various meta tags that search engines use.
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June 15th, 2005 at 8:50 pm
Thanks for all the info on search engines. The rules change on a regular basis, as these services try to improve their ranking system. Most of what I have been able to find is sadly out of date.
As you say, the “Meta Tags Explained” article only really addresses search engine promotion. Students should know that Meta tags also provide valuable information to user agents (aka browsers). For one example, Meta Refresh is quite useful where appropriate, yet the article’s advice is “Definately (sic) avoid”.
Several “meta tag generators” exist to create the HTML from a simple form submission. I like this one:
http://nemesis1.f2o.org/meta