Comments on: A little more meta http://www.robinsblog.com/06152005/a-little-more-meta/ Resources for Web Development Students Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:51:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Hucklesby http://www.robinsblog.com/06152005/a-little-more-meta/comment-page-1/#comment-143 David Hucklesby Thu, 16 Jun 2005 02:50:50 +0000 http://www.robinsblog.com/?p=153#comment-143 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 Most of what I have been able to find is sadly out of date.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 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 Most of what I have been able to find is sadly out of date.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

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