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Using META Tags |
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Sites include Meta Tags to enable search engines to categorize the site better. The use of "keywords" allows search engine the indexes they need to categorize the site. The "description" is usually a short abstract or introduction to be displayed when a web surfer looks for your keywords. Take a look at this site. wdvl.com/Authoring/HTML/Head/Meta/ - this page will teach you how to generate HTML META tags suitable for inclusion in your HTML document. These tags allow better indexing by robot-driven search engines, such as AltaVista, Infoseek and searchBC, and now includes some DC.lite elements. |
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An example of meta tags: < META name="description" content="The United States Power Squadrons (America's Boating Club), stressing: Community service, continuing education, and social activities among members" > < META name="keywords" content="education, boating, safety, outdoors, recreation, sailing, community service, boater education, boating education, public boating courses, safe boating courses, state boating laws, boating safety, boating groups, boating organizations, boating associations, boating fun, usps, fishing, freshwater, saltwater, united states power squadrons, america's boating club" > < META name="copyright" content="1999-2004 United States Power Squadrons" > |
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