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Use Meta Tags ......................................................

4 Type content=”?”,

replacing? with a comma-

separated list of words.

5 Type />.

1 Open a Web page in your

editor.

2 In the head of the page,

type <meta.

3 Type name=”keywords”.

Use Meta Tags

T

he HTML <meta> tag in the head of the document allows you to describe your page to search

engines. The word meta is from the Greek meaning “with,” and is used to refer to something that

refers to itself. Thus, the tag allows you to add information about the page. The tag should

be given a name attribute, set to either keywords or description. Either is paired with a

content attribute. Keywords contain a comma-separated list of the words you think users are likely

to type to search for your site. The description is a brief paragraph describing the site.

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