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What Is Meta Tag?

HTML tags in the page head (title, description, robots) that tell search engines about the page.

By Junaid Tariq · Updated · 1 min read
Definition

HTML tags in the page head (title, description, robots) that tell search engines about the page.

What Meta Tag means

HTML tags in the page head (title, description, robots) that tell search engines about the page.

Why it matters

Meta tags shape how your page appears in search (title and description) and whether it can be indexed (robots). Mistakes, such as a stray noindex, can remove pages from Google.

Practical tip

Read how to write SEO-friendly titles and descriptions. The old meta keywords tag is ignored by Google.

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