Learn how to use meta-tags to make your site searchable and rateable plus see how meta-tags can add simple special effects!
January 1, 1998
eta tags are not magic, not a cure-all for the search engine blues, and not a secret solution for pulling in data. Meta tags are simply place-holders for storing information that may be used by an HTTP server or indexed by a search spider.
<meta name="name of data" content="content of data">
Why Should I Use Meta Tags? Meta tags are simple to use. Just place your cursor within the heading section and type the tag as you'd type any other tag. The difficult part with meta tags is figuring out how to use them in a sensible way.
There are three common uses for metatags.
The first is to store information about the document, information that will be used by your server to track or maintain the document. This is most commonly done in an intranet environment. For example, you might have a metatag that identifies the author of the page and another metatag that identifies the expiration date of the content of the page. Because this use of is specific to each environment, we won't be covering this application of metatags here.
A second use is to make something happen to the page automatically. The two most common applications are to automatically refresh a splash screen with another page or to play a sound file automatically.
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eta tags are not magic, not a cure-all for the search engine blues, and not a secret solution for pulling in data. Meta tags are simply place-holders for storing information that may be used by an HTTP server or indexed by a search spider. 
