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Where does the meta tag start on a website?
Title – While the title tag doesn’t start with “meta,” it is in the header and contains information that’s very important to SEO. You should always have a unique title tag on every page that describes the page. Check out this post for more information on title tags.
Where do I put the viewport meta tag?
By using the viewport meta tag you can control the layout for web pages on mobile browsers. Always add the viewport tag in the HEAD section of your site. This tag is supported by most popular mobile browsers and used by thousands of web sites. Don’t use the responsive design meta tag if your website isn’t specifically designed to be responsive.
Which is the meta tag for Responsive web design?
< Meta Name = “Viewport” The Viewport meta tag for Responsive Web Design is the area of a web page in which the content is visible to the user. It varies with the variation in screen size of the devices on which the website is visible. When a web page is not made responsive for smaller viewports it looks bad on a smaller screen.
When do you need a canonical meta tag?
When you have duplicate content on your website, or pages that are very similar to one another, the canonical meta tag tells Google which page is the original and should have traffic driven to it. Do you really need it? Google doesn’t take kindly to duplicate content.
Can you verify a meta tag on Bing?
Google allows you to verify by DNS, external file, or by linking your Google Analytics account. Bing still only allows by XML file or meta tag, so go with the file if you can. Nothing bad will happen to your site if you use these — let me just make that clear.
What do you mean by extraneous meta tags?
Think of your page code as a set of step-by-step directions to get somewhere, but for a browser. Extraneous meta tags are the annoying “Go straight for 200 feet” line items in driving directions that simply tell you to stay on the same road you’re already on! These are the meta tags that should be on every page, no matter what.