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1. Content-Type
2. Keyword
3. Description
4. Author
5. Title
6. Editable <HEAD> section

Include these Meta Data items in your web page's HTML code. Place all items within the open <head> and close </head> tags.

1. Content-Type: (Copy/paste the following sample.)
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1>

2. Keyword:
One or more terms that help users find your page when performing a web search. Use specific keywords such as your name or an unusual word. Avoid keywords that are so generic that a search will result in hundreds of web page results. Use a comma to separate keywords. separate words BETWEEN commas are treated as a single keyword (see sample).
Sample:
<meta name="keywords" content="dreamweaver, duane hurst, utah">

3. Description:
Write a concise description of your web page. Text for this item will appear in a browser window after a user conducts a search via an engine such as YEEHA or GOOGLE.
Sample:
<meta name="description" content="Sample code for Meta Data items in a web page.">

4. Author:
This is the name of whomever wrote the web page. This is useful if you want people to know that you wrote the html code.
Sample:
<meta name="author" content="Duane R. Hurst>

5. Title:
This is the html title TAG for a specific web page. Make this a short title. Text for this title appears at the top of a browser window. It also appears as part of the results from a search via YEEHA or GOOGLE.
Sample:
<title>Meta-Header Module</title>

6. Editable <HEAD> Section:
You may edit the terms in BLUE.
Sample:
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1>
<meta name="keywords" content="dreamweaver, duane hurst, utah">
<meta name="description" content="Sample code for Meta Data items in a web page.">
<meta name="author" content="Duane R. Hurst>
<title>Meta-Header Module</title>

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