Complete List of HTML Meta Tags

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Basic HTML Meta Tags

<meta charset='UTF-8'>
<meta name='keywords' content='your, tags'>
<meta name='description' content='150 words'>
<meta name='subject' content='your website's subject'>
<meta name='copyright' content='company name'>
<meta name='language' content='ES'>
<meta name='robots' content='index,follow'>
<meta name='revised' content='Sunday, July 18th, 2010, 5:15 pm'>
<meta name='abstract' content=''>
<meta name='topic' content=''>
<meta name='summary' content=''>
<meta name='Classification' content='Business'>
<meta name='author' content='name, email@hotmail.com'>
<meta name='designer' content=''>
<meta name='reply-to' content='email@hotmail.com'>
<meta name='owner' content=''>
<meta name='url' content='http://www.websiteaddrress.com'>
<meta name='identifier-URL' content='http://www.websiteaddress.com'>
<meta name='directory' content='submission'>
<meta name='pagename' content='jQuery Tools, Tutorials and Resources - O'Reilly Media'>
<meta name='category' content=''>
<meta name='coverage' content='Worldwide'>
<meta name='distribution' content='Global'>
<meta name='rating' content='General'>
<meta name='revisit-after' content='7 days'>
<meta name='subtitle' content='This is my subtitle'>
<meta name='target' content='all'>
<meta name='HandheldFriendly' content='True'>
<meta name='MobileOptimized' content='320'>
<meta name='date' content='Sep. 27, 2010'>
<meta name='search_date' content='2010-09-27'>
<meta name='DC.title' content='Unstoppable Robot Ninja'>
<meta name='ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles' content=''>
<meta name='medium' content='blog'>
<meta name='syndication-source' content='https://mashable.com/2008/12/24/free-brand-monitoring-tools/'>
<meta name='original-source' content='https://mashable.com/2008/12/24/free-brand-monitoring-tools/'>
<meta name='verify-v1' content='dV1r/ZJJdDEI++fKJ6iDEl6o+TMNtSu0kv18ONeqM0I='>
<meta name='y_key' content='1e39c508e0d87750'>
<meta name='pageKey' content='guest-home'>
<meta itemprop='name' content='jQTouch'>
<meta http-equiv='Expires' content='0'>
<meta http-equiv='Pragma' content='no-cache'>
<meta http-equiv='Cache-Control' content='no-cache'>
<meta http-equiv='imagetoolbar' content='no'>
<meta http-equiv='x-dns-prefetch-control' content='off'>

OpenGraph Meta Tags

<meta name='og:title' content='The Rock'>
<meta name='og:type' content='movie'>
<meta name='og:url' content='http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117500/'>
<meta name='og:image' content='http://ia.media-imdb.com/rock.jpg'>
<meta name='og:site_name' content='IMDb'>
<meta name='og:description' content='A group of U.S. Marines, under command of...'>

<meta name='fb:page_id' content='43929265776'>
<meta name='application-name' content='foursquare'>
<meta name='og:email' content='me@example.com'>
<meta name='og:phone_number' content='650-123-4567'>
<meta name='og:fax_number' content='+1-415-123-4567'>

<meta name='og:latitude' content='37.416343'>
<meta name='og:longitude' content='-122.153013'>
<meta name='og:street-address' content='1601 S California Ave'>
<meta name='og:locality' content='Palo Alto'>
<meta name='og:region' content='CA'>
<meta name='og:postal-code' content='94304'>
<meta name='og:country-name' content='USA'>

<meta property='fb:admins' content='987654321'>
<meta property='og:type' content='game.achievement'>
<meta property='og:points' content='POINTS_FOR_ACHIEVEMENT'>

<meta property='og:video' content='http://example.com/awesome.swf'>
<meta property='og:video:height' content='640'>
<meta property='og:video:width' content='385'>
<meta property='og:video:type' content='application/x-shockwave-flash'>
<meta property='og:video' content='http://example.com/html5.mp4'>
<meta property='og:video:type' content='video/mp4'>
<meta property='og:video' content='http://example.com/fallback.vid'>
<meta property='og:video:type' content='text/html'>

<meta property='og:audio' content='http://example.com/amazing.mp3'>
<meta property='og:audio:title' content='Amazing Song'>
<meta property='og:audio:artist' content='Amazing Band'>
<meta property='og:audio:album' content='Amazing Album'>
<meta property='og:audio:type' content='application/mp3'>

Create Custom Meta Tags

Use custom meta tags to store data that you need in Javascript, instead of hard-coding that data into your Javascript. I store my Google Analytics code in meta tags. Here's some examples:

<meta name='google-analytics' content='1-AHFKALJ'>
<meta name='disqus' content='abcdefg'>
<meta name='uservoice' content='asdfasdf'>
<meta name='mixpanel' content='asdfasdf'>

Company/Service Meta Tags

ClaimID

<meta name='microid' content='mailto+http:sha1:e6058ed7fca4a1921cq91d7f1f3b8736cd3cc1g7'>
<meta name='readability-verification' content='E7aEHvVQpWc8VHDqKvaB2Z58hek2EAv2HuLuegv7'>
<meta name='google-site-verification' content='4SMIedO1X4IkYrYuhEC2VuovdQM36Xxb0btUjElqQyg'>
<meta name='ICBM' content='40.746990, -73.980537'>
<meta name='generator' content='WordPress 3.3.1'>
<meta name='norton-safeweb-site-verification' content='tz8iotmk-pkhui406y41y5bfmfxdwmaa4a-yc0hm6r0fga7s6j0j27qmgqkmc7oovihzghbzhbdjk-uiyrz438nxsjdbj3fggwgl8oq2nf4ko8gi7j4z7t78kegbidl4'>

Apple Meta Tags

<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="My App"> <!-- New in iOS6 -->
<meta name='apple-mobile-web-app-capable' content='yes'>
<meta name='apple-touch-fullscreen' content='yes'>
<meta name='apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style' content='black'>
<meta name='format-detection' content='telephone=no'>
<meta name='viewport' content='width=device-width; content='width = 320; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=yes; target-densitydpi=160dpi'>

<link href='/apple-touch-icon.png' rel='apple-touch-icon' type='image/png'>
<link href='touch-icon-ipad.png' rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='72x72'>
<link href='touch-icon-iphone4.png' rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='114x114'>
<link href='/startup.png' rel='apple-touch-startup-image'>

<link href='http://github.com/images/touch-icon-iphone4.png' sizes='114x114' rel='apple-touch-icon-precomposed'>
<link href='http://github.com/images/touch-icon-ipad.png' sizes='72x72' rel='apple-touch-icon-precomposed'>
<link href='http://github.com/images/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png' sizes='57x57' rel='apple-touch-icon-precomposed'>

Internet Explorer Meta Tags

<meta http-equiv='Page-Enter' content='RevealTrans(Duration=2.0,Transition=2)'>
<meta http-equiv='Page-Exit' content='RevealTrans(Duration=3.0,Transition=12)'>
<meta name='mssmarttagspreventparsing' content='true'>
<meta content="IE=edge,chrome=1" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"/>
<meta name='msapplication-starturl' content='http://blog.reybango.com/about/'>
<meta name='msapplication-window' content='width=800;height=600'>
<meta name='msapplication-navbutton-color' content='red'>
<meta name='application-name' content='Rey Bango Front-end Developer'>
<meta name='msapplication-tooltip' content='Launch Rey Bango's Blog'>
<meta name='msapplication-task' content='name=About;action-uri=/about/;icon-uri=/images/about.ico'>
<meta name='msapplication-task' content='name=The Big List;action-uri=/the-big-list-of-javascript-css-and-html-development-tools-libraries-projects-and-books/;icon-uri=/images/list_links.ico'>
<meta name='msapplication-task' content='name=jQuery Posts;action-uri=/category/jquery/;icon-uri=/images/jquery.ico'>
<meta name='msapplication-task' content='name=Start Developing;action-uri=/category/javascript/;icon-uri=/images/script.ico'>
<meta name='msvalidate.01' content='6E3AD52DC176461A3C81DD6E98003BC9'>
<meta http-equiv='cleartype' content='on'>

Google Meta Tags

<meta name="news_keywords" content="World Cup, Brazil 2014, Spain vs Netherlands, soccer, football">

TweetMeme Meta Tags

<meta name='tweetmeme-title' content='Retweet Button Explained'>

Blog Catalog Meta Tags

<meta name='blogcatalog'>

Rails Meta Tags

<meta name='csrf-param' content='authenticity_token'>
<meta name='csrf-token' content='/bZVwvomkAnwAI1Qd37lFeewvpOIiackk9121fFwWwc='>

HTML Link Tags

<link rel='alternate' type='application/rss+xml' title='RSS' href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/martini'>
<link rel='alternate' type='application/atom+xml' title='Atom 0.3' href='https://example.com/feed.atom'>
<link rel='shortcut icon' type='image/ico' href='/favicon.ico'>
<link rel='fluid-icon' type='image/png' href='/fluid-icon.png'>
<link rel='me' type='text/html' href='http://google.com/profiles/thenextweb'>
<link rel='shortlink' href='http://blog.unto.net/?p=353'>
<link rel='archives' title='May 2003' href='http://blog.unto.net/2003/05/'>
<link rel='index' title='DeWitt Clinton' href='http://blog.unto.net/'>
<link rel='start' title='Pattern Recognition 1' href='http://blog.unto.net/photos/pattern_recognition_1_about/'>
<link rel='bookmark'title='Styleguide' href='http://paulrobertlloyd.com/about/styleguide/'>
<link rel='search' href='/search.xml' type='application/opensearchdescription+xml' title='Viatropos'>

<link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.syfyportal.com/atomFeed.php?page=3'>
<link rel='first' href='http://www.syfyportal.com/atomFeed.php'>
<link rel='next' href='http://www.syfyportal.com/atomFeed.php?page=4'>
<link rel='previous' href='http://www.syfyportal.com/atomFeed.php?page=2'>
<link rel='last' href='http://www.syfyportal.com/atomFeed.php?page=147'>

<link rel='canonical' href='http://smallbiztrends.com/2010/06/9-things-to-do-before-entering-social-media.html'>
<link rel='EditURI' type='application/rsd+xml' title='RSD' href='http://smallbiztrends.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd'>
<link rel='pingback' href='http://smallbiztrends.com/xmlrpc.php'>
<link rel='stylesheet' media='only screen and (max-device-width: 480px)' href='http://wordpress.org/style/iphone.css' type='text/css'>
<link rel='wlwmanifest' href='http://www.example.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml' type='application/wlwmanifest+xml'>

## Other Resources

- [HTML5 Boilerplate explanations and suggestions of header tags](http://html5boilerplate.com/docs/head-Tips/)
- [Dublic Core Meta Tags](http://www.seoconsultants.com/meta-tags/dublin/)
- [Apple Meta Tags](http://developer.apple.com/safari/library/documentation/appleapplications/reference/safarihtmlref/articles/metatags.html)
- [OpenGraph Meta Tags](http://opengraphprotocol.org/)
- [Link Tag Meaning](http://intertwingly.net/wiki/pie/LinkTagMeaning)
- [Google Chrome HTML5 Tags](http://www.html5rocks.com/)

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This is a great overview of HTML meta tags! How do you typically use these meta tags to enhance your website’s SEO or social media presence? Tubidy Do you have a favorite tag that you find most useful in your web development projects?

This is honestly one of the most complete meta tag collections I’ve come across—super useful for both beginners and experienced devs. 👍

From my experience, the most impactful tags are still the basics like description, viewport, and OpenGraph tags, especially when you care about SEO + social sharing. A well-written meta description can significantly improve CTR, while OG tags control how your content actually looks when shared.

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If I had to pick a “favorite,” it would definitely be og:title + og:description + og:image—they give you direct control over first impressions on social platforms, which is huge today.

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Really useful breakdown! Meta tags are one of those foundational elements that beginners often overlook, yet they play such a crucial role in how search engines and browsers interpret a webpage. Getting these basics right from the start can make a significant difference in SEO performance down the line. Speaking of which, startupnoon has some great content around digital growth and web fundamentals that pairs well with posts like this. Thanks for keeping it clear and beginner-friendly — exactly the kind of resource developers bookmarks for future reference!

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