9. Understanding Meta tags: Definition, Meta tag analysis of a webpage of choice and description of each meta tag

 Meta Tags

The <meta> tag defines metadata about an HTML document. This metadata is not displayed on the page, but is machine-readable. It is used by browsers to determine how to display content or reload a page, by search engines to identify keywords, and by other web services (w3schools, 2019).

Taking an example of a website https://www.boohoo.com/. We can view the source page and the meta tags of the website.

References

Boohoo (2023). boohoo | Womens & Mens Clothes | Shop Online Fashion. [online] Boohoo.com. Available at: https://www.boohoo.com [Accessed 2 Feb. 2023].

w3schools (2019). HTML meta tag. [online] W3schools.com. Available at: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_meta.asp [Accessed 2 Feb. 2023].

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