{"id":2416,"date":"2022-11-19T16:20:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T10:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/?p=2416"},"modified":"2022-11-19T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T10:50:08","slug":"types-of-meta-tags-in-seo-an-easy-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostkicker.com\/blog\/types-of-meta-tags-in-seo-an-easy-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of Meta tags in SEO-An easy guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meta tags are an important aspect of on-page optimization that is essential to display details about the page. There are several types of meta tags in SEO that we are going to discuss here. Keep reading to get all the details concerning it.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are Meta Tags?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Meta tags are HTML tags embedded in the page source that provide search engines with information about the page. <\/span>These are also referred to as “data about the page data.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Meta tags are code snippets that give additional details regarding your content to search engines to help them understand what your page is all about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The meta tags aren’t present on the page but on the page source in the <head><\/em> section of HTML. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is why they are only visible to search engines. They use them to determine how a page should rank and display on SERP. <\/span>However, search engines may overlook metadata at times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why are Meta Tags important?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

We must work on our overall SEO strategy<\/a>, and meta-tags are one of them. They are important from an SEO point of view and can help you enhance search appearance and search rankings. Meta tags are valuable for search engines as well as for the site’s user experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are several types of meta-tags that satisfy different purposes. <\/span>Some are responsible for page appearance on SERPs<\/a>, and some direct how a page should be treated, whereas some enhance the page’s ranking. Let’s discuss each one by one and along with its details.<\/span><\/p>\n

7 Major Types of Meta Tags in SEO<\/h2>\n

The following are the seven major types of meta tags in SEO:<\/p>\n

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  1. Meta title<\/li>\n
  2. Meta Description<\/li>\n
  3. Meta robots tag<\/li>\n
  4. Meta viewport tag<\/li>\n
  5. Image alt tag<\/li>\n
  6. Canonical tag<\/li>\n
  7. Heading tag<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Let’s learn about each one in detail.<\/p>\n

    1. Meta Title<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Meta Title is the foremost valuable meta tag in SEO that is used to represent the main idea of the content and is placed in the HTML <head> of the page. It is one of the two meta-tags that are displayed on the search engine result page. This title tag is a valuable ranking factor and is responsible for compelling or repelling a searcher to make a click, hence the CTR or the web page.<\/span><\/p>\n

    It is displayed on the SERPs, in the browser, as well as in the social shares.<\/span><\/p>\n

    An HTML title tag appears like this:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \r\n <title>your page tile<\/title><\/span><\/pre>\n
    How to create a valuable title?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n
    Being displayed on the SERP, the title has the potential to grab the user’s attention and power to encourage them to click. Try to make your title concise and valuable, which gives the users the main idea of your content.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n