HTML <meta> nameAttribute
Examples
Use the name attribute to define the description, keywords, and author of an HTML document:
<head>
<meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials">
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS,JavaScript">
<meta name="author" content="Hege Refsnes">
</head>
<meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials">
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS,JavaScript">
<meta name="author" content="Hege Refsnes">
</head>
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Browser Support
All major browsers support the name attribute.
The name attribute specifies the name of the metadata. specifies the name for the metadata.
The name attribute specifiescontentthe name of the attribute's information/value.
Note:If the http-equiv attribute is set, the name attribute should not be set.
Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
None.
Syntax
<meta name="value">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| application-name | Specifies the name of the Web application that the page represents. |
| author | Specifies the name of the author of the document. Example: <meta name="author" content="Hege Refsnes"> |
| description | Specifies the description of the page. Search engines will display this description in search results. Example: <meta name="description" content="Free web tutorials"> |
| generator | Specifies a software package used to generate the document (not for hand-written pages). Example: <meta name="generator" content="FrontPage 4.0"> |
| keywords | Specifies a comma-separated list of keywords - relevant to the webpage (tells search engines what the page is related to). Tip:Always specify keywords (it is necessary for search engines to classify the page). Example: <meta name="keywords" content="HTML, meta tag, tag reference"> |
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