what are these metatags? 1

[genevieve2005]

Hi

I am trying to get some hits to my webpage, and read somewhere that if "document type" metatags are not in there, that the search engines will get confused and won't list a site adequately.

What are these metatags? Are they document type tags?
If they are not, are they necessary in each and every webpage? I had taken them out because I did not think they were necessary in a webpage.

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">


Thanks!


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[kaht]

give this a read, it will explain it's uses and significance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_tags

-kaht

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[ChrisHunt]

The importance of DOCTYPEs is that they can put browsers into "standards" mode, making it easier to make sites look the same with different browsers. Read more at

http://hsivonen.iki.fi/doctype/

I don't think search engines care about DOCTYPEs. If Google cared about them, they'd declare one on their own site! Declaring one does go hand-in-hand with validating your site. Valid (X)HTML can make life easier for SE spiders, at least making it less likely you'll inadvertantly confuse them.

As far as meta tags go, this one probably is necessary:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">

but nobody's going to take you seriously with these:

<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 4.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
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[genevieve2005]

Thank you for replying............

So this one: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
where should I put it? Above all the other metatags (ie: description & keywords, title) or below them?

Thanks!

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[ChrisHirst]

doesn't matter in the slightest.


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