meta, display in browser
Browser display, meta element
The meta element is a void element (has no content): nothing to display in browser
Display type: na
Video demonstration meta element, view in browser
HTML5 meta, browser display, Tutorial
| min | video details |
|---|---|
| 00:02 | video tutorial: testing the browser display of the meta element |
| 00:10 | empty meta element (start tag only) does not display in browser |
| 00:21 | the meta elements with attributes and values do not display in browser |
| 00:29 | if a default style is set up through a pragma directive e.g. http-equiv="default-style", then this style is displayed in page : in our case main2.css displays instead of main.css |
| 00:38 | if the description provided through meta tag is accurate and relevant to your page, the seacrh engines (e.g. Google) might use it in search results snippets |
| 00:46 | let's see an example of snippet generated by Google based on the description provided |
| 00:48 | google search: w3-video.com |
| 00:57 | snippet generated by Google based on the description provided and not only |
| 01:08 | check out the source code of the page |
| 01:12 | searching for meta description |
| 01:30 | the value of the content attribute pair of the description metadata name displays in Google snippet |
| 01:33 | the description used in the snippet generated by Google |
| 01:37 | because the description is too short, Google included in the snippet also parts of visible text found on our page like: "web tutorials" and "W3-video.com is a Free..." |