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organize meta tags 

this commit includes some rewording of what some meta tags do, as well as reorganized 7 meta tags into the not recommended / deprectaed meta tag section.
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Scott O'Hara 2016-07-06 18:32:09 -04:00
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@ -112,35 +112,14 @@ Below are the essential tags for basic, minimalist websites:
<!-- Short description of your site's subject -->
<meta name="subject" content="your website's subject">
<!-- Very short sentence describing the purpose of the website -->
<!-- Very short (10 words or less) description. Primarily for academic papers -->
<meta name="abstract" content="">
<!-- Describes the topic of the website -->
<meta name="topic" content="">
<!-- Brief summary of the company or purpose of the website -->
<meta name="summary" content="">
<!-- A deprecated tag that does the same as the keywords meta tag -->
<meta name="classification" content="business">
<!-- Full domain name or web address -->
<meta name="url" content="https://example.com/">
<!-- Does the same as URL, older and not supported -->
<meta name="identifier-URL" content="https://example.com/">
<meta name="directory" content="submission">
<!-- Does the same function as the keywords tag -->
<meta name="category" content="">
<!-- Makes sure your website shows up in all countries and languages -->
<meta name="coverage" content="Worldwide">
<!-- Does the same as the coverage tag -->
<meta name="distribution" content="Global">
<!-- Gives a general age rating based on sites content -->
<meta name="rating" content="General">
@ -163,7 +142,7 @@ Below are the essential tags for basic, minimalist websites:
- [Geotagging on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotagging#HTML_pages)
### Meta: Not Recommended
Below are the meta attributes which are not recommended for use:
Below are the meta attributes which are not recommended for use as they had low adoption rate, or have been deprecated:
```html
<!-- Used to declare the document language, but not well supported. Better to use <html lang=""> -->
@ -171,7 +150,6 @@ Below are the meta attributes which are not recommended for use:
<!-- Google disregards & Bing considers it an indicator of spam -->
<meta name="keywords" content="your,keywords,here,comma,separated,no,spaces">
<!-- No evidence of current use in any search engines -->
<meta name="revised" content="Sunday, July 18th, 2010, 5:15 pm">
@ -190,6 +168,27 @@ Below are the meta attributes which are not recommended for use:
<!-- The W3C recommends that this tag not be used. Google recommends using a server-side 301 redirect instead. -->
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="300; url=https://example.com/">
<!-- Describes the topic of the website -->
<meta name="topic" content="">
<!-- Brief summary of the company or purpose of the website -->
<meta name="summary" content="">
<!-- A deprecated tag that does the same as the keywords meta tag -->
<meta name="classification" content="business">
<!-- Does the same as URL, older and not supported -->
<meta name="identifier-URL" content="https://example.com/">
<!-- Similar function to the keywords tag -->
<meta name="category" content="">
<!-- Makes sure your website shows up in all countries and languages -->
<meta name="coverage" content="Worldwide">
<!-- Does the same as the coverage tag -->
<meta name="distribution" content="Global">
<!-- Cache Control -->
<!-- Better to configure cache control server side -->
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0">