From 8c8c61752f0623c423587c8768219f2e07cb61dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua-Hess <joshua.allen.hess@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 14:59:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added meanings for meta tags in README

Most info for the meta tags found at: http://www.metatags.org/
Info for deprecated and lesser known tags found here: http://www.johnfdoherty.com/meta-descriptions-that-will-not-help-seo/
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 README.md | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ee4f4a..68b1ae1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,26 +48,68 @@ Below are the essential tags for basic, minimalist websites:
 <meta http-equiv="x-ua-compatible" content="ie=edge">
 <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
 <!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags -->
+
+<!-- Name of web application (only should be used if the website is used as an app) -->
 <meta name="application-name" content="Application Name">
+
+<!-- Short 3 or 4 sentence description of website: included in search engine results -->
 <meta name="description" content="150 chars">
+
+<!-- Short description of your sites subject -->
 <meta name="subject" content="your website's subject">
+
+<!-- Controls what pages crawlers are allowed to index on your site -->
 <meta name="robots" content="index,follow,noodp">
+
+<!-- Works the same as the robots meta tag, but exclusively for Google -->
 <meta name="googlebot" content="index,follow">
+
+<!-- Tells the Google search engine to not show the sitelinks search box -->
 <meta name="google" content="nositelinkssearchbox">
+
+<!-- Verifies ownership of the Search Console for Google -->
 <meta name="google-site-verification" content="verification_token">
+
+<!-- Used to name software used to build the website (i.e. - Wordpress, Dreamweaver) -->
 <meta name="generator" content="program">
+
+<!-- Very short sentence describing the purpose of the website -->
 <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">
+
+<!-- Allows control over how referrer information is passed -->
 <meta name="referrer" content="never">
+
+<!-- Allows control over where resources are loaded from -->
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="default-src 'self'">
 
 <!-- Disable automatic detection and formatting of possible phone numbers -->