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metatag

American  
[me-tuh-tag] / ˈmɛ tə tæg /

noun

metatags plural
  1. an HTML tag containing descriptive information about a webpage and not appearing as part of the displayed content on the webpage.


metatag Scientific  
/ mĕtə-tăg′ /
  1. An HTML tag that contains descriptive information about a webpage and does not appear when the webpage is displayed in a browser. A word that is in a metatag of a webpage will cause that webpage to turn up as a result of a search engine's search on that word, even if that word is not found in the webpage as viewed in a browser.


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It was really good advice and helped keep us focused on momentum rather than metatags.

From The Guardian Jun. 21, 2010

As a result, Amazon.com is among dozens of online companies receiving letters from Fobis this month asking them to erase Wiimote from their advertising, metatags and other marketing channels, overt or covert.

From Time Magazine Archive

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