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metatag

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/ mĕt′ə-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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Adding metatag keywords is no longer enough to draw Web visitors.

From Inc

It now offers an option for website owner to disable pinning to Pinterest website with a metatag function.

From Forbes

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