How to define web page's description in HTML

Name: define web page's description in HTML
Ingredients: HTML

created 7.8 y • edited 7.8 y by Richard Foulon • Updates history (2)

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To define web page's description in HTML, you need 1 thing:

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(?) — Learn how to define description of a web page ising HTML.

The description is used (like the *title* tag) in search engines result page so the engine can show a description of the page to the user (see picture below). It's also used by social networks (facebook...) to display it in link preview.

🚫 Page description is not used by search engines as a ranking factor.

Learn how to define description of a web page ising HTML. The description is used (like the title tag) in search engines result page so the engine can show a d… — Learn how to define description of a web page ising HTML.

The description is used (like the *title* tag) in search engines result page so the engine can show a description of the page to the user (see picture below). It's also used by social networks (facebook...) to display it in link preview.

🚫 Page description is not used by search engines as a ranking factor.

Add meta: description

Just add the description meta in the head section of HTML structure:

<meta name="description" content="Here i can describe my page...">

Example in full HTML structure:

<html>

<head>
<meta name="description" content="Here i can describe my page...">
</head>

<body>
Here is the page's content...
</body>

</html>