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Web Design It's another one of those boring, not-quite-esoteric topics that can make or break a web site: Meta Tags. These are a series of "additional information" blocks between the < head > and < /head > tags on an HTML page that give the spiders and people using search engines more information and a better way to determine if your site is what they're seeking. Description: The description META tag content is what appears in a search engine results description of the page. If you don't have it, the spider just posts the first text it finds, which is usually some meaningless string of text ending in "...". For those of you who've seen this, you know how unprofessional that looks. You should keep this to 200 characters or less, or your description will end in "..." Business - Directory of business/finance/loan/mortgage related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Computers - Directory of computer hardware/software/peripheral related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Internet - Directory of webhosting/webdesign/internet marketing related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Software - Directory of software related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Web Design - Directory of web design/development related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Web Hosting - Directory of web hosting related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Web Promotion - Directory of search engine optimization/internet marketing related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Web Resources - Directory of other web related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Recreation - Directory of travel/hotel/cruise related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Casino - Directory of online gambling/poker/blackjack/roulette related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Health - Directory of online pharmacy/hospital/health related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Shopping - Directory of online shopping/gift related partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Miscellaneous - Directory of all other partner sites more 1 2 3 4 5 Robots: The robots META tag tells the spiders that come to your site what to do with your page. I recommend the command "index, follow", which tells the spider to index your page in the search engines and follow all the links to their destination pages. "noindex" tells the spider not to index your pages into the search engines, and "nofollow" tells it not to follow the links. These are good for specific purposes, but if you're just starting out, use "index, follow" until you're more adept at web theory.

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