# What are Meta tags in HTML?

## Introduction -

The `<meta>` tag represents the metadata of the HTML page.  This `<meta>` tag live within the `<head>` tag. It uses specifics more information like author name, character set, viewport setting, page description, and keywords for HTML documents.

## Attributes -
What are different attributes in the `<meta>` tag? 

- **name** - This attribute is used for specifies the name of the metadata.
    ( values- application-name, author, description, generator, keywords, viewport )
- **charset** - charset spacifies the character encoding for html doc.         
  ( values - *charcter_set* )
- **content** -  it specifices value associate with http-equiv or name attribute.( Values - text )
- **http-equiv** - it provide HTTP header for information or value. (Values - content-security-policy
content-type
default-style
refresh )


## Syntax

examples for `name` - 

```HTML
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML Meta tag">
<meta name="description" content="Information about Meta tag">
<meta name="author" content="Nikhil B">
``` 
Example

```HTML
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
``` 

## Importanceos `<meta>` tag - 
`<Meta>` Tags are important for optimizing your website. They can help a page attain better rankings on search engines. It plays a main role to rank your website on web by in SEO.







