Meta Tags

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Hi All, I want to use MetaTags so that when I google that word on the internet, it finds it. Can you please let me know how I can do it using ASp.Net or VB.Net. Thanks a lot!

Mike Ellison

Hi there. An ASP.NET page (.aspx) can contain any regular <html> tags, so if you want to use a <meta> tag, just put it between the <head> tags on your .aspx page, like you would with a normal .html page.

DavidNohejl

hi, you can use meta tags same way as in plain (X)HTML:

// default.aspx
<meta name="keywords" content="something meaningful" />

or, you can generate meta tags dynamically: (similarly as in PHP or other server-side scripting languages)

// Response is .NET class for working with HTTP response
// <% ... %> is notation for inline script (same as  in PHP)
<% Response.Write("<meta name=.....>") %>

Code above is in C# syntax, however VB.NET syntax will be very similar. As for getting good position in Google (and other search engines too), meta tags are only one of criteria for page ranking. See also: Google Technology Overview[^] "Don't Submit to search engines" article on CP[^] Last but not least my hard way learned experience: for indexers (Googlebot & comp) content-type matters. I had application/xhtml+xml; content type on my site, and Google don't index files of this type :(( So I had to switch to html/text! grrrrrr (actually I only made swich for user agents - xhtml for Mozilla & Opera, xml/text for IE and html/text for others ) best regards, David 'DNH' Nohejl Never forget: "Stay kul and happy" (I.A.)