Meta data is information about data.
The <meta> tag provides meta data about the HTML document. Meta data will not be displayed on the page, but will be machine parsable.
Meta elements are typically used to specify page description, keywords, author of the document, last modified, and other metadata.
The <meta> tag always goes inside the head element.
The meta data can be used by browsers (how to display content or reload page), search engines (keywords), or other web services.
Example Meta Tags:
<head>Above is an average set of meta tags which should work on most sites. Including platforms like blogger.
<meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials" />
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML,CSS,XML,JavaScript" />
<meta name="author" content="Andy Banks" />
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />
</head>
One Problem
This type of meta tag may cause duplicate content. Why? because this meta tag will only set to your home page, and it will be duplicated across the rest of your pages unless you add unique meta tags to every single page.
Duplicate data in your site will seriously effect your google search and page rankings.
How do you fix the duplication issue?
well, you can use dynamic meta tags. Dynamic meta tags will automatically assign individual tags to each of your pages (usually using your title and keywords tags, to create unique description tags). This will stop search engines classing your page as duplicate content.
Sites built using programs like WordPress can use plugins for implementing metatags.
Add Meta Tags to your Blogger blog
If you would like to add Meta Tags to your Blogger blog that wont duplicate data, then follow the link below to the guide...
Blogger: How to add Dynamic Meta Tags to your Blog
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