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FoobarisMaximus
FoobarisMaximus

Reputation: 1129

HTML: Meta description tag's uses

I'm working on a web site that is only used internally in the company, and the only way to get to site is in a popup window launched by different web site. Is there any reason I should include a <meta name="description" content="blah blah" /> tag? Besides search engines what other reason is there to have a description meta tag?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 213

Answers (2)

Jordan Anderson
Jordan Anderson

Reputation: 11

From what I believe the reasoning is because it help make it easier for search engine optimization (SEO)to provide detail about your webpage to users.

From search engine watch ~ https://www.searchenginewatch.com/2018/04/04/a-quick-and-easy-guide-to-meta-tags-in-seo/

Upvotes: 1

Oded
Oded

Reputation: 499392

For an internal site there is no reason to add a description meta tag. It is indeed for search engine usage, so unless you are using an internal search engine (say a google mini) this is entirely unneeded.

From wikipedia - the description attribute:

The description attribute provides a concise explanation of a Web page's content. This allows the Web page authors to give a more meaningful description for listings than might be displayed if the search engine was unable to automatically create its own description based on the page content.

(emphasis mine)

Upvotes: 2

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