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26 Ekim 2026 · Racoun

What Are Meta Tags? The Ones That Matter for SEO

Meta tags are HTML elements that tell browsers, search engines and social platforms about a page. The most important for SEO are the title tag, meta description, meta robots, canonical, viewport and Open Graph tags.

Meta tags live in the head section of a web page. Visitors do not see them, but search engines, browsers and social platforms read them.

  • Title tag: the clickable headline in search results; unique per page and the most important tag for SEO.
  • Meta description: the snippet under the title; not a direct ranking factor but it influences clicks.
  • Meta robots: instructions such as noindex and nofollow.
  • Canonical: indicates the preferred version of duplicate or similar pages.
  • Viewport: controls mobile scaling.
  • Hreflang: links language and regional versions.
  • Open Graph: controls how pages look when shared.

Google ignores the meta keywords tag. Common mistakes include duplicate titles, leftover noindex tags after launch and wrong canonicals. Racoun-built sites let editors manage these fields from the admin panel, and technical SEO audits catch errors on existing sites.

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