Hello Roan,
The HTTP-EQUIV attribute is a equivalent for HTTP headers. The HTTP
headers will be sent to your browser by the server after a request for a
page/file has been made. This information may direct/control how your
page will be displayed in a browser.

The NAME attribute is there to provide additional information about the
document (such as keywords, description, author information, copyright
information and so on).

There is still a disagreement between many people about with which
attribute the keywords should go, this is why you'll find duplicates on
some pages. I personally would recommend using

<meta name="keywords" content="your keywords in a comma and space
separated list">

Best wishes,
Lauri Väin
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----- Original Message -----
From: Roan Bear <roan(at)roanbear.com>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: 11. juuli 2000. a. 21:06
Subject: 'meta http-equiv' vs. 'meta name='


> Hi,
>
> Can anyone explain to me the difference/origin/ of the tag  'META
> HTTP-EQUIV=' vs. the use of 'META NAME='
>
> I've seen both now on different web pages and am wondering if one is
older
> than the other, if both are supported etc.
>
> I've seen both used within the same page for search engine rankings
(both
> using 'keywords' as the value) and am wondering if the search engine
spiders
> read the tags differently, or if this is just another form of
misdirected
> search engine spamming.
>
> I'm on the digest version.
> Thanks in advance for any clarification.
>
> Regards,
>
> Roan
>
>
>

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