| Chris Beall 2007-03-26, 7:21 pm |
| VladSh wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Is it ok to have two META DESCRIPTION tags for your page.
> Will both be taken into account? Or only the top one?
>
> Vlad.
>
Vlad,
From http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct...html#edef-META, "User
agents are not required to support meta data mechanisms. For those that
choose to support meta data, this specification does not define how meta
data should be interpreted."
DESCRIPTION data is generally interpreted by search engines. Different
engines have different practices and one engine may change practice over
time. The only way to find out what a given engine will do today is to
try it.
The HTML spec shows an example of multiple "keyword" METAs, one for each
of several languages. I infer that multiple META DESCRIPTION tags would
not violate any basic principle.
Perhaps if we knew what you were trying to accomplish, someone could
give you a more useful answer.
Chris Beall
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