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Step 1
Open your Internet browser and type into the web address bar the site whose meta tags you would like to read.
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Step 2
Allow the website to load, then click "View" on the menu bar of your Internet browser.
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Step 3
Select "Page Source" within the drop-down menu that appears. A new Internet window or tab, depending upon your browser settings, should appear, containing the html document source codes.
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Step 4
Locate the document's meta tags, which are found within the "Head" tag elements: <head> </head>.
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Step 5
Read the title tag, which appears as follows: <title>Title of Website</title>. This tells you the name of the web page, which appears in the title bar at the top of the Internet browser window.
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Step 6
Read the description tag, which looks like this: <meta name="description" content= "Description of website">. This tag usually consists of one or two sentences that denote what the website is about.
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Step 7
Read the keywords tag, which appears like this: <meta name="keywords" content= "keywords, separated by commas">. These words are keywords that describe the webpage.
