An informational description with in a meta tag pertaining to the content of which the web page is presenting. Can be optimized for by installing keywords or terms. Example :META NAME="Description" CONTENT=" MorePro Marketing Inc. provides specialized Website promotion and sales conversion services to companies targeting 1,000 to 1,000,000 website visitors per month. "
The description meta tag is used as the summary of your Web site when listed in the search results. Some search engines will generate their own based on some arbitrary text gleaned from your Web page.
The description meta tag is part of the HEAD of an HTML document and provides information that describes the document. The tag resembles META name="description" content="a description of your web page" This tag is usually displayed along with the title of your page in an index. The value for content could be a word, sentence or even paragraph to describe your page. Keep the "content" message reasonably short, concise and to the point. However, ensure that it is an appropriate reflection of your Web Site content and that it describes the page.
A meta tag that describes the content of the web page in which it is found. Used by some search engines for keyword density purposes. Also, some SE's will use the description meta tag for the description provided to a user when the page is returned in a listing of search results. It is recommended that you use a couple of your targeted keywords in the description meta tag. Example: META NAME="Description" CONTENT="This sentence describes the content on this page."
Refers to the information in one of the META tags that holds the description of the web page and/or website. This information is used by some search engines when search results are displayed. While not critical, it is a good idea to give this attention when optimizing your website.