# Meta Tags — HTML

Source: https://www.geekswithgeeks.com/en/html/html-meta-tags

> Page metadata for browsers and search engines.

## Common meta tags

`charset` sets text encoding; `description` is shown in search results.

```html
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="description" content="Learn HTML step by step.">
<meta name="author" content="GeeksWithGeeks">
```

## Why meta tags matter

None of this is visible on the page, but browsers, search engines and social previews all read it.