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# [Exploring 5 meta tags to help beginners with SEO](https://h.daily-dev-tips.com/exploring-5-meta-tags-to-help-beginners-with-seo?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

In today's article, we will be learning about meta tags, what they are, why we need them, and how they work. Meta tags are tiny snippets of code that have two main goals: Telling search engines on how to display your web page Tell the browser how to...

Sep 30, 2020 · 3 min read · h.daily-dev-tips.com  
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## Written by

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[Bhavya Shah](https://hashnode.com/@blogtriggers)

[Oct 31, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/exploring-5-meta-tags-to-help-beginners-with-seo/5f741e8d1d7a870a345ba77b/comment/617e23f1d55bde5cb668209c)

[Chris Bongers](https://hashnode.com/@dailydevtips) There are also 2 important meta tags that are also highly important in [SEO](https://www.blogtriggers.com/2021/05/full-seo-guide-for-beginners.html).

1) Twitter Cards meta tags & Open Graph Meta tags 2) Language Meta tags

[Chris Bongers](https://hashnode.com/@dailydevtips)

[Oct 31, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/exploring-5-meta-tags-to-help-beginners-with-seo/5f741e8d1d7a870a345ba77b/comment/617e23f1d55bde5cb668209c#reply-617e2c5c75401e57d6a8980b)

Hi Bhavya,

I don't quite agree with the Twitter card being important for SEO. It's a good meta tag to use, but doesn't affect your SEO scores as far as I know.

The language tag should be enough when provided on the HTML tag, however when using multiple languages very true you should define the current language.

[Peter Thaleikis](https://hashnode.com/@spekulatius)

[Sep 30, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/exploring-5-meta-tags-to-help-beginners-with-seo/5f741e8d1d7a870a345ba77b/comment/5f74bea9b48bd01f3166063f)

Nice 👍️

[Chris Bongers](https://hashnode.com/@dailydevtips)

[Oct 1, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/exploring-5-meta-tags-to-help-beginners-with-seo/5f741e8d1d7a870a345ba77b/comment/5f74bea9b48bd01f3166063f#reply-5f756851b48bd01f31660d0c)

Thanks Peter 🤟