article
type: TechArticle
description: A short, unique summary of the page used by search engines and social platforms as a snippet. Google may rewrite it, but a good one is rewritten less often.
language: en
is part of: Web Specification Studio
author: Web Specification Studio
publisher: Web Specification Studio
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
date modified: 2026-05-29T09:13:20.000Z
citation: MDN — : the metadata element
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  publisher: MDN
citation: Google — Create good meta descriptions
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  publisher: Google Search Central
citation: HTML Living Standard — Standard metadata names
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  publisher: WHATWG

Web Specification Studio
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Web Specification Studio
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item list element: Home
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  position: 1
  item: https://webspecification.com/
item list element: Spec
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  position: 2
  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/
item list element: Foundations
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  position: 3
  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/foundations/
item list element: ListItem
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  item: https://webspecification.com/spec/foundations/meta-description/