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What is meta data

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Meta data is website content that isn’t displayed on a webpage; data that is hidden away behind the scenes.

It includes things like:

It’s stuff that’s not helpful to your people who are looking at your webpage, but very useful when your website is ‘scanned’ by search engines, social networks and other non-human visitors.

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More resources

Here are a couple more resources for you to enjoy. If that’s not enough, have a look at the full list.

  1. Making sense of accessibility and the law

    Accessibility isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s the law. Here’s how the law applies to digital products, in plain English.

  2. Hierarchy in tables

    Hierarchical tables can be a lot to understand, particularly for screen reader users. Here’s how to tackle hierarchy when it can’t be avoided.