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The HTML <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> The element is essential for web developers and other Internet technologists. The <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>HTML<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> The element contains machine-readable information (<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>metadata<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>) on the document, like yours <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>title<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>scripts<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>i <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>style sheets<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>. Websites that do not implement this information correctly will rank poorly in SEO, cannot be shared across the Internet by other websites, and may not translate correctly in modern browsers. Getting this element right can mean the difference between life and death for an internet business, especially because of how important this element is to the discoverability of your website by search engines. . <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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How the HTML Head element is classified<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

The HTML specification defines categories for each HTML element and describes the position the element can fit in the document. The head element doesn’t actually fall under any HTML tag category, but it also needs to be the first child of the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> tag, placing it in a unique position in the HTML language.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Inside the head element there should be <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>metadata<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> tags, scripts, and links: Content that describes document details and links to external resources.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Links and Scripts <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

When one <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>user agent<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> downloads and analyzes your web page, one of the first things it will do, even before rendering your page, is follow the links and scripts of the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> tag and to download and run the content there. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> element is most commonly used to link to stylesheets, but is also used to set site icons (both “favicon” style icons and icons for the home screen and apps on mobile devices), between other things. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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