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Adding a description

You can add a description to your page with the <meta> tag. This might be a description of the company or a description of the contents of your site:

<meta name="description" content="An introduction to 
 HTML, CSS, DHTML and XHTML. HTML Reference Guide">

Search engines use the description when they index your pages and display it on the results page of a search. The description replaces the summary the search engine creates for your page if you do not give a description. It may well decide whether someone chooses to visit your page or not.