# Knowledge check: Metadata

1. **What are some of the main characteristics of meta tags? Select all that apply.**
    
    * <mark>They are very important for SEO</mark>
        
    * They are placed inside the &lt;body&gt; element
        
    * <mark>They define metadata about an HTML document, namely information about data</mark>
        
    * <mark>They don’t have a visual representation in your pages</mark>
        
2. **What are some of the most important Meta tags you should use for good SEO? Select all that apply.**
    
    * <mark>Description</mark>
        
    * Keywords
        
    * Image alt attributes
        
    * <mark>Title</mark>
        
3. **Which meta tag is used to specify the character encoding for the HTML document?**
    
    * language
        
    * <mark>charset</mark>
        
    * content
        
    * lang
        
4. **Which meta tag and properties do you need to set to make your pages responsive in desktop and mobile viewports?**
    
    * ```xml
          <meta name=”viewport” content =” width = device-width, initial-scale = 0”  />
        ```
        
    * ```xml
          <meta name=”viewport” content=”width=window-width, initial-scale=1”  />
        ```
        
    * ```xml
          <meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1”  />
        ```
        
    * ```xml
          <meta name=”viewport” content=”height=device-height, initial-scale=1”  />
        ```
        
    * ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1721563770303/9327754f-bf21-4761-ad70-86bf06d1e9e5.png align="center")
        
5. **How do you tell Google you don’t want to provide an automatic translation for your page if the user uses a different language?**
    
    * ```xml
          <meta name=”googlebot” content=”notranslate”  />
        ```
        
    * ```xml
          <meta name=”language” content=”english”  />
        ```
        
    * ```xml
          <meta name=”googlebot” content=”english”  />
        ```
        
    * ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1721563865963/41a67dc4-a0d4-47d2-8b79-47ecfdccc347.png align="center")
        
6. **Which of the following statements are true about HTTP-equiv tags? Select all that apply.**
    
    * They are the recommended way to set HTTP response headers
        
    * <mark>They are useful if you don’t have access to the server configuration</mark>
        
    * <mark>They can simulate HTTP response headers</mark>