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[Shpangle]

Hi,

I have noticed on other websites that they have Meta names setup that are not present on my site. Examples :

<meta name="author" content="author reference">
<meta name="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<meta name="distribution" content="Global">
<meta name="document-distribution" content="Global">
<meta name="document-rating" content="Safe For Kids">
<meta name="document-rights" content="Copyright written work">
<meta name="document-state" content="static">
<meta name="mssmarttagspreventparsing" content="true">
<meta name="publisher" content="publisher reference">
<meta name="rating" content="Safe For Kids">
<meta name="resource-type" content="Document">
<meta name="revisit-after" content="30 Days">
<meta name="robots" content="INDEX, FOLLOW">

Are any of these necessary ?

Thanks
Mick

[mentalist3d]

When your site is being crawled by robots for Search Engines (SE) this gives some extra info to the Search Engine so they know how to list your site better, none are really necessary but it is good to include them for Search Engine Friendliness

<meta name="author" content="author reference">
Lets the SE know who created the site, entirely up to you, I always do though

<meta name="cache-control" content="no-cache">
Never used it, but I'm assuming it is telling the SE not to cache your site, so if it changes they should show the changes in their results

<meta name="distribution" content="Global">
Lets the SE that it should show your site regardless what country is searching for terms relating to your site.

<meta name="revisit-after" content="30 Days">
Lets the Robot know to come back as the site is claiming to have new content every 30 days

<meta name="robots" content="INDEX, FOLLOW">
Lets Robots crawl all your site pages for inclusion into their search results

All in all it depends on how much info you want to provide SE robots with about your site, as they will check your meta tags first and then compare it to the content. I usually use:

<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; ch#%$!t=UTF-8"/>
   <meta name="description" content="site and page description goes here">
    <meta name="keywords" content="what keywords are people likely to use to find my site">
    <meta name="copyright" content="Author name or company">
    <meta name="author" content="Author name">
    <meta name="email" content="info@yoursite.org.uk">
    <meta name="Distribution" content="Global">
    <meta name="Rating" content="General">
    <meta name="Robots" content="INDEX,FOLLOW">
    <meta name="Revisit-after" content="7 Days">   

That usually works for me

[jonsecada]

Most of them are an article of faith. I personally don't use most of them, but you may add them if you think they don't contribute to code bloating.

Some are plain out of style... like "revisit-after" and "keywords", they used to be abused, so most serious SEs don't even pay attention to them anymore.

If you really want to provide a guide to SE spiders in regards to the information contained in the site, try RDFs or semantic coding.

[mldiaJ]

Recently I buy domain and setup wordprees but I have no Idea about meta name so where I submit Meta name?

[mentalist3d]

WordPress will automatically generate your meta tags based on your content and site description. If you want more control over your meta tags, you can hardcode them into the template you use by going to Appearance > Editor > Header (header.php).

Meta tags are now ignored by Google and some of the other Search Engines after some people abused the meta tag system for getting better placements in the Search Engines, but it is still worthwhile adding them as they can still support your content as long as they are relevant.

Since you are using WordPress you may want to use "All In One SEO Pack" plugin - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/

This will allow you to control your meta tags without having to edit your template.