Changes in metatag descriptions over time

Authors

  • Timothy C. Craven

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v6i10.895

Abstract

Four sets of Web pages previously visited in the summer of 2000 were revisited one year later. Of 707 pages containing metatag descriptions in 2000, 586 retained descriptions in 2001, and, of 1,230 pages lacking descriptions in 2000, 101 had descriptions in 2001. Home pages appeared to both lose and change descriptions more than other pages, with about 19% of descriptions changed in the two sets where home pages predominated versus about 12% in the other two sets. About two-thirds of changes involved minor revisions, and changes fell into a wide variety of categories. Some implications for software to assist in description revision are discussed.

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Published

2001-10-01

How to Cite

Craven, T. C. (2001). Changes in metatag descriptions over time. First Monday, 6(10). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v6i10.895