Page.MetaDescription Property
Definition
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Gets or sets the content of the "description" meta element.
public:
property System::String ^ MetaDescription { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public string MetaDescription { get; set; }[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
member this.MetaDescription : string with get, setPublic Property MetaDescription As StringProperty Value
The content of the "description" meta element.
- Attributes
Exceptions
The page does not have a header control (a head element with the runat attribute set to "server").
Examples
If you set the MetaDescription property of a page to "ASP.NET Overview", the following element will appear in the rendered HTML:
<meta name="description" content="ASP.NET Overview" />
Remarks
HTML meta elements can be used to improve search-engine listings. The "description" meta element is used by some search engines to improve listing previews.
If there is no "description" meta element in the head element of the page markup, the meta element is added to the page when the page is rendered. If the page markup already has a "description" meta element, this property gets or sets the content attribute of the meta element.
You can also set this property in the @ Page directive.
