How To : Set Meta Description , Meta Keyword in asp.net

Introduction

Meta Description and Meta keywords play a major role in terms of making web page search engine friendly. search engine always looks for meta description and meta keywords from the page contents. Here I m showing how to set meta description and meta keywords in web page.

 ASP.Net 4.0 provided new two properties at page level for setting meta description and meta keywords.we can add these two properties with page class in Code behind or in Page Directives.

Asp.Net 4.0

 C#.Net

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Page.MetaKeywords = "Test Page";
    Page.MetaDescription = "Test Page";
}

VB.net

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Me.Page.MetaKeywords = "Test Page"
        Me.Page.MetaDescription = "Test Page"
End Sub

Earlier Version of Asp.Net

Need to create some function which will set meta description and meta keywords. here it use HtmlMeta to do the same.

C#.Net

protected void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    SetMetaDescription(this.Page, "Test Page");
    SetMetaKeyword(this.Page, "Test Page");
}

public void SetMetaDescription(Page PageName, string strMetaDesc)
{
    HtmlMeta metaDesc = new HtmlMeta();
    HtmlHead head = PageName.Header;
    metaDesc.Name = "description";
    metaDesc.Content = strMetaDesc;
    head.Controls.Add(metaDesc);

}
public void SetMetaKeyword(Page PageName, string strMetaKeyword)
{
    HtmlMeta metaKeys = new HtmlMeta();
    HtmlHead head = PageName.Header;
    metaKeys.Name = "keyword";
    metaKeys.Content = strMetaKeyword;
    head.Controls.Add(metaKeys);
}

VB.Net

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
       
        SetMetaDescription(Me.Page, "Test Page")
        SetMetaKeyword(Me.Page, "Test Page")
End Sub    

Public Sub SetMetaDescription(ByVal PageName As Page, ByVal strMetaDesc As String)
        Dim metaDesc As New HtmlMeta()
        Dim head As HtmlHead = PageName.Header
        metaDesc.Name = "description"
        metaDesc.Content = strMetaDesc
        head.Controls.Add(metaDesc)

End Sub
Public Sub SetMetaKeyword(ByVal PageName As Page, ByVal strMetaKeyword As String)
        Dim metaKeys As New HtmlMeta()
        Dim head As HtmlHead = PageName.Header
        metaKeys.Name = "keyword"
        metaKeys.Content = strMetaKeyword
        head.Controls.Add(metaKeys)
End Sub

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