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Meta tags

google

Carries Google-specific page controls. Google currently documents nopagereadaloud for this metadata name.

Parameters

nopagereadaloud
Prevents Google text-to-speech services from reading the page aloud.
<meta name="google" content="nopagereadaloud">
export type Google =
     /**
   * Prevents Google text-to-speech services from reading the page aloud.
  **/
    'nopagereadaloud'

Code examples

Good example
<meta name="google" content="nopagereadaloud">
The documented Google-specific opt-out for page read-aloud services.
Avoid this example
<meta name="google" content="nositelinkssearchbox">
Google ignores this historical value because the sitelinks search box no longer exists.
Avoid this example
<meta name="google" content="noindex">
Use robots or googlebot metadata to control indexing.
Avoid this example
<meta name="google" content="">
An empty value has no effect and should be omitted.

Recommendations

  • 01
    Use the Right Google Tag
    Put indexing, snippet, and translation rules in robots or googlebot metadata. The google name does not replace those tags.
  • 02
    Do Not Use Retired Values
    Google removed the sitelinks search box feature, so nositelinkssearchbox is now ignored.

Related documentation

Related meta tags

author

name

Names one author of the page. Add another author meta tag for each additional author.

<meta name="author" content="Jane Doe">
Names the author exactly as credited on the page.

charset

charset

Declares the character encoding used by the HTML document. In modern HTML, the value must be UTF-8.

<meta charset="utf-8">
The required character encoding for modern HTML.

description

name

Summarizes the page for directories and search engines. Google may use it as a search result snippet when it describes the page better than the visible content does.

<meta name="description" content="Bake 12 vanilla cupcakes in 35 minutes. Includes metric measurements, storage notes, and fixes for cakes that sink.">
Specific details tell the reader what the recipe covers.

google

name

Carries Google-specific page controls. Google currently documents nopagereadaloud for this metadata name.

<meta name="google" content="nopagereadaloud">
The documented Google-specific opt-out for page read-aloud services.

google-site-verification

name

Verifies ownership of a site in Google Search Console. Google provides the exact token to place on the site’s top-level page.

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="your_verification_code">
Replace this placeholder with the exact token issued by Search Console.