---
title: "google · Meta Tag · zhead"
canonical_url: "https://zhead.dev/meta/google"
last_updated: "2026-08-19T02:35:55.914Z"
meta:
  description: "Carries Google-specific page controls. Google currently documents nopagereadaloud for this metadata name."
  "og:description": "Carries Google-specific page controls. Google currently documents nopagereadaloud for this metadata name."
  "og:title": "google · Meta Tag · zhead"
---

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">
```

## 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

- [Google Search Central: Special Tags](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/special-tags#nopagereadaloud)
- [Google Search Central: Robots Meta Tag](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots-meta-tag#noarchive)

## Related meta tags

### [author](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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](https://zhead.dev/meta/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.