Okay, here’s a breakdown of the HTML you provided, focusing on the key details and its purpose. This is primarily metadata and setup for a news article/video page on Sky TG24 (an Italian news outlet).
overall Purpose:
This HTML snippet defines the metadata and initial structure for a webpage displaying a video news report titled “I titoli di Sky TG24 del 12 gennaio, edizione delle 8” (Sky TG24 Headlines of january 12th, 8 AM Edition).it’s designed to be search engine amiable, shareable on social media, and to provide a good user experience.
Key sections and Elements:
- Document Type & Encoding:
<!DOCTYPE html>: Declares this as an HTML5 document.<html lang="it">: Sets the language of the page to Italian.
- Head Section (
<head>): Contains metadata about the page. This is not the visible content of the page.
* Character Set & Viewport:
<meta charset="UTF-8">: Specifies the character encoding for the page (UTF-8 is standard).<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">: Configures the viewport for responsive design, making the page look good on different screen sizes.
* Favicons & App Manifest:
<link rel="icon" ...>: Defines the favicon (the small icon in the browser tab). Multiple sizes are provided for different devices.<link rel="apple-touch-icon" ...>: Specifies the icon used when the page is added to an Apple device’s home screen.<link rel="manifest" ...>: Links to a web app manifest file, which provides information about the web app (name, icons, etc.) for installation.
* Canonical Link:
<link x-cq-linkchecker="valid" rel="canonical" ...>: Tells search engines which URL is the preferred version of the page. This is vital for avoiding duplicate content issues.
* Title & Meta Descriptions:
<title>I titoli di Sky TG24 del 12 gennaio,edizione delle 8 | Video Sky TG24</title>: The title of the page,displayed in the browser tab and used by search engines.<meta name="description" content="Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo I titoli di sky TG24 del 12 gennaio, edizione delle 8"/>: A brief summary of the page’s content, used by search engines in search results.
* Keywords (Less Critically important Now):
<meta name="keywords"/>: historically used for SEO, but less important now. Often left empty.
* Robots Meta Tag:
<meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:large"/>: Instructs search engine crawlers to show a large image preview in search results.
* News Metadata:
<meta name="news_keywords"/>: Keywords specifically for news articles.<meta name="news_img_original" ...>: The URL of the original image associated with the article.<meta name="news_img_small" ...>,<meta name="news_img_medium" ...>,<meta name="news_img_big" ...>: URLs for different sizes of the image.
* Open Graph (OG) & Twitter Card Metadata:
- thes meta tags are used when the page is shared on social media platforms like Facebook (OG) and Twitter.They control how the link appears when shared (title, description, image). They are crucial for social sharing.
og:url,og:title,og:description,og:image,og:type,og:localetwitter:title,twitter:description,twitter:card,twitter:url, twitter:image,twitter:site,twitter:creator
* Other Metadata:
<meta name="type" content="article"/>: Indicates that this is an article.<meta name="author" content="Sky TG24"/>: Specifies the author of the article.<meta name="section" content="Sky TG24"/>: Indicates the section of the website.
