: Using 'geo.??' meta tags to geo-tag a blog post I am developing a blog post website, where each post will be about some location. Can I use geo meta tags to tag a post with that location?

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If you want to use these geo tags in HTML5 documents, the relevant definition comes from wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/MetaExtensions, where it says:


[…] to which the page is related


As specifications, it lists:

tools.ietf.org/html/draft-daviel-html-geo-tag-08 geotags.com/geo/geotags2.html

The expired draft (from 2007) Geographic registration of HTML documents clarifies in the section Applicability:


The geographic position given is associated with the resource described by the HTML document, not with the physical location of the document […], or the location of the company responsible for publishing or hosting the document.


The geotags.com page Geo Tag Elements clarifies in the section Notes:


The tags describe the position of the resource described on the page, for instance a beach or restaurant, not the company hosting the page, the company managing the resource, or the server hosting the page


So following the interpretation from both specifications (tl;dr): If your page is about New York, using geo tags referencing New York is appropriate.

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