<head> HTML Tag
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- Element of
- HTML Document Structure Before And After HTML5 – Here’s What Changed
- What does
<head> HTML Tagdo? - The <head> element contains information about an HTML document that is used by browsers and web crawlers but is not displayed to website visitors.
- Display
- none
- Usage
- structural
Contents
What to put in the <head>
The purpose of the document <head> is to provide information about the document itself.
Semantic Information
<title><meta>, especially keywords, a description, and Open Graph details.- Relevant
rel=links`, especially canonical URLs, links to RSS Feeds, and links to translations.
Presentational and Functional Information
- Doctype declaration
- Character Set declaration
- Link(s) to CSS
- Link to a Favicon
- An “HTML5 shiv”
- Javascript that must be at the top of the page
Placement of JavaScript
It was once very common to place all JS into the <head>, however that is no longer recommended practice because it can slow down page load. Today, the typical recommendation is to place JavaScript at the end of the <body> element whenever possible.
Browser Support for head
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