# What is the meta tag name='tags' used for?
**URL:** https://community.swiftype.com/t/what-is-the-meta-tag-name-tags-used-for/187
**Category:** Helpline
**Tags:** meta-tags
**Created:** [April 20, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/what-is-the-meta-tag-name-tags-used-for/187 "2016-04-20T18:51:22Z")
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### Author:  [@jroque](https://community.swiftype.com/u/jroque)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/what-is-the-meta-tag-name-tags-used-for/187/1 "2016-04-20T18:51:23Z")
I used this tag assuming that it will work like keywords but it doesnt. Your documentation doesnt say much on this type.
meta class=“swiftype” name=“tags” data-type=“string” content=“tag1”
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### Author:  [@mike](https://community.swiftype.com/u/mike)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/what-is-the-meta-tag-name-tags-used-for/187/2 "2016-04-20T19:17:19Z")
Sorry for any confusion! The `tags` example is just a placeholder for any custom field you’d like to create when using the web crawler. For example, if a page includes the meta tag:
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When that page is indexed it will have created a string field named ‘`tags`’ for that page result document that has a value of ‘`tag1`’.
Similarly, if that page had the meta tags:
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The page that is indexed would include the custom field `keywords`, and hold the values `keyword_1` & `keyword_2`.
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### Author:  [@mike](https://community.swiftype.com/u/mike)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/what-is-the-meta-tag-name-tags-used-for/187/3 "2016-04-25T22:54:02Z")
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