The very first line of your HTML document should be:
The last line of your document should be:
It is very important that you do not place one of these tags anyplace else in your documents as they tell the browswer where your page begins and ends.
The IMG tag is used to present graphical images on your pages.
In the example above, the HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes are shown, even though they are not mandatory. Despite the fact they are optional, consider them to be
mandatory. If you do not use them, the browser will have to load and size all images before properly displaying your pages.
Between your & goes the META tag(s). These are used to present information to search engines and spiders, not to your readers.
These are two of the more common META tags for assisting search engines in indexing your site.