What is Meta robot tag?

Meta robot tag :- This tag allows pages author to keep some web pages from being indexed by search engines, Similar to robot.txt file.

The meta robots tag is an HTML tag that provides instructions to search engine robots about how to index and display a web page in search results. The tag is placed in the "head" section of a web page and is not visible to users. The tag can contain several values that tell search engines what to do with the page, such as "index" to allow the page to be indexed, or "noindex" to prevent the page from being indexed. Other values can be used to control the display of the page in the search results, such as "nofollow" to prevent search engines from following links on the page, or "nosnippet" to prevent a description of the page from appearing in the search results. Proper use of the meta robots tag is an important aspect of search engine optimization (SEO) and can help improve the visibility and relevance of a website in search results.