Legal experts believe this case could help to set a precedent in this area. This is not the first such dispute involving metatags. Infospace Corp. recently agreed to remove the name of its competitor WorldPages Inc from its metatags., after the latter complained about the practice. Using and viewing Metatags Metatags are not usually visible to those who request a particular web page. Instead, metatags are key words or descriptions placed in a web page's HTML code by the web designer.
Search engines use metatags to categorize the content of a web page.
Since metatags are placed on a page by web designer, it's not uncommon for the person marketing a web site not to know what the metatags are. The suit claims that the three men made the comments hoping to drive the stock price down. Short-sellers make money by borrowing shares of a stock, which consequently declines in value. The case highlights the importance of knowing what's said about your company in Internet chat rooms, bulletin boards and newsgroups. All rights reserved except for the right to view this site using a web browser and to make private, noncommercial use hereof.