URL encoding converts characters into a format that can be safely transmitted over the Internet.
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
Web browsers request pages from web servers by using a URL.
The URL is the address of a web page like: http://www.cricinfo.com.
URL Encoding Examples
| Character | URL-encoding |
| € | %80 |
| £ | %A3 |
| © | %A9 |
| ® | %AE |
| À | %C0 |
| Â | %C1 |
| Â | %C2 |
| Ã | %C3 |
| Ä | %C4 |
| Å | %C5 |
Meta Information:
HTML also includes a meta element that goes inside the head element. The purpose of the meta element is to provide meta-information about the document.
Most often the meta element is used to provide information that is relevant to browsers or search engines like describing the content of your document.