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Modifies the Master Page meta tags (the tags used by search engines when indexing a page)

You receive a NullReference exception  if you use the Page.Header property when the Master Page does not contain a server-side <head> tag. File: Default.master <%@ Master Language="C#" %> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head id="Head1" runat="server">     <style type="text/css">         html         {             background-color:silver;             font:14px Arial,Sans-Serif;         }         .content         {             margin:auto;             width:700px;             background-color:white;             border:Solid 1px black;         }         .leftColumn         {             float:left;             padding:5px;             width:200px;             border-right:Solid 1px black;             height:700px;         }         .rightColumn         {             float:left;             padding:5px;         }         .clear         {             clear:both;         }     </style>     <title>Simple Master</title> </head> <body>     <form id="form1" runat="server">     <div class="content">         <div class="leftColumn">             <asp:contentplaceholder                 id="ContentPlaceHolder1"                 runat="server"/>         </div>         <div class="rightColumn">             <asp:contentplaceholder                 id="ContentPlaceHolder2"                 runat="server"/>         </div>         <br class="clear" />     </div>     </form> </body> </html> File: Default.aspx <%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Default.master" %> <script runat="server">     void Page_Load()     {         HtmlMeta metaDesc = new HtmlMeta();         metaDesc.Name = "DESCRIPTION";         metaDesc.Content = "A sample of using HtmlMeta controls";         HtmlMeta metaKeywords = new HtmlMeta();         metaKeywords.Name = "KEYWORDS";         metaKeywords.Content = "HtmlMeta,Page.Header,ASP.NET";         HtmlHead head = (HtmlHead)Page.Header;         head.Controls.Add(metaDesc);         head.Controls.Add(metaKeywords);     } </script> <asp:Content     ID="Content1"     ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder1"     Runat="Server">     Content in the first column     <br />Content in the first column </asp:Content> <asp:Content     ID="Content2"     ContentPlaceHolderID="ContentPlaceHolder2"     Runat="Server">     Content in the second column     <br />Content in the second column </asp:Content>