meta tags?

[mossop]

I was looking for some information on security firms and found a site http://www.alliancesecurity.co.uk/. I looked at the source and found a lot of interesting meta tags shown below

<META NAME="OWNER" CONTENT="info@hansamnospam.co.uk (remove no spam)">
<META NAME="AUTHOR" CONTENT="HanSam UK Internet Services Ltd">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES" CONTENT="">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-LANGUAGE" CONTENT="English">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="VW96.OBJECT TYPE" CONTENT="Document">
<META NAME="RATING" CONTENT="General">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="index,follow">
<META NAME="REVISIT-AFTER" CONTENT="1 week">

Will these help its search engine rankings and what do the do?

[cbp]

They are all a waste of time and you are better off without them.

CBP