Meta tag Syntax
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Hi,
This might seem silly.
What is the correct syntax for the meta tag used when noindexing webpages?
I have "". I have seen it both with and without the forward slash before the greater than sign. Does it make any difference if the forward slash is present or not?
Cheers
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That makes sense. Thanks
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It should not make any difference and is a question of style/syntax. The forward slash at the end is XHTML-Standard-Syntax. Sometimes, some validators may complain about one way of writing it or the other. Compare other Elements:
works if you write it just once at the start of a new parapgraph. Properly, a paragraph should be encased by
TextOfTheParagraph
, a DIV goesDivContentetc. Some elements ("void elements") do not have a beginning and end as such, for example a line break (
) or an image () or meta tags. Those can be written just like before or in XHTML-Syntax
indicating that the element is opened and then closed/finished by itself - there will not be a closing tag for it later on.Main point speaking for XHTML (HTML+XML) is that it is really well structured. Cf. http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_xhtml.asp
Regards
Nico
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Hi,
I've seen the forward slash too.
But google does not use it in the search console help.Check it out here:
Block search indexing with meta tags - Google SC HelpHope it helps.
GR
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