W3c Said close the Meta tags like this?

[Webkiller]

W3C is telling me to close the meta tags like this /> and not like this >. Even websites all over the web say close like this > including major search engines like google and bing and yahoo.

 

I mean would it throw off your meta tag in SEO to close it like />. I bet it wouldn't but you never know with all the little stuff these days???

[Wickham]

It depends whether your doctype is HTML or XHTML.

 

HTML strict and transitional and framesets should have only > to close meta tags and several other tags like img br hr input etc.

 

XHTML doctypes must have the above tags closed with /> and must have lower case for code markup (tag names).

 

Using the wrong closing tag will raise errors in a validator, but the page may still display OK as browsers often disregard errors. I doubt if it affects SEO.

Edited September 20, 2010 by Wickham

[Webkiller]

It depends whether your doctype is HTML or XHTML.

 

HTML strict and transitional and framesets should have only > to close meta tags and several other tags like img br hr input etc.

 

XHTML doctypes must have the above tags closed with /> and must have lower case for code markup (tag names).

 

Using the wrong closing tag will raise errors in a validator, but the page may still display OK as browsers often disregard errors. I doubt if it affects SEO.

 

 

Just gave your rep for a great comment.

[Kyle Undefined]

I know it's an old post (kinda), but wanted to clarify that how you close a tag doesn't affect SEO.