Why would meta description text get added to the meta HTTP-EQUIV tag?
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For one of my clients, the people coding the site added the meta description content to the HTTP-EQUIV tag as part of the "name" attribute. Curious if anyone has seen this practice before?! I notified them that the description meta tag was not coded properly -- the search engines do not interpret the "name" attribute and the text that is in it. Anyway, It looks like:
**<meta http-equiv="<a class="attribute-value">Content-Type</a>" content="<a class="attribute-value">text/html; charset=utf-8</a>" name="... <a class="attribute-value">and services. ... .</a>" />**
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I would insist on a typical description tag. That may work, but I, and you, know the typical description tag works. If someone has a new way of doing something that changes something you know works, you should play it safe unless there is a clear gain.
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