Incorrect fix re JSON data in map-global.php

  • In version 6.4.9, a change was made to escape the JSON data in templates/templates/map-global.php.

    This was not the correct fix. The JSON data should not be (directly) in a div element. Instead it should be in a script element with type=application/json. If it is in the correct element type, it does not need escaping (and should not be).

    The existence of the data in a display element (regadless of the inline style hack with display: none; visibility: hidden) causes SEO issues. Search engines regard it as content for the page (they often ignore CSS and style properties), include it in indexing, and may even include it in a snippet in search results.

    This is a bug report. (I don’t know where else to report bugs.)

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