[Invalid] Markup Validation Part 1

I second the new validation error…

<meta name=”description” itemprop=”description” content=”My meta description here”/>

I read some earlier posted threads & see that this is known by AIOSEO & it doesn’t appear that it will be remedied. Is this correct?

Thanks!

Hi Jackinbox,

No, that’s not correct, you can see the discussion about this here.

Hi,

<meta name=”description” itemprop=”description” content=”My meta description here” />

https://validator.w3.org/ says the itemprop on the above meta has to be removed. It throws HTML validation error.

Please five me a solution for this. I am thankful.

Best regards,
-Ramachandran Annamalai

Hi Rams07,

Uncheck the check box in the General Settings that says “Use Schema.org Markup” and click on Update Options.

Hey Peter,

Thank you so much.It works for me.

Best regards,
-Rams

Thank you so much Peter

According to the W3 Specs for Microdata this
<meta name="description" itemprop="description" content="Lorem ipsum..." /> is not valid HTML.

I think there should be two meta-tags instead, one with the name and content attributes, one with the itemprop and content attributes.

Hi Syberspace,

If you search the W3 forums you’ll find lots of HTML experts discussing this and everyone seems to agree that this is correct Schema.org markup as required by Google but the W3 Validator just doesn’t like it. You have a choice, you can use the setting in All in One SEO Pack to disable it and ignore the fact that it is there because Google supports Schema.org, or you can leave it there and accept the fact that the W3 Validator will return errors.