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Using the HTML lang attribute | The Paciello Group

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This link appeared in WDRL 142 on 24.06.2016.

Using the HTML lang attribute | The Paciello Group

Despite being a simple and old attribute, you can find a lot of websites doing it wrong: HTML’s lang. Sometimes it’s not declared at all, and sometimes its value is "en" although the content is not in English. Learn how to use the lang-attribute properly and where you can apply it.