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Bad value “title” for attribute “http-equiv” on element “meta”.

About This HTML Issue

The http-equiv attribute on the <meta> element does not accept "title" as a valid value.

The http-equiv attribute is designed to simulate specific HTTP response headers. It only accepts a limited set of predefined values: content-type, default-style, refresh, x-ua-compatible, and content-security-policy. Using "title" is not among these valid values and will trigger a validation error.

If you want to set the title of your page, use the <title> element inside <head> instead. The <title> element is the correct and standard way to define the document’s title, which appears in the browser tab and is used by search engines.

Bad Example

<head>
  <meta http-equiv="title" content="My Page Title">
</head>

Good Example

<head>
  <title>My Page Title</title>
</head>

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