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Marcos Ferrao
Marcos Ferrao
3,772 Points
Posted by Marcos Ferrao
Marcos Ferrao
3,772 Points

Do I have to use the Language attribute inside of the HTML tag? If so, why?

I've seen people using that attribute when writing code, I ask that because I'm from Brazil and I would like better understand that.

mikkel pohjola
mikkel pohjola
1,966 Points
mikkel pohjola
mikkel pohjola
1,966 Points

you dont have to. It is so google can see what country you come from for example i am from denmark so i use this to tell google that my website is from denmark

<html lang="da"> ... </html>

for more info you can look at w3 schools website

https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_language_codes.asp

i hope it help