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Id in the meta tags
Dear All,

Does the id="" in the meta tags affect the ranking in the search engines.

For example:-

<meta id="ctl00_metaPH_mtaDescription" name="Description" content=""></meta>

Is this tag correct or should it be without the id=?

I am outputting the id= since I am generating them dynamically from the database

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No! Even the content attribute has no effect on rankings.

Additionally, it should be pointed out that there isn't actually an id attribute for meta tags.

Required attributes:
1) content

Optional attributes:
1) name
2) http-equiv
3) scheme

Standard attributes:
dir, lang, xml:lang

See www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_meta.asp for additional details.
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Thanks JagNet

Better put the question like this, maybe i was misunderstood.

Leaving the id="" there, does it do any harm to the search engines? I mean can i leave it there since its generated by the code
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No, it won't harm you with regards to the search engines.

It would prevent the page validating to W3C specifications, but this has no impact on search results rankings.
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