It depends on your doctype. In HTML 4 and 5, using named entities like » is perfectly valid. However, in XHTML you must use numbered entities like » - most named entities are invalid, except for ", ', <, > and &.

Note: the alt tag is irrelevant in this case, it allows the same textual content as outside of HTML tags.

Simplest solution in my opinion: switch to the HTML5 doctype - <!DOCTYPE html>. It forces standards modes in all browsers, is future proof and is dead simple to remember.

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: HTML encoding in the alt attribute Why is it that » valid for an alt atribute but » is not?

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