W3C Validation and SEO

[karenc]

How important, if at all, is W3C validation in terms of SEO?Validated strict code has no effect on SEO. Search engines strip out most code, they are only interested in content.I'm confused though, your poll seems to be on a different subject.W3C validation in terms of SEOValidation plays an important role in terms of SEO too. If website is nt validated it do creates problem for search engine to crawl your website.Once you validate your website its free with errors....meman,You seem so sure about the fact that w3c validation of syntax does not affect the placement of a web site within the SERPs. I believe it does. I believe anything you can do to make your web site more user friendly and more compatible across multiple platforms and browsers has a big impact on your ranking. So W3C validation may not have a HUGE impact it self but I do believe it helps. It's one of the many things that you can do to optimize for search engines (search engines want to please the user, the more you do to make your site user friendly and compatible will help) when developing a web site.It also makes you look a little more professional and trusted to search engines. Just like if you register your domain for 20 years ahead or if you spend a decent ammount of money on online advertisements google factors all of those things and many other things when ranking a web site I believe.So.......... In conclusion I believe w3c validation does help with SEO. It may not have a huge impact but I do believe it will give a web site a little boost. - Jacob - JacobQuote:meman wrote:simmi wrote:khasmoth wrote:Hardly impossible. Having a validated site can improve you rankings. Who wants to link to a site that border line crashers their pc? Good site with good code=more back links. More back links = better ranking.simmi wrote:Joking? Did you just write that without checking yourself? I checked before I posted, and I check again now.My site is compliant with zero errors. It may not be on every page, but I know it is on most of them. I check all of them every few weeks. The home page certainly is: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http% ... ype=InlineSorry meman, but I am going to have to agree with SEO_Pro on this one. Also, W3C might not be a technical way of SEO right now for google, but you cannot deny that it someday may be, and it surely cood be already with another search engine. Heck, it may even be a marketing technique for searh engines in the future...like making your search query pull up only w3c sites. It may not be the biggest market, but there are a lot of people out there who need w3c sites.The argument wasn't that it might one day be a factor in SEO, People were claiming that it is a factor in SEO now and that is just plain wrong, Incorrect, missleading information...meman wrote:<pHot Babes</p> isn't "invalid" code, It's just wrong. Obviously if you want a search engine to take note of bold, underline or header tags it finds on your page you have to at least close and open the tags properly. But that isn't what W3C validation is and you know it, You are just being pedantic.Pedantic? Classic! Isn't that what being compliant is about? You either pass or don't. I don't think the validator says "Your doing a good job, but you made one little error.". Also, that may be one stupid typo, but could be a big mistake when you suddenly drop in hits by 30%.