Comments on: Your Website Code May Not Be As Clean As You Think

By: SEOcopy

SEOcopy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:24:01 +0000

You are absolutely right, but if we are going to give out advice & call ourselves SEO geeks then I think we should make sure our code is clean. I say lead by example, and it really doesn't take any more time on your part. We pride ourselves on checking every little thing… I guess attention to detail is a huge thing for me.

By: Edinburgh Removals Guy

Edinburgh Removals Guy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:42:28 +0000

All the websites I've ever built have been valid. I feel this is one of the most important parts of designing a decent site. It's important to have standards to work to.

But….it doesn't seem to make an ounce of difference to the search engines whether you're valid or not….infact Google flags up errors if you run it through the validator.

By: SEOcopy

SEOcopy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:10:46 +0000

Gracias telefonia always nice to see people are paying attention. It won't be difficult just follow their instructions and remove all the mierda code and you will be fine.

By: SEOcopy

SEOcopy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:08:19 +0000

Omg you too. I saw some stuff on there I was like wtf? Who put that stuff on there? Suffice it to say so many different hands touched this thing that I am glad we only have ONE person messing with our code. Thanks for joining he conversation Jacob btw “I’m currently a full-time student at ITT-Tech pursuing web design.” very impressive

By: Jacob Stoops

Jacob Stoops — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:51:32 +0000

You're right, you definitely need to clean your code. However, when I validate, there are some pretty weird things that come up as errors such as page breaks
versus
versus

Weird stuff.

By: Telefonia Empresarial

Telefonia Empresarial — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:00:06 +0000

Very helpful article..expect to see more like that…I'll try the W3C & to see how it works .

By: SEOcopy

SEOcopy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:23:54 +0000

Hey Rafael no kidding huh? I was discussing this with another SEO geek & need I say an argument ensued. lolAmazing at how some SEO people forget the most basic functions. I personally want to say I don't care what Google does but, would that be smart? It's in their “how to” so we follow the rules and add a few new rules that work for our clients. Thanks for keeping the conversation going.

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By: rafaelmontilla

rafaelmontilla — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:03:37 +0000

Do not forget the W3C RSS Validator and W3C sitemap Validator

By: SEOcopy

SEOcopy — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:32:11 +0000

Just when you thought you had crossed all your T's and dotted all your I's have a good day cal!

By: Legal Dictionary

Legal Dictionary — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:23:17 +0000

I didn't know about that Validator. Useful bit of kit thanks- although it means more work haha

By: SEOcopy

SEOcopy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:54:03 +0000

Indeed & the way I see it there is tons of information out there. Some take their time giving it to you or hold you hostage for an email or a name. At Level343 we treat our readers as friends and we share our knowledge for free. Thanks for sharing in our conversation joel

By: SEOcopy

SEOcopy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:52:17 +0000

Yeahhhh I am glad we were able to help you. That just made me smile and it's not even 7:00 am. Okay now for more coffee and more tips & discussion to give away. Come back & join in the conversation.

By: Photoshopedia

Photoshopedia — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:14:32 +0000

Very interesting post, I am newbie in this domain so it was very useful for me. I used W3C and I discovered some errors to my web site so thanks for sharing with us.

By: joel0719

joel0719 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:38:05 +0000

very helpful article..it's just a matter of knowledge…I tried W3C & works great.

By: Free VOIP Calls Worldwide

Free VOIP Calls Worldwide — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:36:28 +0000

Excellent article. It was helpful and informative. hope to see more greats posts like this.

By: SEOcopy

SEOcopy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:05:43 +0000

Amazing at how many SEO professionals I know got very “pissy” (lack of a better word) about doing that. when I brought it up at an SEO chat. Like it was beneath them since they find no value in being validated. Personally I think it's unfortunate, almost like no pride in the work you put out there. To have clean code is a big plus at least imho. Thanks for your input

By: Lito

Lito — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:55:13 +0000

Yes you are right. It's worth the time checking a website to W3C validator to be sure.

By: FranchiseUK

FranchiseUK — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:15:23 +0000

Hi Gariella
Great post and some helpful info here on code validation. We ran this on our site some time ago and did all we could to fix as many errors as possible. Actually it didnt really make any difference SE ranking-wise as it seems search engines don't judge ever so highly on whether a site has perfectly clean code or not but surely its good practice and where possible it makes sense to cross as many t's and dot as many i's as possible. And the unintentional redirects you point out could indeed have implications on ranking if there are alot of 404 errors as a result.

Joe