Comments on: If Content Is Google’s King – Then Valid Code Must Be Its Prince!

By: I Shed T h i r t y P o u n d s in Thirty Days

I Shed T h i r t y P o u n d s in Thirty Days — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:10:35 +0000

Hi, interesting post. I have been wondering about this issue,so thanks for writing. I will likely be coming back to your posts. Keep up the good posts

By: Abeon Tech » Blog Archive » SEO and Valid Code

Abeon Tech » Blog Archive » SEO and Valid Code — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:43:48 +0000

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By: abeontech

abeontech — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:15:11 +0000

Great post.

But the title should say…

If Content Is Google’s King – Then Valid Code Must Be Its Queen!

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Abe On Tech : SEO and Valid Code — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:12:42 +0000

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By: g1smd

g1smd — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:19:03 +0000

There are a number of HTML coding errors you can make that will cause part, or all, of a page to not be indexed and/or links out from that page to not be discovered.

So, while validation maybe isn’t “calculated” as a factor in ranking, non-valid code can cause part of a page, a whole page, multiple pages, or a large part of a site to not be indexed at all.

You reckon any of these are ranking sub-optimum?

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=title+meta+name+content

By: fadi420

fadi420 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:06:31 +0000

I want to know what is going to happen when this guy retires in 5 years. What will happen to the G machine

By: The BitWorm Search Blog » Is the code validation factor…valid?

The BitWorm Search Blog » Is the code validation factor…valid? — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:15:08 +0000

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By: seoskin

seoskin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:37:06 +0000

Unfortunately, though I would love to debate this.. .I cannot speak to that because without knowing who and what their scientific method was I am unable to say anything about their results.

However, I can also tell you that for me, this is a rather recent discovery. Less than a year old and if you read Matt Cutts article you can see it is the first time any Google Engineer I know of has said that code will matter (read above if you missed that). Add to this the existence of the accessibility (though not really accessible) index and I still think what I am saying has merit.

It is the only way I can explain how my current site has over 3k indexed pages, is being found on over 2k search terms and shows up in the top ten including the no one spot in over 50 2 or 3 keyword shingles less than 3 weeks from setting it out on the net with barely ten real links to our name (many press releases, but Google does not count that). Content is a very large part of it, but I still believe the code helps too, but then again I may be wrong. Who, but Matt Cutts, really knows! Thanks though and if you find that study I would love to read it!

By: Gab Goldenberg

Gab Goldenberg — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:22:32 +0000

Someone tested this scientifically and disproved it being a ranking factor.