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Originally Posted by EWSitesCom
Why is markup validation important for seo?
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That depends on what you mean by "markup validation". If you mean W3C validation, it isn't important to SEO. If you mean HTML validation, ensuring that all the closing tags are there, correct punctuation, etc., that's important because spiders can only index text - if the markup doesn't display the text correctly, it can't index the content correctly. Remember - spiders aren't browsers and they won't auto-correct errors like Internet Explorer does.
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Originally Posted by sheena
It shouldn't hurt SEO ratings, as the code is fairly clean but does not validate exactly. This is an issue that will be addresses in Version 4.
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Version 4 of what?
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Originally Posted by pctec
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Only to the extent that it finds syntax and punctuation errors.
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Originally Posted by ArdRigh
It is a good practice to validate your codes. But in terms of SEO, there will no effect technically on the site's status.
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Yes.
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Originally Posted by NothingButNet
to be honest... I think it is important for SEO. A correct code is a scannable code and the search bots like that. But aside this... I see no other SEO benefit.
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Again, yes, if you mean HTML validation for errors; no, if you mean W3C validation.
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