Google’s Matt Cutts has announced that W3C Validation and clean coding does not factor into search engine rankings. There are other benefits to having a validated website, but there is nothing in Google’s algorithm that will increase search engine rankings.
By guest writer Brandon Leibowitz
There have been many arguments as to whether or not Google search engine ranking factors look for a clean code in a website.
The W3C Schools have brought forth a very popular and widely used tool, called the W3C Validation and the CSS Validation.
Basically, both these tools look at your HTML and CSS Style Sheet that code your website for any errors that may arise. This free tool will scan all of your code to make sure it is compliant with current web standards and free or any errors.
Recently Matt Cutts, Google software engineer, has said again that the W3C Validation does not affect search engine [...]
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