Validation

kchayka wrote:

Do any search engines even bother checking for validated code?

They have to be able to parse the code. The more syntax errors in it, the
less likely their error recovery routines are able to cope.

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On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:47:14 -0500, kchayka <usenet (AT) c-net (DOT) us> wrote:

Big Bill wrote:

I don't believe engines worry their softwarey little heads about
rendering problems, just about interpretation of the contents of the
site.

Search engines aren't the only thing at issue.

If it validates, they can assume that they have a fair handle on
the contents, if not, they can't.

Do any search engines even bother checking for validated code? I suspect
not, however I imagine they do check for particular tags, attributes or
nesting as part of their SE spamming detection process. That has no
relation to code validation, though.

The three majors have included a request for validation at one time or
another in their guidelines. Sort of, anyway, as one of them asked for
well-formed html. I'm under the impression that they used the language
wrong as if it's well-formed it can't actually be html.

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