One of the most frequent steps skipped in web design and search engine optimization “SEO”, is HTML validation of your web sites HTML code. Without proper coding and HTML validation, search engines spiders might not parse your coding if errors are found, and may not be able to index your entire website, therefore omitting content. (The end results are much like putting your brakes on, therefore inhibiting your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts and results.)
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Search engine crawlers are software programs that follow HTML standards, therefore they can only index your website effectively if the HTML code is compliant. If the “SE” spider finds an error, it may cause the spider to stop crawling your website and lose the data that it has collected due to the error. (Utilize the most out of the search engines and validate your HTML Markup).
Most of the major search engines can handle minor errors in your HTML coding, however, missing HTML code such as brackets, missing or not closing tags can result in that your web page can’t be found in the search engines. (Pages that are HTML validated, usually rank higher in the search engines and that gives you more potential web traffic).
Beyond that, you are also increasing the likelihood of having your web visitors experience browser problems when viewing your web site. (Avoid browser display problems and losing visitors).
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HTML document validation is an automated process. Just like the Spell-Check feature in MS Word enables you to identify and correct spelling and grammar mistakes in the document there are HTML validators that enable you.
Click the link provided: W3 Markup Validation Service. Check your web site’s HTML code and try to fix any errors in your HTML markup that you have!
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