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Originally Posted by Seopro
I don't think anyone knows the answer to this but we all have our own opinions which is great. I can say that I have been #1 on Yahoo out of 20 million for 15 months and everytime I check I am the only one that validated my code. The fact that I use CSS and my content is 60% compared to the others at 20% or less has an effect on this.
Also I dont think it makes a difference how much competition there is, it could be 300,000 in this case or 3 million or 30 million to have 6 places in the top 10 and those are the only sites that use valid code has to say something. I took the 6 places in the last 4 months when I added Portland, Oregon to my web site. Before that none of the top 10 validated.
We have all agreed to disagree which is what makes a forum so interesting and informative.
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That huge number of results is caused by individual words. If you want to know your real competition, search with quotes. For your phrase "affordable
seo company oregon" there are 9 results, including some of your own posts in various forums ;) There's no competition for that phrase.
Also, you said you gained rankings by adding "portland, oregon" to your site. That alone is already prove that your valid codes didn't put you at the top. The content did!!!
Your conclusion that you rank #1 because of valid code is wrong. Test it by adding a couple of errors to your code and see if your rankings change,. :)
Agreeing to disagree is nice, but it is also being plain old stubborn and you´re definitely not learning anything from sticking to your own opinions without even the consideration there might be more to it than just valid codes,. :)
The error often made is the logic that:
"I did A and B happened, therefore A is responsible for B happening and this always applies in every situation."
If you live by that rule you´re going to lose a lot of time on a lot of stuff... :)