Re: How important is clean html in search results?
There is clean and then there is WC3 Clean
Clean, nicely constructed code is important in getting indexed and searching well. Some search engines place different values on "cleanliness" It was reported to be a vital a few years ago but I think with the advent of newer media, dynamic pages, and other coding niceities the search engines have dialed back that importance to allow for more socially and media relevant web pages.
So make the code clean enough for the spiders to navigate...in fact make it as clean as you can (let's tidy up our playground) but if you trip a few WC3 violations don't bee too concerned. Keep the content over keeping the clean code
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