Clean HTML Code = Higher Google Rank, and Higher AdSense Rank!

Posted 9 months, 1 week ago at 11:15 am. 0 comments

The debate over Valid HTML and CSS affecting your Google Rank has gone on forever, even though google state More Content, Less Code = More Relevant!

So I took the liberty of contacting Google, Their reply was:

“Hello Adam,

Thank you for your email. I understand that you want to know whether valid HTML and CSS help in better organic search and AdWords ad rankings.

Please note that clean HTML codes and CSS help improve rankings because they make it easier for our crawlers to find information. Sites’ positions in our search results are determined based on a number of factors designed to provide end-users with helpful, accurate search results. These factors are explained in more detail at http://www.google.com/technology/index.html.

In general, webmasters can improve the rank of their sites by increasing the number of high-quality sites that link to their pages. To learn more about inclusion and ranking in the Google index, please visit our online Help Center at http://www.google.com/support/webmasters. Here, you’ll find answers to users’ most frequently asked questions.

To know more about how you can improve your site’s ranking, please visit http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34432&hl=en_US

If you have additional questions about your site, we encourage you to check out Google’s webmaster tools. Our webmaster tools can provide you with comprehensive information about your site, including which search queries trigger your website listing in our search results, potential indexing problems, and errors our crawlers may have encountered trying to access your pages. Get started with Google’s webmaster tools at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools?hl=en_US.

We welcome you to post any webmaster-related feedback or questions in our Webmaster Help Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help. Here you’ll find helpful conversations with both Googlers and experienced non-Googlers.

If you have additional questions, please visit our Help Center at https://adwords.google.com/support to find answers to many frequently asked questions. Or, try our Learning Center at http://www.google.com/adwords/learningcenter/ for self-paced lessons that cover the scope of AdWords.

We look forward to providing you with the most effective advertising available.

Sincerely,

Rupam

The Google AdWords Team”

There we go I would say Clean doesn’t mean Valid, but if its Valid, it’s clean right?