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What
We Do
HTML Code Clean Up is the
service of validating a Web Sites source code based on an industry standard validation
process. Our service will check a site for validation errors, correct these
errors and monitor this site for changes. We also offer general SEO analysis
and programming of document structure, head, meta-tags, body and images for
improved Search Engine ranking results.
What
is Code Validation
Validation is
the process of
checking your documents against a formal Standard, such asthose published by the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) for HTML and XML-derived
Web document types, or by the WapForum for WML, etc. It serves a similar
purpose to spellchecking and proofreading for grammar and syntax, but is much
more precise and reliable than any of those processes because it is dealing
with precisely-specified machine languages, not with nebulously-defined human
natural language.
Why is Code Validation so
Important
1. There is the very practical
issue that non-valid pages are (by definition)
relying on error-correction by a browser. This error correction can and does
vary radically across different browsers and versions, so that many authors
who unwittingly relied on the quirks of Netscape 1.1 suddenly found their
pages appeared totally blank in Netscape 2.0. Whilst Internet Explorer
initially set out to be bug-compatible with Netscape, it too has moved towards
standards compliance in later releases. Other browsers differ further.
2. Search Engines and Directories expect your code to be in proper order and
in compliance with code validation. If your code has errors or is configured
wrong it will either produce a poor ranking or no ranking at all among the
popular Search Engines and Directories. Too often this is overlooked when it
comes to SEO... Too much attention is on keywords and Meta-Tag programming.
Our philosophy starts there!
All HTML coding programs add erroneous codes, unclosed tags or missing tags that are standard and go undetected... And you may be using a professional program like Dream Weaver or Front Page or some other popular HTML editor where you are led to believe that the HTML source codes are correct.... For the most part, from a design point of view it may very well be correct; however, search engine algorithms use certain criteria in searching for html source code and what they may see at your site may not be "palatable" to them...
3. It makes everything run more
smoothly... HTML, XHTML and CSS are specific in their use and when you meet
their specifications the machine runs better and faster. Each of these
protocols have a standard for use... It makes sense to use these standards to
help aid in the use and advancement of these technologies.
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