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Adam Lasnik Google employee  
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 More options Dec 21 2006, 8:34 pm
From: Adam Lasnik
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:34:40 -0000
Local: Thurs, Dec 21 2006 8:34 pm
Subject: Re: Is W3C validation really essential for Google to list my site ?
Our Googlebot is amazingly persistent and resourceful and is given
antacids each day before he crawls.

Seriously... I don't want to discourage anyone from validating their
site; however, unless it's REALLY broken, we're likely going to be able
to spider it pretty decently.

It's more important -- from a Google-friendly site perspective -- that
your site adheres to our guidelines and is broadly accessible
(serverwise, browserwise, platformwise, etc.)

Being more specific:  I'm betting that in the vast majority of cases in
which folks have indexing or ranking concerns, the core issue is NOT
that their site doesn't perfectly validate.


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