WC3 Validation how much effect IN SEO ?

[kuglermd]

Do you think if a website’s Code is WC3 validated code it will get higher priority or advantage from all competitor who don’t have WC3 validated code. Please give me your feedback.

[royal]

Hi,
I think WC3 validation will not effect in seo and it have only 2-3% benefit in optimization. So don't spent your time on it for seo purpose.

[digital-signage]

it has no effect on seo but it will effect how search engines read the data. So it is best to have it

[surreypcsupport]

Yes, it helps but not as important as CTR from SERPs or Backlinks.

If you know what you are doing creating W3C compliant pages is very quick and easy so why any decent web builder wouldn't do this is beyond me.

[australiaseo]

Though not much concerned, once in Bing Forum I found that Bing considers a website code to be clean as one of the factor to rank in its results!

[Mars Guitars]

W3 validation is a factor in SERPS, but only a minor one. But remember, every little helps!

Minor non-W3 content won't have much effect, but a badly incompatible site will suffer.