HTML Validation. What's so great about it?

What are the main points of having html validation other than the obvious "my site is broken"?
I keep hearing about how important it is, does the html validator lie? Anything that it says is wrong that may be right?

 

Browser compatibility is a big plus.

 

Does it help load time in a browser?

 

No. it dont help anyway. But now a days, its good to make site compatible with IE 4+ or NN6+.

 

Use Anetto HTML Candy (http://www.anetto.com.ru) to validate your HTML pages.

Here is description fro authors:
Anetto HTML Candy is new-age software for final
preparation of HTML pages. It is able to fix up a
wide range of problems with HTML syntax, including
tags, styles, attributes and attributes' values.
Each found item is listed with warning type, the
line number so that you can see where the problem
lies in your markup. Moreover, it recommends you
possible solution, so it will be useful for
newcomers especially. Also, it helps you check your
page to HTML 4.01 recommendations to make your
pages more accessible to people using other browsers
and OS. Validate your document objects: images,
links, external scripts and css before uploading.
Anetto HTML Candy helps you beautify hard-to-read
HTML code, generated by specialized HTML editors
and conversion tools. Work with HTML Candy will be
pleasant due to nice Windows XP like interface,
back-up system and HTML syntax highlighting.

 

Is that what they mean by "Forum Spam?"

 

Another term appliable: 1-post wonder

 

By quoting him you just gave him a backlink...

 

Dagnabit! I can't get back in to remove the link either.

 

This will be the best link he will ever get

 

It's entirely up to you whether you do it or not G, but bear in mind these points:

• Valid code shows that you've taken the time to learn to code correctly and taken into mind the standards that organisations (w3c) have worked so hard to develop

• Working to a standard now will save you having to fix your code in the future, should you need to expand to other platforms, hand your code to another developer etc.

• With this in mind it can be a marketing bonus - a client looking for valid code will know you can do it, as long as you show examples

• Valid code is better for cross-browser/ cross-platform compatibility

• If spiders /bots /crawlers obey HTML standards then constructing to these standards should avoid any potential issues with searching/ indexing/ crawling

• It's a bit more work in the short term but ultimately it will make you a hit with the ladies

OK, maybe not the last one, but the others are generally accepted out there. A page's DTD, charset and HTML language are important for the browser to render a document/page, so it will be beneficial to get into the habit of good coding.

XHTML 1.0 and CSS only layout (seperating style from content) are good goals to work toward. Hacking blogger templates has helped me learn a lot about XHTML and using styles to position and display images. Personally I'm still stuck on using tables for other sites and content but it's a great challenge; and adds another string to your bow

The choice is yours, though I hope that helps

 

It helps alot if you are trying to bring up a great site where loads of people come in and out. You wouldn't want any of your visitors to get browser errors and loose interest in your product or your services. Hence, validation is a todo when opening a big site.

 

Wow, check this out. Someone gave me a negative reputation vote for my post with this comment:

Someone's a bit paranoid. Aarrgh

 

I have started to validate my code on my websites using the loose form. Do any of you validate using the strict form?

 

search engines like it and so does firefox