Hi, what's going on with Google Adsense Search? Why doesn't it validate? Why isn't Google conforming to web standards? I've heard talks of being able to modify the code (that Google gives permission). Has anyone here done this, or know how to make it valid? Thanks.
As long as the core is OK, you can change the HTML. Web standard? No one really cares about it. You can see that big companies doesn't conform to it. It is just a waste of time/money and no one will be willing to pay extra money to "conform" to some standards. Also every browser has different standards (firefox/IE/Opera/etc..). People code for browsers, not standards. If it works on most web browsers, then it is fine. Peace,
If you try to validate google.com, that will also give you some errors Anyway, if you still want to be validate W3C, then here is a search code that I have on my site, and my site passes this test. I have removed the code, as it was not fitting in screen. You can see the code in my site in signature.
Hi Guys, thanks. I've had a look at your code, and it doesn't validate with my doctype. Does this type of application only work with XHTML? Can I use Google Search with simple HTML 4.01?
I'm surprised there's not many people out there who have experienced this problem! Do you validate your pages and also have Google Search? If yes then reply now! If you Google search this subject, this thread is the only thing that comes up on the subject. It's crazy.
Excellent! You're an angel. So basically you just remove the </imput> tags, and there is one </img> tag you need to get rid of- and then it validates. Wahoo! I just need to go on now and see if everything works. At least now when people have the same problem they can Google the subject and find this thread. Thanks for you help everybody. Problem solved.