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Does it matter anymore?

From: Carlos Narváez <crakup@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:37:07 -0500
Message-ID: <e660b2250710201337l2c09d967pec82e07e2552f310@mail.gmail.com>
To: public-evangelist@w3.org

What is the importance of w3c anymore, even if the major players don't
follow their standards? Upon validating some of our site pages, I
posed the question to myself of just how many of the "Heavy Hitters"
are doing the same as I am.

The Following results are from using w3c's HTML Validator tool with
default settings:
I am NOT name calling in ANY WAY. :)
Search:
Google.com - Failed validation, 50 Errors
Yahoo.com - Failed validation, 34 Errors
live.com - Failed validation, 64 Errors

Big Box:
Walmart.com - Failed validation, 78 Errors
Amazon.com - Failed validation, 1199 Errors
Homedepot.com - Failed validation, 9 Errors

Given these results of some of the heavy hitters on the web today, how
important is HTML validity and/or this tool?

-- 
Carlos Narváez
http://www.fondosdepantalla.com.mx
Received on Sunday, 21 October 2007 16:30:18 GMT

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