The google site doesn't list it in order. Google keeps their algorithm very private, so that SEO's can't abuse the system (and they have several times in the last few years when they got "closer" to figuring it out). The important part is that google specifically does list *correct* html.shiznatix wrote:the google site lists content and content-esqu stuff much higher than valid html.
1. I never said they wouldn't list it at all. I said they couldn't *see* the content. Thats still accurate.shiznatix wrote:but if you forget a </table> or a </p> somewhere then im positive its not going to make google not list your site.
2. If its not correct html, it doesn't match what google said. Period.
3. Your level of confidence does not change their statement to "mostly correct html". They said correct html.
No, but they did list issues related to each of the five points I brought up, none of which you've presented counter evidence to.shiznatix wrote:google did not even mention "css" a single time on the page you listed.
Plenty of pages talk about why css is good for google, echoing many of the comments we've already made.
Regardless, we're off-topic. The OP wanted to know the elements *I* considered most important for proper ranking. I've given them, and explained why I consider them important. That is not an invitation to argue whether those are accurate or not.