Someone from Google has spoken regarding valid code and google's bot. Thought I'd share Mr. Lasnik's post in the before mentioned Google Webmaster Help Group.
Sharron
Quote:
From: Adam Lasnik -
Date: Thurs, Dec 21 2006 7:34 pm
Our Googlebot is amazingly persistent and resourceful and is given
antacids each day before he crawls.
Seriously... I don't want to discourage anyone from validating their
site; however, unless it's REALLY broken, we're likely going to be able
to spider it pretty decently.
It's more important -- from a Google-friendly site perspective -- that
your site adheres to our guidelines and is broadly accessible
(serverwise, browserwise, platformwise, etc.)
Being more specific: I'm betting that in the vast majority of cases in
which folks have indexing or ranking concerns, the core issue is NOT
that their site doesn't perfectly validate.
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