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This is a story about web pages that are written in a language called HTML or XHTML. They consist of text or images placed inside tags that relay information to the browser on how it is to be displayed. Most web sites incorporate what's called an external style sheet to define these tags that tell the broswer where things should be and how they should look on the web page. 

In HTML, designers have the ability to use lots of inline styling. That means inserting style rules into the tags on the page instead of using the external style sheet. With XHTML, which you can think of as HTML's newer and more streamlined brother, most styling must be done in the external style sheet.

Cleaning up your pages

All this code can get messy. Sometimes a designer will put a page together, then need to change one element, but instead of doing so by adding a rule to the style sheet, we add the style rule to the tag on the web page itself. It's a shortcut that most designers use now and then but too many of them clutter up your code. Web sites designed in HTML are especially prone to this, as it doesn't require the stricter rules of XHTML.

What's the problem with messy code? When search engines crawl your site, they have to wade through more information than necessary to get to your text. This can greatly hurt search engine ranking. Semantic code is minimilistic, with little to no inline styling. All the better for search engines to find you.

Validating your code

There's also the issue of invalid code. Sure, it's entirely possible that your site can display properly in most browsers with code that doesn't validate through the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). Validating code is the responsibility of the web designer. Still, some incredible designers overlook this step. 

For some time there's been a debate as to whether valid code makes a difference to SEO. Our research indicates that while valid pages don't necessarily help SEO, invalid pages can hurt it. Search engines can trip up on errors in your code, ignore whole chunks of your page and thus not indexing them. If that chunk inludes links to other pages on your site, that will definitely impact your SEO for the worse.

Ordering

Sign up for this service and you'll get cleanly written, semantic HTML/XHTML that validates through the W3C.

Because the price per page varies according to your site, you're not charged at checkout for this service. This generally ranges from $10-$30 per page, depending on how much work needs to be done. Once I review your site, you'll receive a specific per page price for the work (I refuse to charge $30 for a page that needs only minor adjustments, so this extra step in ordering is necessary). At that time, you can decide if you want to proceed. Once payment is received, your valid code will be ready within a week.

If I can't get the page to validate, you'll receive a full refund for that page.

Important: Before ordering this service, if you're currenly using the services of another web designer and have an active account with them, please check with them to make sure this service doesn't infringe on your commitment to them.

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