W3C validation does not factor Google ranking

Surprised? Yes, Video below from Google’s Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s webspam team, finally confirms and sets the record straight.

In short, that’s because majority web pages on the internet aren’t validate. Making it factor in Google’s ranking would effect search results. Well, make sense. But don’t put wrong that you shouldn’t care about the W3C validation. In fact, you still should, because it’s much easier maintaining a web page that’s W3C validated than a page that isn’t.