In designing this blog I have been careful to adhere to web standards, and you should find that it validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional ((I know my CSS 2.1 has three errors, but to be fair they are CSS 3 or target specific rendering engines.)).  This is because web standards are important, and should be taken seriously.

With this in mind, it is a little worrying to read that when Jeffrey Zeldman tested the top 100 US sites listed at Alexia, only 7 validated.

On this day, in this test, seven out of 100 “top US” sites validated:

1. MSN (#7 in Alexa’s list) validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict. Who’d a thunk it? (Validation link)
2. Craigslist (#10) validates as HTML 4.01 Transitional. I’ll buy that! (Validation link)
3. WordPress (#22) validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. The power of the press, baby! (Validation link)
4. Time Warner RoadRunner (#39) validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. Meep-Meep! (Validation link)
5. BBC Newsline Ticker (#50) validates as XHTML 1.0 Strict. Cheers, mates! (Validation link)
6. The US Internal Revenue Service (#58) validates as HTML 4.01 Transitional. Our tax dollars at work! (Validation link)
7. TinyPic (#73) (”Free Image Hosting”), coded by ZURB, validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional. (Validation link)

Still, maybe there is hope if MSN can manage XHTML 1.0 Strict.