goubarev - 10:38 pm on Oct 29, 2006 (gmt 0)

Hi here is my opinion:

1. Google evaluates the content section of a page differently from the rest of the template. - Probable
I've seen major movements when changed text in the first 200 words - not the "content section". But there might be something that google does differently to defferent parts of the page.

2. Google is using human editorial input to affect the SERP - Probable
I don't know anything about this - close to impossible to proove...

3. Using a dedicated IP address helps in ranking. Opinion
I have no evidence to support this. I do have few sites on shared IP
s - doing just as well as on dedicated...

4. Seeing any urls tagged as Supplemental Result means there is a problem. Opinion
I guess it depends what the "problem" is. If the "problem" is having too mcuh "obscure" information, than, yes. If the site is small and it's not about some "obscure" topic and most of it supplemental, than there is a "problem".

5. Having non W3C compliant code will harm your site - Myth.
Look at the SERPs

<editor's note: the W3C topic sparked a side discussion
which I moved here [webmasterworld.com]>

6. Having html errors will harm your site - Opinion.
It depends on what kind of errors. If it's really screwed up, then True.

[edited by: tedster at 2:54 am (utc) on Oct. 30, 2006]