pageoneresults - 12:19 am on Feb 8, 2007 (gmt 0)

I really hate to put Google code slingers on the carpet here but, after reviewing their code closely, they are quoting some attributes and not others so I don't think it was a bandwidth consideration.

Google's home page has to be one of the simplest pages html wise. Take a look, there really is nothing to that page, it is extremely minimalist.

There is no reason for them not to validate other than lack of concern? Interest? What? Why not take the few seconds to quote the attributes and escape the ampersands? And, take a few more minutes and get rid of the 1990's coding practices, please.

You know what it is? That page hasn't changed much from when they first launched publicly. They're using the same code now that they were then. Just a little heavier. It looked cleaner back then. ;)