why are so many crap Microsoft FP pages on top of most search results?

How would one get listed like this:

Landstar Notice the staggered links to more pages on that site?

Yah.. aggravating isn't it ? I found this article interesting:
http://www.andyrutledge.com/web-standards.php

or this one: http://warpedvisions.org/projects/ho...eb-page-sucks/

I'd just like to post my example of how NOT to design a website and still have it rank first page (3rd for me)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&r...obal+petroleum

http://www.globalpetroleum.com/

Don't even bother trying to use FireFox to view it BTW.

Page Rank <> Where Your Pages Rank

How you rank in a query is really dependent on whether a page you built is relevant to what a searcher asked for. The searcher doesn't care if you used FrontPage, DreamWeaver, WordPress, or Notepad to build that page. They only care what's on it.

I understand that newbie but, it does seem to be a bit strange that the most sites that have top page positions seem to be coded in Microsoft FP.

I guess what boggles me is, if w3c methods truly boost your placement because they are more "SEO Friendly" as I have read time after time from sources such as Jeffery Zeldman, A-List and countless other articles. Why then aren't more of these "SEO Friendly" pages on top position when I type any search query?

I understand content is content... maybe I just notice it more because "Web Standards" are still such a new technology to the industry and many of the web pages out there are out of date.

Is it possible the web standards movement proclaiming "Better SEO Positioning" are more like snake oil salesmen with Microsoft in their back pocket?

This world we live in works in mysterious ways sometimes...

Conspiracy theory !!!!! Conspiracy theory !!!!!

f w3c methods truly boost your placement because they are more "SEO Friendly" as I have read time after time from sources such as Jeffery Zeldman, A-List and countless other articles. Why then aren't more of these "SEO Friendly" pages on top position when I type any search query

Because validation makes absolutely no difference at all to search engines.

The code isn't "friendlier" for SEs as many like to claim, search engines really don't "care" whether your code is 100% valid XHTML strict or doesn't even validate to HTML 3.2
Just as long as it can be dragged off the server and isn't so badly "broken" it is no longer recognisable as text + HTML code, it will be retrieved and indexed.

The biggest problem with "experts" is they have to be always saying something that validates (no pun intended) their position, and they all too often come out with these broad statements that they have never actually tested and then because of who they are it's then repeated as fact by all and sundry who want to appear as "experts" as well.

Originally Posted by Sydpix

I understand that newbie but, it does seem to be sort of strange that the most of the sites that have top page positions seem to be coded in Microsoft FP.

I guess what boggles me is, if w3c methods truly boost your placement because they are more "SEO Friendly" as I have read time after time from sources such as Jeffery Zeldman, A-List and countless other articles. Why then aren't more of these "SEO Friendly" pages on top position when I type any search query?

Obviously, I added a wee bit of emphasis to your statement.

What keywords are you using? It's entirely possible you're seeing a particular corner of the internet that doesn't represent the whole. It's also possible I'm talking out of my belly button. But I take a keen interest in science, and the scientific method, so that really jumped out at me as a possible "sampling error" if you will.

But now that my interest is caught, well, I'm curious what others have to say, if this is a fluke or not, and more.

Searches with Microsoft top listed results. Well... what appear to be Microsoft coded sites. These are just a few. The next time you do a search, look at the top pages and view source.

Real Estate

Music

World News

Free Templates

Web Scripts

Gas Prices

Baby Clothes

Call me crazy but, (I'll emphasize this before someone else does )

Microsoft as powerful as it is, wouldn't surprise me for one minute if they were padding the pockets of Google to formulate their search engine results to favor Microsoft produced pages.

Fight the GIANT !!! boycott!!!!