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Google’s official stance, clarified by Gary Illyes, confirms that HTML structure and code quality are not direct ranking factors. While valid HTML is a best practice, it does not inherently help Google “understand” a document for ranking purposes.  About This Document This document is aimed at helping people understand how Google

You might have heard that Google uses over ‘200 signals” to help it rank documents, and see references to rank signals AND rank factors. A common misconception is that rank signals are synonymous (mean the same thing) as rank factors and these are often conflated (confused as one) in SEO