YouTube AdSense is not valid XHTML

I haven’t updated here for some time now, but if you didn’t know…the whole network of blogs has more writers (4 of us now) and has taken off in leaps and bounds. I’ve been continually updating the tech behind the scenes and I’m really happy with things at the moment.

I have learned that in some lower versions of IE the site looks a teeny bit funky, but I’ve decided to not worry about it. Those lazy buggers need to update their browsers! This is 2007 after all.

I will eventually write more about what I’ve done with WordPress on this blog and I’ve been thinking of releasing my modified plugins I have, such as the video plugin that allows videos from YouTube, Google, iKlips, Live Leak, Daily Motion and more all in valid XHTMl format. It super easy to post a video using the plugin, believe me.

I will say that while I’ve always worked very hard to keep all my sites fully XHTML and CSS valid, the new Google YouTube AdSense playders break that validation and as far as I’ve found…it’s not fixable. They have a div id containing your personal player account number or whatever it is and that number contains an “=” sign. There is no way around it. You need it to make the player work and if you have it, your site can’t be valid. It’s a pain in the neck that I’ll live with for a while to see how things go.

Beyond that, all my sites are completely valid. Rewriting ad code from advertisers to be valid is a pain though. I wish more companies would consider those things and just do it in the first place.

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