The Bing Webmaster Blog announced they have added a new feature to the crawl section named Markup Validator.

To access this new feature, login to Bing Webmaster Tools and click on the “Crawl” tab. Then on the right side or bottom left side there is an option to click on “Markup Validator.”

Duane from Bing said that while not all code validation issues have an impact on your web page from loading or rankings, “having the syntax incorrect can affect our ability to use the data as you intend.”

The tool scans for:

• HTML Microdata
• Microformats
• RDFa
• Schema.org
• Open Graph

Here is what the results can look like:

Related Stories:

• Bing Webmaster Tools Expand Crawl Details, Offers URL Normalization Tips & More
• Bing Webmaster Tools Integrates Yahoo Traffic Data
• Bing’s “Honey Badger” – An Upgrade To Webmaster Tools
• Bing Webmaster Tools Enables HTML5 Interface
• 2011: The Year Google & Bing Took Away From SEOs & Publishers

Related Topics: Channel: SEO | Microsoft: Bing | Microsoft: Bing SEO | Microsoft: Bing Webmaster Tools

About The Author: Barry Schwartz is Search Engine Land's News Editor and owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry's personal blog is named Cartoon Barry and he can be followed on Twitter here. For more background information on Barry, see his full bio over here. See more articles by Barry Schwartz

Connect with the author via: Email | Twitter | Google+ | LinkedIn