Keep your website simple for the search engines
The search engines love simplicity, so give it to them. When the search engines send their spiders out to index your website they crawl through each page of code. If your code is full of Java script or inline styles and other junky coad bloat they could leave your page without fully indexing it.
When your designing your web pages make sure you pull all of those files out into external files that are then called in by a link from the main web page where they are to be used.
Two ways you can cut down on code bloat is by using CSS (cascading style sheets) or by creating a simplified version of your site with out all the bells and whistles.
CSS is a great way to get rid of unwanted code bloat. Code bloat is when you use inline and on page styling and java scripting instead of putting it in an external style sheet. If your web site has too much in the way of code bloat then you may loose points from an SEO standpoint.
More than likely code bloat is not that big of a deal from an SEO standpoint. It probably holds about as much weight as the keyword meta tag does.
However, if you have a competitive site that needs to rank for competitive keywords, you want to make sure you hit as many of those 60 on-site page elements that you need to do to fully optimize your site as possible.
Remember, every little bit helps.
