W3 Validator — http://validator.w3.org/ — has been a lifesaver on a few separate occasions for me within the past year. It’s been particularly helpful when:
- I had no idea why my layout suddenly looked horrible in older versions of IE. (Hint: missing divs obfuscated by the server-side code!)
- Links — yet again in older versions of IE — suddenly stopped working. (Hint: wrapping tags around