what is better foe SEO - Stylesheets or HTML?

what is better foe SEO - Stylesheets or HTML?

 

I think Both but it depends on how you use CSS & HTML..

 

I think html is best.

 

i don't see how u can use one without the other. Of course, you must use CSS instead of alternatives like tables or style implementation in the code itself. But you cannot activate CSS without html..... so definitely use CSS to group styles together for easy reuse and optimization, but NEVER EVER use tables if possible. That's my advice from a personal tragedy......

 

CSS is better than pages that use a lot of tables. CSS removes a lot of the code form your page leaving the actual content higher up the code.

Most sites that use tables shouldn't have a problem though as long as the pages sizes are kept reasonable.

 

Google is trying to make sure the best sites from a users perspective rank at the top so its not really important whether your site is CSS based or uses tables.

In some cases CSS is better but there are more important aspects to worry about.

 

of course its important. CSS code are much more readable by spiders for SEO purposes compared to tables. So for SEO purposes, u must use CSS.

Also, the choice between CSS and tables will seriously affect the proper display on various browsers as well as the potential expansion of your codes and site. So it is important for you to worry abt it NOW. If you implement tables right at the start, it will be a NIGHTMARE for you in the future, trust me.....

 

That's not true at all. Spiders are perfectly capable of reading HTML and tables pages. How do you think they coped a few years ago before CSS became widely used?

The only advantage that CSS has is that there's less code - which is better, but not vital.

 

Agreed CSS makes it much more comfortable even while coding to put the styles into another file.

Plus from the optimization point of view it is vital.

 

CSS makes the site more lighter.. HTML can emphasize what are your targeted keywords... so i think they're both needed in SEO... they need each others tasks...

 

Its not the only advantage. IF you use CSS to style your site it will load faster and be easier to modify.

It will load faster because the HTML file will have less table related code making it smaller. If you use an external CSS stylesheet it will only be downloaded once by the user's browser and served from its cache when required again.

It is easier to modify because you can change the look of your whole site by modifying your single css stylesheet file.

 

HTML is generally simpler, but if CSS is written perfectly, it makes it visually more readable on pages that would normally be full of crappy code.

 

having a site that is CSS based is always nice but your site isn't condemned to hell or anything if it is table based.....as long as your code is free of errors you should be ok...

 

I believe that CSS is better for SEO because when used correctly, it makes pages more content-centric by removing uneccessary tags, tables, etc.

 

the page load time is very much reduced in case of CSS sites compared to HTML ones.. The code also looks clean n neat in CSS.. I prefer CSS over HTML

 

I also think it is better to use CSS instead of table, less code, lighter pages etc.

 

They are both important 'coz the .css is use for styling the html codings and format...

 

i think CSS is the best option.

 

Isn't that exactly the same thing? Less code=quicker load times

 

makes sod all difference