Do Spiders Read These The Same?

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  1. #1
    Do spider read these the same?

    <h1>Title</h1>

    <div align="center" class="h1">TITLE</div>
     
    nameonthecake, Aug 23, 2006 IP
  2. bobby9101

    bobby9101 Peon

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    #2
    no
    use <h1 class="center">TITLE</h1>
     
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  3. jdevalk

    jdevalk Active Member

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    #3
    basically, you want to write semantically correct markup. Using a div where you mean a h1 is semantically incorrect.
     
    jdevalk, Aug 26, 2006 IP
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    ahkip Prominent Member

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    #4
    no they don't, use h1
     
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    #5
    Spiders knowadays don't take a h1 / h2 to much in consideration...
     
    lovefinder, Aug 26, 2006 IP
  6. jdevalk

    jdevalk Active Member

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    I beg to differ... Have you done ANY tests that proved that statement?
     
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    hmmm... i always thought that h1 type tags are very important for your site's keywords... :confused:
     
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    #8
    So will

    <h1><b><font face=verdana,timesroman size=5><center><font color="#660033">TITLE</font></center></font></b></p></h1>

    work?
     
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    #9

    I agree. I have heard the complete opposite.
     
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  10. jdevalk

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    Well Arcos, i can only suggest you learn CSS. Normally, a h1 bolds the text anyway, and has 100% width of it's parent block, so you can easily center align it. So what i'd do if i were you is:

    html:

    <h1>TITLE</h1>

    css:

    h1 {
    text-align: center;
    font-family: "Times New Roman", Verdana;
    color: #660033;
    font-size: 20px;
    font-weight: bold;
    }

    that does the same and is way, way, way easier to read for both a browser and a spider. In general my experience is that clean markup will do better than bad markup, all though i have no hard experiments to prove that statement.
     
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    There are a ton of tutorials online about CSS. If you want something lined up like a course and done with Flash then you should check out Lynda.com. There is a price but I think it is reasonable (if you get the monthly subscription) and it really helped me out. Just make sure you stop your subscription if you won't be using it for a month or two. You ought to also check out csszengarden for some awesome inspiration. ;)
     
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