Empty <div></div> tags

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by edrectory, Aug 20, 2009.

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    Hey guys, just a quicky. Do empty <div></div> tags pose a problem for search engine rankings? The site functions fine with them there, but of course I don't want to drop rankings for bad HTML so would it be worth cleaning up?
     
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  2. pipes

    pipes Prominent Member

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    Hmm, not sure "bad" html would influence ranking much, what you're talking about is quite minor as far as im aware, it shouldn't be a problem.
     
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  3. SearchBliss

    SearchBliss Well-Known Member

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    It won't effect rankings, but you may want to remove them anyway.
     
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    Plain and simple. Wont hurt a thing. But what purpose are they serving?
     
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    Careful. Some of those so-called empty div tags could be needed for formatting.
     
    Webray, Aug 21, 2009 IP
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    I don't think that search engines drop rankings for bad HTML.Some time for the page format we have to use empty div tags.
     
    09pank, Aug 21, 2009 IP