GOOGLE Reads webpages

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    Hi
    I read a SEO DOC, i got this

    Google reads your webpage from top left, to bottom
    right? Well, in general they do, but because most websites contain a left hand column
    which contains all of their navigation links,
    Google WILL View all of the text in the left hand column Before The Body of the webpage.

    IS the above is a vaild info , is it good to have links on the left column rather than right ,

    Please know your comments
    kelly
    http://786-heba-ks.com/blog/
     
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    Yes it is. Generally the best position to have links on your site is top left.
     
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    johneva Well-Known Member

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    Google and all other search engines read your page in the order of your pages code, so if you have coded your site so that the right cloumn comes first in the HTML/XHTML then the right column will be read first, if you have coded your site so the content div is first in the HTML/XHTML then the content div will be read first, ect, ect.
     
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    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    No. The above data is completely bogus.

    Googlebot, like any other piece of software, reads web pages in source code order.

    CSS makes source code order unrelated to display order.
     
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    just like reading a book.. as for my believe.. thats the way google bot reads..
     
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    That's been a long standing understanding of all bots. I agree with will.spencer
     
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    I think google should come contact with content first and link second. :)
     
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    Agreed, not to mention that some languages don't read in the same order as English grammar "IF" the OP's question was true.
     
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