Is CSS better for SEO?

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Ronan, Apr 25, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Hi,

    I am using CSS for alot of my html tags and fonts,etc but am still using tables for layout. Is their any advantage in terms of SEO to using only CSS?

    Thanks
     
    Ronan, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  2. bacanze

    bacanze Peon

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    #2
    I could write a page about this, but to summerized, yes it is, less markup, faster loading page etc etc.
     
    bacanze, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  3. cdotech

    cdotech Banned

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    #3
    definitely.
    The HTML code on each page is much cleaner
    The CSS file is cached from the very beginning, and this speeds up the load time for the next pages
     
    cdotech, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  4. julandy

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    Search engines like css it makes for cleaner code. there is a really good book called 'designing without tables' by site point. difinately worth a read.
     
    julandy, Apr 25, 2007 IP
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    The less code is used in a web site the more easier is for a search engine spider to crawl your site and get important content.
     
    Webice, Apr 25, 2007 IP
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    Arson Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Yeah, you definitely are going the right way by using CSS.
     
    Arson, Apr 25, 2007 IP
  7. zk0

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    The short answer is Yes.

    You should read this article: "Accessibility is basic SEO knowledge"
     
    zk0, Apr 26, 2007 IP
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    #8
    Save your css code as a file like style.css and link it as an external style sheet.

    <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="style.css" TYPE="text/css" MEDIA=screen>

    Your pages will load fast and SEs will not confuse your content with css codes.
     
    henryzeng, Apr 27, 2007 IP
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    Search engines really like CSS based pages. Crawlers will process your pages faster and better. Great article zk0!
     
    blogpt, Apr 27, 2007 IP