is it true that tableless design affects SERP in a postive way?regarding SEO what is the positive aspects if i use tableless design for my site.. tnx!
I imagine its to do with well structured code being easier for the search engines to read. Less problematic. but this is broader than tableless code - its valid xhtml and css. the search engines like well structured pages - that's why for example they like heading tags. Pages that are designed in this way are designed to be more future-proof. The stylesheet can be updated as styles change and the well structured information could be rendered for different media using different stylesheets. I did read somewhere (can't remember where though) that this was one reason why blogs are well respected by the search engines. most blogs have valid xhtml and css. mine still needs a little work however
I don't think it has anything to do with the 'structure' of css. If anything, it's the fact that the pages are lighter (source) and having less design and more content is rumored to help. Supposably the higher in the source the keywords, the more effective they are... and a CSS design will help with that. Other than that, their can't be any advantage IMO.
Well, yeah, well-structured code that is lighter, with less design and more content. Just browsing around for 'validation seo' i found: This is from SEO Gurus - I haven't used this site before so I don't know much about them. So according to them code that doesn't validate may cause problems for search engines trying to index them. So that's a seo reason to validate your code and css. tableless design is the first step on this road. thomas
Further reason why people should practice validating their code and learning about CSS. Great feedback everyone. I find this information most useful.