What is Better Between DIV TAG and TABLE TABLE

What is Better Between DIV TAG and TABLE TABLE ????????

Please Suggest which on is better Between DIV TAG and TABLE TAG for Search Engine Promotion and How.

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Neither is better, but I would use div. Div is the new standered and table is not XHTML valid.

If you were going to sell a template a XHTML/CSS tableless layout would sell for more than a HTML table layout.

 

Yes you are right for a Sell Template POINT Of view, but I am asking SEO point of View, which one is better for making a page search engine Friendly. And which one preferred first by search engine.............................

 

I build my sites to XHTML Strict using DIV tags for layout. I then only use tables for data elements, such as a price comparison table.

 

DIV TAG is better then TABLE TAG tag.

 

Neither is better for SEO purposes. Search engines ( the S & E in SEO ) care about content, not markup. Google doesn't care about whether you use tables or divs any more than they care whether you drink espresso, drip coffee, or none at all.

Tables are perfectly valid xhtml. People didn't stop needing to display tabular data just because we really like the letter x now. But layout and graphic design aren't tabular data. You should use divs and css for that, but SEO has nothing to do with why.

 

Both are good at their own places, but I think div tag has got some more flexibility.

 

I agree, you can use a style sheet making life easy if you want to make changes. Some say using tables for layout effects seo due to the way site is read (from left to right), though i wouldnt worry about it too much.

 

if i had to choose between the two it would be div tag for me.

 

Div tag has a lot of advantage compare to table like in terms of loading your page, crawling your page and SEO friendly.

 

I would refer divs, search engine friendly and best of all, challenge

 

div because will be less html code to write

 

I don't know about their search engine friendliness, but a table-less layout certainly is a challenge

 

Meaning lesser codes, then faster loads, unlike the tables

 

I use div tags for my site and it is easy to use.

 

best practice is to avoid inner tables

 

Well, I think in the future, tables would be ignored with the help of Dreamweaver's new feature, which allows users create tableless layouts that are browser friendly