Of course bots don't "read" anything - in the sense you have assumed I meant. Perhaps my language was a bit lose but I think most people here (amateurs and pros alike) will have understood what I meant.
In terms of
SEO - and it is as much art as it is science - my belief is that the order of content on a page is important. Much like a news report, with the 'biggest' headline and story of the day always coming first.
Notice also in search results themselves - the descriptive line under the main link often includes eg. email addresses, telephone numbers, dates, odd wording etc. Click thru and you'll usually find this content top of page in the source (when, to encourage click thru, a proper description may / probably would work better).
Like I said, it's my belief. Perhaps others have opinions?