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Old 01-16-2009, 03:41 PM
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Smile Re: CSS based design vs. Table based design

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Originally Posted by jbladeus View Post
There is no evidence that either tabled or div-based layouts affect a site's ranking in the search engines.
I used to develop sites with nothing but tables, and now I use CSS as well. I have noticed a slite change in the way my sites are indexed for the better. Thats enough evidence for me.

I read somewhere a while back that google prefers faster loading pages, which CSS accommodates. I still use tables for some layout to achieve centered positioning of the content regardless of the users resolution settings, and for the simple reason that I have seen to many websites load, without loading the refered CSS file for some reason. Fortunately reloading the page will usually render the page completely in tact, but I prefer my sites to be understandable under any circumstance.
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