At 04:00 PM 8/1/2006, TuteC wrote:
Hello all!
I have a rather simple question: does it have any semantical meaning
the name of a div? For example, if I have a <div
class="Distributors"><h3>Distributors</h3></div>, will the search
engine understand the name of the div or di I need that h3 to do that?
I know it has little sense and certainly I use also the h3, but it was
just a question I had.
Also, as <h3> means "Heading 3", what thas "div" mean?
Best regards and thanks in advance;
Eugenio.
Eugenio,
To my knowledge, no search engine attempts to parse the linguistic
content of class names or Ids.
"div" is an abbreviation for "division." It means an arbitrary
grouping of other elements, without any semantic significance beyond that.
The HTML 4.1 spec says:
"The DIV and SPAN elements, in conjunction with the id and class
attributes, offer a generic mechanism for adding structure to
documents. These elements define content to be inline (SPAN) or
block-level (DIV) but impose no other presentational idioms on the
content. Thus, authors may use these elements in conjunction with
style sheets, the lang attribute, etc., to tailor HTML to their own
needs and tastes."
W3C HTML 4.01 Specification
7 The global structure of an HTML document
7.5.4 Grouping elements: the DIV and SPAN elements
http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.5.4
I strongly recommend that you read this entire document -- you need
to know your ingredients before you can work wonders in the kitchen.
There are translations available here:
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html4-updates/translations
Regards,
Paul
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