Thanks for replying Lea, seems like we share the same experience. -Chris
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lea de Groot Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 4:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [WSG] Search Engines and CSS - Doesn't the HTML Matter More? On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:03:51 -0500, Chris Rizzo wrote: > 2) And how does using good semantic code in your HTML help SEO, if at all? > Do the engines prefer to read semantic code, and if so why? Does that > translate to an SEO benefit? Sadly, I've been unable to find any evidence of semantic code helping SEO, or even of the bots preferring semantic code, *except* for the unproven possibility of code so badly formed that a searchbot cant figure out the content of the page. (ie code that validates wont have this possibility) But I've never heard of that happening, and surely if the browsers can render it then the bots can parse it. *sigh* Lea -- Lea de Groot Elysian Systems - I Understand the Internet <http://elysiansystems.com/> Search Engine Optimisation, Usability, Information Architecture, Web Design Brisbane, Australia ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
