answer, or solution, will be provided with HTML 5. That is a
very long time for an idea to see the light of day.
The original question stated, "I suggest a "content" tag such
as the following:"
<HTML>With HTML 5, we will have the following (and most likely as table-less structure):
<BODY>
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>left column repetitive "junk"</TD>
<TD><CONTENT>Spider me only, I'm the content!</CONTENT></TD>
<TD>right column repetitive "junk"</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
<header><nav></nav></header>
<article>Spider me only, I'm the content!</article>
<aside>right column repetitive "junk"</aside>
<footer></footer>
Of course, a "spider" can now see that the "content" of this page is held
within the article tag. As for the website itself, it should be in a CMS
system, such as WordPress, Drupal, etc that already has the content
separated in database "blog" or "page" files as in the case of WordPress.
This allows for a clean internal method for searching for keywords on the
website.
In the last 7 years since I asked this question, we have moved from a
table structured method for layout to table-less CSS design. However,
most table-less layouts make excessive use of div tags. Therefore, I
now ask if all attributes for markup that are used in divs will be allowed
in the following tags: header, article, aside, and footer.
Best regards,
Eric Pollitt
Global Hemp, Inc
PO Box 5125
Peoria, IL 61601
Tel: 309-686-9000
Fax: 309-686-9009
Online store http://store.globalhemp.com/
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