Optimization of Tables

Your users read from top to bottom and from left to right. Navigation is usually at the top and usually on the left hand side.

HTML code is structured in the same way i.e. it starts at the top of the page to the bottom and from left to right in table design.

This can be a major problem on more complex table layouts because it pushes your header and keywords outside the 25 word range. One remedy is to use graphics for links at left instead of text.

Structuring your tables correctly can help search engine spiders more effectively access the text content of your site.

Insertion of a dummy cell brings the text above the navigation HTML allows Spiders access to the text content of the page before reading all the navigation HTML code.

If you are a devotee of div tags, you can achieve exactly the same effect using CSS scripts. CSS enables you to position elements that you may prefer to be at the bottom of your page source code, but it will appear say, at the very top of the browser or to the left.

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