Re: [css-d] Generally: CSS and SEO

tedd wrote: > Using anything /may/ cause problems -- it's the experience/skill of > the user that makes the difference. If by "user" you mean 'the visitor', then no particular experience/skill should matter. The basics should just work, and the rest should not prevent it from doing so. If, OTOH,

Re: [css-d] Generally: CSS and SEO

Many thanks for replies. I have a partially formed view. I mention partially because until sitting down in an Edinburgh pub with a knowledgeable blind person I'd had a complete view. I believe content comes first. It should "read" well, both in screen readers and SE bots. Accordingly, a detailed

Re: [css-d] Generally: CSS and SEO

At 4:49 AM +0200 5/30/06, Gunlaug Sørtun wrote: >tedd wrote: >>> Pitfalls: - repositioned "bits and pieces" may not scale well when >>> subjected to font-resizing. >> >> >> Use em's. > >Using 'em' for dimensioning and positioning works just fine in some >cases, but not at all in others. It all d

Re: [css-d] Generally: CSS and SEO

tedd wrote: >> Pitfalls: - repositioned "bits and pieces" may not scale well when >> subjected to font-resizing. > > > Use em's. Using 'em' for dimensioning and positioning works just fine in some cases, but not at all in others. It all depends of what those "bits and pieces" are and where they

Re: [css-d] Generally: CSS and SEO

>Pitfalls: >- repositioned "bits and pieces" may not scale well when subjected to >font-resizing. Use em's. >Simple example with "composite header": > > >> With css you can display things one-way for the viewer and another >> way for SE's -- no pr

Re: [css-d] Generally: CSS and SEO

>> Conventional mark-up and layout results in the typical HTML page >> format of Header / Columns / Footer format for "natural" page flow. >> >> My question is this: is it more search engine friendly to use a >> mark-up format of Columns / Header / Footer and use CSS >> position:absolute to pla

Re: [css-d] Generally: CSS and SEO

At 2:23 PM +0100 5/29/06, Mike A wrote: >I've mostly lurked on this list for more than three years but had >this niggling issue going round in my mind. > >As I understand it, best search engine results are obtained by >placing content nearest the top of page code - matching key words in >h1, alt

Re: [css-d] Generally: CSS and SEO

> Thanks Robert, > > My apologies, I wasn't specific enough. My question was intended to point > towards CSS issues of using flow in the way under consideration. So I should > have written, "what are the CSS pitfalls, if any?" > > I accept, of course, there are other issues, especially accessibili

Re: [css-d] Generally: CSS and SEO

Robert O'Rourke wrote: >> My question is this: is it more search engine friendly to use a >> mark-up format of Columns / Header / Footer and use CSS >> position:absolute to place Header above Columns and Footer? If so, >> what are the pitfalls, if any? > > I think thelist (http://lists.evolt.or

Re: [css-d] Generally: CSS and SEO

> My question is this: is it more search engine friendly to use a mark-up > format of Columns / Header / Footer and use CSS position:absolute to place > Header above Columns and Footer? If so, what are the pitfalls, if any? > > TIA for response. > > Mike A. Hi Mike, I think thelist (http://