The technique is called reverse source order, and yes in theory it does improve your ranking in SERP's because content laden words appear at the top of the page. It also means the first screenful in a text only browser is content.

I've been using this technique for over two years now, and if you position your navigation with CSS nobody can tell the difference.

You don't need skip links, but you can code them in if you want, drop the "skip to" because it doesn't really make sense and add menu, as it is slightly more universally understood than navigation:

* Main Content
* Navigation Menu

regards
Terrence Wood.


On 24 Jun 2005, at 11:56 AM, Darren Wood wrote:

indeed.

if i used a screen reader I'd rather see:
    * Skip To Main Content
    * Skip To Navigation

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