Q and A: Does CSS help improve search engine rank?
Dear Kalena...
Does CSS help improve search engine rank?
contactlab
Kalena's Answer:
Hi contactlab
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) alone probably won't make a blink of difference to the way your site ranks. However using CSS may reduce the amount of code you need to use on each page, avoiding code bloat. Bloated code can sometimes cause important content to be shoved to the bottom of the HTML, reducing the likelihood of it being indexed by engines and reducing its relevancy weight.
CSS can also improve the accuracy of your HTML because there is less code to make errors with and more likely that your site will validate to W3.org standards. Valid code is less likely to trip up search robots as they crawl through your site. So while using CSS won't necessarily boost your rankings on it's own, it could make your site more search engine compatible and that may in turn improve your rank.
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Does CSS help improve search engine rank?
contactlab
Kalena's Answer:
Hi contactlab
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) alone probably won't make a blink of difference to the way your site ranks. However using CSS may reduce the amount of code you need to use on each page, avoiding code bloat. Bloated code can sometimes cause important content to be shoved to the bottom of the HTML, reducing the likelihood of it being indexed by engines and reducing its relevancy weight.
CSS can also improve the accuracy of your HTML because there is less code to make errors with and more likely that your site will validate to W3.org standards. Valid code is less likely to trip up search robots as they crawl through your site. So while using CSS won't necessarily boost your rankings on it's own, it could make your site more search engine compatible and that may in turn improve your rank.
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2 Comments:
I fully challenge that. Code a page in CSS with the content first and not buried behind the header, and sidebar, and in some table and your page will rank better.
Ok, I have edited the post for clarity. What I meant was that just because you use CSS doesn't mean your site will rank well.
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