SEO was: Re: [thelist] PHP and Search Engine Bots.

[Randy Pearson]

Another Google factor I read involved limiting content size. Do you know if
this is *total* size of the HTML or just size of the inner text? The reason
I ask is that our development framework tends to produce rather verbose
markup, particularly element IDs and the like. For example, a textbox in a
row 3 of a grid on a form might well look like:

<input 
  id="formInvoice_gridLineItems_row3_txtQuantity" 
  name="formInvoice_gridLineItems_row3_txtQuantity"
  size="8" 
  value="1"></input>

I realize a <form> isn't the best example of a page you want to search for,
but you get the idea. Is there a search-engine penalty for having lengthy
markup like this?

TIA,

-- Randy


-----Original Message-----

> I've always wondered just how valuable a table free layout is with 
> regards to Google search ranking.

My site is consistently on the first page of a google search for the
words/phrases I've focused on, and it's entirely tables. Good titles and
content (plus meta tags just in case) do the trick.

spinhead