[thelist] pros and cons of absolute positioning in css

[Carlos Costa]

Sarah, I think that the search engines get information from your
(x)html, not from your css.


On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:50:36 -0400, Sarah Sweeney
<mr.sanders at designshift.com> wrote:
> It occurs to me that I've been avoiding the use of absolute positioning
> in my CSS and in the back of my head I think there is a good reason for
> this, but for the life of me I can't remember what that reason is. I
> think it would make my work much easier if I used absolute positioning;
> I could more precisely position elements in my layout, and I could order
> my html in a more search-engine friendly way while having it laid out
> (visually) in a different order.
> 
> Can someone tell my why absolute positioning is not recommended, or let
> me know if I'm torturing myself unnecessarily?
> 
> TIA
> 
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