g1smd - 11:21 pm on Feb 18, 2006 (gmt 0)

...and this all fits in neatly with the advice that I have often given, to mark up all content inside the block level elements of headings, paragraphs lists, tables, and forms, and then use CSS to style them.

The HTML code on-page becomes very light, renders quickly, and is much easier for bots to parse (and might just get a better position - I sense that every page that I have converted from HTML bloat (with nested tables, multiple <font> tags, etc) to semantic HTML, with CSS for styles, has jumped up in rankings within a week or so).