lordgore - 11:55 am on Jan 20, 2009 (gmt 0)

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Thanks! I have to get reading and that's just the thing i need.

Would an A-Z listing qualify for the <ol> element?

That definitely qualifies for an ordered list. The best thing is that you don't need to type the corresponding letter for every new item. Just style your <ol> to display them automatically

ol list-style-type: upper-alpha;

Have a look at all the style types for lists [w3schools.com]

About reading the specs from the w3g - I have. At least some of them and am rereading as time goes by. You have to read them if you are willing to build accessible sites. I have done so through my interest in (x)HTML. Semantic markup is the way to go and I am so pleased that on-page SEO is that. That means that in the most part I have made my sites was coding SE-friendly without trying.

I can't agree that they're letting the cat out of the bag. They are showing the best practice for making websites. And if the best way of doing so is helping your ranking... well, nothing strange about that.