Is it okay to use a nested table? Will search engines still read the site?
Ron
Purple Martin
1:13 am on Aug 16, 2005 (gmt 0)
Search engines will still read it. However, one disadvantage of overly-complex nested tables for layout is that the code-to-content ratio is big, which will drop the page lower in search engine rankings. A CSS layout usually gives a much smaller code-to-content ratio and therefore better search engine rankings. There are many other reasons why CSS is usually better than nested tables for layout, search this site for heaps of info!
rocknbil
4:25 pm on Aug 18, 2005 (gmt 0)
It also goes against 508 accessability guidelines. 508 guidelines recommend that if you **must** use table layouts, do it so that it reads in a logical order, but do not nest tables, find another way.
