Why Table-Less Websites Are More Faster Then Table-Based Websites ? by:Harminder Singh

Tables less website

Tables less website

This could be surprise for some but most designers know W3C recommend table less sites. Actually the tables are made to display tabular data in spread sheet format and it been used for many year to design and develop websites. But after the introduction ' tag, ' tag and ' tag people start comparing the utility between the site created in nested tables and site created table less.

Yahoo and bing both see the site structure for giving the site ranking and most importantly W3C recommend to make the WebPages without table even if you want to display data, it is recommended to use xml and xst or use ' tags. The main reason for that is latest browsers and browser used in pocket devices don't follow the same rule which is set by Microsoft for their sole browser IE [Internet Explorer] to read the tables as IE reads.

Table-based pages are also much less accessible to users with disabilities and viewers using cell phones and PDAs to access the Web. Most of the latest browsers and mini browsers reads table from left to right or top to bottom, so you can't see the contents as you designed in these devices. More over you always see the site left to right or top to bottom in pocket devices.

You could not control the contents if it is seen without table. But if you use or tag you could bring any contents to top and afterwards for pocket devices and other browsers. This reference becomes more important when you get to know that Search Engines also read the site without tables and do read few kb of contents, so they will read what they find first.

The tables Less site has one more quality which is the backbone of a very well built site, it load much faster then table based website.

So if future technology only like table less sites then how to make it. The answer is very simple with the help of CSS. You can design you webpage or website with the help of CSS. You can put a ' tag and define it's position, size and other attribute according to your requirement. The other benefit in using ' tag is you can put your tag on the top of HTML and shows it in footer, so when Search Engine robot search your site can read that first and when someone is viewing your site in Palm Top or pocket devises the user get to see those contents first even if content is on the bottom.

The redesign of websites become more inexpensive and simple you have not to redesign all pages and all section of website, by just changing in CSS styles you can change the position and size of the layer, and it will done in all pages at ones if the CSS is written for it.

So this is the time to redesign your website to TABLE LESS site. So for more information you can mail us at info@lotictech.com or visit us at www.lotictech.com

About the author

Author is Managing Director at Lotic Technologies Pvt. Limited and have expertise in SEO, W3C and Table-Less sites

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