{"by":"wooby","id":464081,"parent":463234,"text":"A related argument against table-based layouts, which I don't see any discussion about yet, is that \"it's important to maintain a high ratio of content to markup for SEO purposes.\"<p>In my view, a complicated div-based layout is just about as markup-heavy as a table layout, given separate CSS files in both cases. So I would think the point is moot. And my suspicion is it's just SEO firms blowing smoke in an effort to figure out things to sell.<p>So, is this at all a substantiative claim?","time":1233674454,"type":"comment"}