CSS - Speed and Search Engines?

[k4ghg]

Hi - I am about to convert my old web page and plan on using an external CSS file. Does anyone know if a CSS file impacts the load speed of an HTML file? Also, how do search engines art with CSS pages? Thanks

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Does anyone know if a CSS file impacts the load speed of an HTML file?

Yes of course - as with any data (whether it be image, CSS, HTML, JS data, etc), the bigger the amount of code, the longer it will take to download.

However, at today's internet speeds, chances are unless you have some gargantuan behemoth of a CSS file, you should notice no massive slow-down.

Also, how do search engines art with CSS pages?

Can you clarify what you mean by "art with"? Search engines don't "art", nor do they take into account much of what happens in a CSS file (if anything) - they index content in the HTML page itself.

Hope this helps,
Dan




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[k4ghg]

Thanks - It should have been "act" (not art). Sorry fat fingers.

 

[feherke]

Hi

Search engines do not care too much about decorations. But they may parse the CSS to catch cheaters who use invisible texts for keyword flooding. So again, standard compliant is better. But neither correct/incorrect, CSS/deprecated, external/inline or other alternatives of the decoration have effect on the ranking.

For more about search engines better ask in forum828.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[k4ghg]

Thanks...