Although CSS layouts have been around for years, they haven't become so commonplace until recently. This was basically due to limited browser support (especially from Netscape 4) - nowadays though, CSS 2.0 (which introduced positioning) is compatible with over 99% of browsers out there (check out the browser stats over at http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/css/css-navigation-menu.shtml). A higher search engine ranking A CSS-based website will appear higher in the search engine rankings for three reasons:
- The code is cleaner and therefore more accessible to search engines
- Important content can be placed at the top of the HTML document
- There is a greater density of content compared to coding A higher search engine ranking means more site visitors, which, provided your website is usable, should lead to an increase in enquiries or sales. Faster download speed A faster download speed will make you money? Well, yes. Slow download speed is often cited as one of the biggest usability complaints for websites. A faster download speed therefore leads to increased usability, and a web usability redesign can increase the sales/conversion rate by 100% (source: http://www.etforecasts.com/pr/pr0603.htm) and one third of the world's population will own a wireless device (source:
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