HTML <div> tag

**Florinda** · Aug 22nd, 2011, 4:51 am

what is the role of <div> element in designing a web page...?

**moorthimani** · Aug 22nd, 2011, 11:44 pm

Hi....
The <div> tag defines a division or a section in an HTML document.
The <div> tag is often used to group block-elements to format them with styles.

Example:

<html>
<body>

<h3>This is a header</h3>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

<div style="color:#00FF00">
<h3>This is a header</h3>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</div>

</body>
</html>

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**Florinda** · Aug 23rd, 2011, 12:14 am

How it helps in SEO..

**Winleet** · Aug 23rd, 2011, 6:01 pm

It doesn't help in SEO. It is just used for designing purposes.

**Florinda** · Aug 24th, 2011, 8:55 pm

Somebody told me that if we design the web site using <div> element google search engine ranks that site higher than other sites which is designed using table element.. is it..

**mattdoerr** · Aug 25th, 2011, 5:18 pm

It is used to build a website in tableless format, the site could face problems in different browsers if the site is working fine on the default browser. Comparatively, the sites designed in table format loads perfectly without any error.

**rasel786** · Nov 2nd, 2011, 1:04 am

The role of div tag is, <div> tag defines a division or a section in an HTML page.

**addyj672** · Nov 2nd, 2011, 1:14 am

Originally Posted by Francine

The <div> tag defines a division or a section in an HTML document.
The <div> tag is often used to group block-elements to format them with styles.

very right about Div tag... I think it is not helpful in SEO...

**soniasharma** · Nov 2nd, 2011, 2:40 am

Its used for designing purpose not for seo.. but the H1 tags and alt image tag, title meta keywords and description and etc. they are helpful in seo.

**mtrick** · Dec 23rd, 2011, 4:02 am

Div tag is define division in the HTML .By Div tag you can design all Web page. it is containing block of code.

**cyberdesignz** · Jan 4th, 2012, 3:04 am

Originally Posted by Florinda

How it helps in SEO..

Div tag is container for other tags.
For SEO point of view it is better to use div instead of using table for containing data and by using div your code length should be decrease so web crawler easily crawl your page. It may help you if you have a large website.

**simplyamazing12** · Jan 4th, 2012, 10:20 pm

div tags rarely help in terms of search engine optimization. It does help you organize the content with sections. That is the only purpose I see it serving in my coding.