Tables are relics of the past. Every web designer needs to get that fact through their head. Divs are in. CSS is what web design is all about these days. They save on code length (and page load time), in ease of use for web designers (and re-designers), and make for better search engine friendliness. Here are some reasons why cascading style sheets are far superior to table-based web design.

Improve your web design's search engine friendliness. The amount of code on a page is reduced by using CSS, therefore the page load time is lower, and search engine spiders like that. Spiders also like it when there is less code to go through to get to the content. There should be more content than code on your pages. CSS allows you to place more important text higher up in the code, while keeping your web design intact by playing that text visually anywhere on the page. Through the use of H1, H2, H3, etc. tags, you have the possibility to give hierarchy to various keywords on a given page, while deciding how large or small you wish to show them on a page. CSS can also do things that Javascript can do without all of the extra lines of code. You are not losing in functionality.

Make your web design easier for web designers. CSS allows you to decide on what the same tag will look like throughout your website, which means less hassle. You or your web designer do not have to go into each and every page to change its styling. If you are paying by the hour for someone to do design work on your website, then CSS will save you money (and time) because it is easier to modify.

Make your web design more accessible. Whether it is for different web browsers or different web browsing devices, CSS allows universal access to your website a possibility. You have the possibility of serving a different CSS file to each browser or device, allowing more users to benefit from your website.

Most New York web design firms no longer use tables in their coding. However, it is more difficult to convince the many small time web design companies to follow along the same route. Many website designers like to hold on to their old practices, like habits that they cannot shake off.