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Definition Lists – Misused or Misunderstood?

This article goes into depth in the usage of definition lists, perhaps an underused bit of HTML syntax. When are <dl>’s appropriate, what are their downsides, and how do they affect SEO?

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Posted by Terry on Jan 31st, 2011 Tags: , ,

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    ashishanexpert (-6 Points) February 1, 2011 at 5:28 am

    very useful, but we have a better alternate called UL-OL (ordered and unordered list)…

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      WP-designer (4 Points) February 1, 2011 at 6:13 am

      You don’t get it. dl, ul and ol are not alternatives of each other. Each of them has its own reason to use.

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      Terry (4 Points) February 1, 2011 at 6:15 am

      I agree, and are great in their own right!
      The tag is used to create an ordered list, which can be numerical or alphabetical.
      However the definition list is used in a very different way, working more on the depandancy and relationship between the list itself and the title.
      The other advantage to definiation lists is that you can embed it within a ul/ol allowing you to not only explain list items, but also giving you greater CSS control over dynamically generated content without using classes or ID’s.

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