Yes if the benchmark is speed. The new browser layout engines are quicker than the old floats and divs with billions of class tags. Plus the quickest download i

Yes if the benchmark is speed. The new browser layout engines are quicker than the old floats and divs with billions of class tags. Plus the quickest download is always no download. Then there is the matter of maintaining the content. Div soup has to get chucked down the drain for the new agency or developer to make more div soup. It is worthless. Meanwhile, a document with proper markup and judicious use of semantic HTML5 tags is content with value that can be easily re-styled. SEO matters too, pure speed matters but so does document structure. Hiding your content in div soup does not impress the Googlebot. Next?