Source code structure: Position of content within the tag

[Tinhat]

Within the section of the source code of a site I work on, there are a number of distinct sections.

The 1st one, appearing first in the source code, contains the code for the primary site navigation tabs and links. The second contains the keyword-rich page content.

My question is this: if i could fix the layout so that the page still visually displayed in the same way as it does now, would it be advantageous for me to stick the keyword-rich content section at the top of the , above the navigation?

I want the search engines to be able to reach the keyword-rich content faster when they crawl pages on the site; however, I dont want to implement this fix if it wont have any appreciable benefit; nor if it will be harmful to the search-engine's accessibilty to my primary navigation links.

Does anyone have any experience of this working, or thoughts on whether it will make a difference?

Thanks,

[Copstead]

That will work, but don't try to game it too much.  I optimized a site where there was a ton of account info before any of the content.  So I used Absolute Positioning and moved all of that content to the bottom of the page, (but still displayed correctly).  This allowed the most valuable content and links to be crawled first.

Not sure if I would try to move content about the nav.

Your most important links will be in order of appearance to search engines.