Does too much inline CSS impact SEO rankings

[STP_SEO]

Hello,

Does implementing a lot of inline CSS have a negative impact on SEO rankings? I imagine it could affect page speed, but any other issues I might run in to?

[Martijn_Scheijbeler]

Well, I wouldn't recommend doing it as from a development perspective it ain't great. But from an SEO perspective I would worry more about the other 299+ ranking factors that are out there. Basically having your CSS validated or HTML validated won't do much in 2017 for your ranking compared to all the other variables that are taken into account.

[STP_SEO]

Thanks Martijn, Why isn't it great from a development perspective?

[Martijn_Scheijbeler]

Well, CSS files exist for a reason and in 99% of the times are a better option.

[TimHolmes]

If you have lots of inline css, but would like to implement a site wide style change - e.g. changing text size, or your updating your brands colours - any inline css could stop this from taking affect fully and instead of a quick change to a single line of css in a stylesheet, you could potentially have to update hundreds of files wasting time and effort that could be spent elsewhere.