Firstly let me know explain you what is the difference between a Div and a table. The <div> tag in XHTML is a tag that defines logical divisions within the content of a page. Where a table is divided into rows (with the <tr> tag), and each row is divided into data cells (with the <td> tag). In the early years of web designing and programming tables tags were very common on almost all the webpages.
With the evolution of XHTML things have changed around quite a bit and web designers and developers have got various flexible tags for use the Div tag is one of them. The very basic difference both of them would be one being more SEO (Search Engine Optimization) friendly than the other. Div tags are more SEO friendly than the tables tags.
With the use of Div tags it is possible to reduce the markup code, table tags throw alot of code on webpages. Web pages load faster if div tags are used to display information on the page. With the use of CSS and Div tags it has become possible to design and develop better looking web pages which load much faster than the old table tags. Div tags might pose issues while veiwing the website in different browsers. With Div tags the position of the content/images is at times hard to fix amongst different browsers. However this is not the case with table tags, they take up absolute positions on the webpage and not pose any such problems.
The way internet and websites are changing importance is being given to content, people want more content to be displayed to their users. Web designers and developers these days are making use of Div tags to display loads of information on a single page. Though div tags are gaining popularity in the website design domain, but the good old table tags still beat them at some very crucial points. So if you are looking for a SEO friendly, quick to load website I advice would be to stick with Div tags. But if you are just looking for a basic website (like a personal website) to just display information you can try using the tables tags are they are faster to implement and don't cause too many problems.
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