Should a
list always look like a list for it to be semantically correct?

Question

I like to do my post layouts in the context of a blog like this:

<ul class="layout1">
    <li class="post">..</li>
    <li class="post">..</li>
    ..
</ul>

Which pans out to something like:

This allows me to, in my brain say "Okay, this is a LIST OF posts", it just doesn't look like a vertical list:

Concretely, is this an issue in terms of (1) performance and (2) SEO?

How it appears visually has nothing to do with semantically correct code. Simply read the specifications for lists and list items and follow the rules. — Robert Wade, Nov 15 '17 at 02:17
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because its about SEO, so maybe this should be moved to Webmasters stack exchange. — c69, Nov 15 '17 at 06:04
Note that asking for SEO advice is off-topic here; on-topic is to ask about whether the use is valid/semantic. For the latter, see also: [Which semantics is better for a list of articles?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/22684408/1591669) · [Should I use 'li' or 'article' for products listing?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/30844508/1591669) — unor, Nov 17 '17 at 02:03

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '17 at 05:59

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No, you're fine. This wouldn't be an issue for SEO or performance.

answered Nov 15 '17 at 05:59

user3649882

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