Originally Posted by CraK

That's not correct, as Search Engines do not index the WHOLE page, but instead the top part. Usually the sites that DO have text below the thumb tables, it doesn't really help much as it's not being indexed by search engines. If you flipped it and put the text on top and thumbs on the bottom, then it would be more helpful, but then again, people would start complaining about their prod and not take this route.