Using Panel or PlaceHolder

Question

What is the difference between and in ASP.NET?

When should you use one over the other?

Answer 1

The Placeholder does not render any tags for itself, so it is great for grouping content without the overhead of outer HTML tags.

The Panel does have outer HTML tags but does have some cool extra properties.

• BackImageUrl: Gets/Sets the background image's URL for the panel

• HorizontalAlign: Gets/Sets the
  horizontal alignment of the parent's contents

• Wrap: Gets/Sets whether the
  panel's content wraps

There is a good article at startvbnet here.