Strong vs Bold

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by DevAdelicia, Dec 10, 2010.

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  1. #1
    Hello Friends,


    I see that every source coding has using <strong> instead of <b>. Yet both are correct and works fine. Anyone can explain why this is? What the w3 validation will shows..



    Thanks

    Dev
     
    DevAdelicia, Dec 10, 2010 IP
  2. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

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    #2
    Why don't you validate the page and find out for yourself? I don't think it really makes a difference.
     
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  3. QiSoftware

    QiSoftware Well-Known Member

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    When browser developers were first getting started-- standards were different. I believe IE or the early Netscape browser used <strong>. <b> later became the de facto standard.

    Q...
     
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  4. drhowarddrfine

    drhowarddrfine Peon

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    Of course they validate. The difference was to be made by the browser vendors but they never did.
     
    drhowarddrfine, Dec 10, 2010 IP
  5. kreativi

    kreativi Peon

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    <b> is used when we only want to make the text bold.

    while,
    <strong> is used to strongly emphasis on the text written within this tag.
     
    kreativi, Dec 10, 2010 IP
  6. iulzi

    iulzi Peon

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    <strong> is use for the seo purpose </strong>
    <b>The rank is like this. </b>
    h1
    h2
    strong
    h3
    <em>
    h4
    h5
    h6

    For seo, instead of <h3> is better to use <strong>
     
    iulzi, Dec 11, 2010 IP
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    Strong tags good for SEO. IMHO
     
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    Dear Friend

    Both act in the same way and have same effect but there is only fundamental difference. Bold is only a style whereas strong is a semantic - it defines the texts it surrounds.
     
    pauljhonsun, Dec 13, 2010 IP