Bold or Strong?

There are two tags viz. bold and strong, which one is the best in SEO? and why?

 

<strong> and <B> Tag both are used to Bold a Character.

 

Strong is more preferable than bold.

 

Strong & Em tags are valuable in SEO aspect.

 

there are claims that strong is better for seo purposes.

 

To all intents and purposes they are the same and interchangeable. I doubt it matters really in terms of seo; any ranking factor that applies to bold would also apply to strong.

 

Strong - we tend to put these in paragraphs between h1, h2 and h3 to make them look right.

 

Interesting... I thought like gazraz that they were identical. Any references for those who think there's a difference between the two ? I'd be curious to know why.

 

Although the '<b>' tag still works in most browsers, it is technically deprecated, so even though there is probably no difference for SEO if you want to ensure your html will validate correctly in the future I would use the '<strong>' tag.

If the search engines place any emphasis on html validation, then you want to make sure the html you use is valid and correct which would include not using deprecated tags.

 

This is correct. Although there is no difference between the <b> and <strong> tags, the latter is more widely-used these days.

 

tag was very useful for today and serve or can be used on your h1, specially on your Website Title.

 

Both are same according to Matt Cutts. So no need to worry about.

 

yes dis is correct.

 

Can anyone please explain how strong tag is more useful in seo than bold even though both have the same effect..?

 

Strong and Bold both are useful to seo, it's use to bold a keyword.

 

You can use anyone both are HTML tags.

 

the secure way is use <strong> for your keywords and <b> for other unimportant words (SEO).

 

i will vote for strong.

 

They both perform the same function.