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HTML HTML Basics Images, Text and Links Add Meaning to Words with Text Level Elements

Posted by Ronald Paek
Ronald Paek
1,444 Points

strong tag usage question

Is it schematically correct to use strong tags around name, phone number, address words? Would a span tag be a better option and use css to style the elements?

1 Answer

Indiya Gooch
Indiya Gooch
12,075 Points
Indiya Gooch
Indiya Gooch
12,075 Points

In HTML, browsers will display <strong> tags the same way as <b> tags, and <em> the same as <i> however these tags having different meanings. <b> and <i> represent bold and italic text respectively, whilst <strong> and <em> imply the text is important. Search Engines can use this to help them understand webpages so if you're building a site with SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) in mind, then be careful how you use these tags because they may look the same but their meanings are different. 

<strong> I am BOLD but important(strong tags)</strong>
<b>I am BOLD (b tags)</b>
<i>I am ITALIC (i tags) </i>
<em>I am ITALIC but important(em tags)</em>