Bold vs Strong HTML Tags

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taobao

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Creating a website in PHP and have observed that the tags bold and strong does work the same way. I am a bit confused after that because if they both are working the same way what tag should i use. I have just tested both of these bold tags and strong tags in these browsers (IE and Chrome) but have not noticed any difference. I am not sure if there will be any difference when people will see the effects of these tags in other browsers and devices. Any info on these tags ?
 
Now is the age of CSS and the new sites being developed seldom use old HTML tags like Bold and others so it is recommended use Strong tag as it is more widely accepted tag now.
 
I think at some point in time they had a distinction in terms of HTML structure, but I think it's more common to just use "bold" these days. There's a possibility they may have rendered slightly differently in different browsers, but I've not seen this happen recently.
 
I use <strong> instead of <bold>, because it's newer HTML code so it might look better in Google's eyes. Not sure though, I read some article last time about Google praising websites with modern HTML markup instead of older ones.
 
Isn't <bold> a deprecated tag anyway? I usually use <strong>. A fun thing to note is that the tag <strong> does not come across the same in all browsers.
 
I use <strong>, took me awhile to change from <b> but I don't used to it. It is better for CSS even if your not using CSS it's good practice to do it.
 
Yea, I use <strong> as well. I too had to break the habit of using <b> lol It felt weird at first but seeing as how CSS is everywhere it makes sense to get used to it.
 
You shouldn't use <b> at all. The <strong> tag can be used only if the text inside the tag should be emphasised. If you just want a bold text for decorative purposes, CSS should be used instead.
 
This is the type of thing that makes technologies more difficult than it needs to be. All of these issues with deprecation and incompatibilities really should be ironed out by now, especially on the fundamental aspects.
 
When I first started working with HTML, I used the bold tag, but now I have started to use more modern code, therefore using the strong tag.
 
Bold and strong tag are same action perform the HTML code. It show the HTML word is Bold showing on the display. This tag is used for the css and HTML.
 
I don't think you should use bold any more because it's subjected to deprecation. I can't even remember the last time I used the <b> tag, I guess it was when I first started with HTML. Taobao, stick with the <strong> tag.
 
Both do the same, they make text bolder. But <strong> tag is more semantic and today, no one is using <bold> tag.
Same thing goes with <i> and <em> tags, <em> is more semantic and no one is using <i> tag for making text more emphasised.
 
by having bold tag you want the text to be rendered as bold unlike bold, italic and underline but by using strong tag you shows that you want to put special empahsis on that particular piece of text. strong tag is used much and is being recommended too.
 
They both make content striking. As far as presentation they are indistinguishable. So why have two components that do likewise?

They may appear to be identical to people, however the web crawlers or bots – that significant second crowd – see something very distinctive. At the point when an internet searcher arachnids and dissects a page, message in <strong> labels is viewed as vital. Content in <b> labels is most certainly no.


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