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

Posted by Zubair Hanif
Zubair Hanif
2,817 Points

<Strong> or <b> and <em> or <i> Confusing

What is difference between these tags ? there results are same.

Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points
Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points

by giving <b> tag its only BOLD wrost for google

by giving <strong> tag is BOLD and you gived him MEANING so this part of text is IMPORTANT better for google xD

you will learn more in SEO optimalisation :) so use STRONG :) same em and i use EM :)

3 Answers

angiejang
angiejang
3,134 Points
angiejang
angiejang
3,134 Points

<b> and <i> are explicit - they specify bold and italic respectively. <strong> and <em> are semantic - they specify that the enclosed text should be “strong” or “emphasised” bold and Italic can be controlled vis CSS. Hence strong and em is preferred in modern web page.

Zubair Hanif
Zubair Hanif
2,817 Points
Zubair Hanif
Zubair Hanif
2,817 Points

When i use Anchor tag <a> attribute Target (target="_blank") its open in new Tab. But I want to open in new Window, any solution for this.

Inevitable Walrus
Inevitable Walrus
10,032 Points
Inevitable Walrus
Inevitable Walrus
10,032 Points

Bit of a late response, but the only way you can reliably do this these days is with JavaScript, and it's not exactly recommended as most modern browsers will block your new window, thinking it's a popup. Here's how the HTML would work if you wanted to force a new window and not a new tab using JavaScript:

<a href="yourPage.html" onclick="window.open('yourPage.html', 'newwindow', 'width=500,height=500'); return false;"> Link to open new tab</a>

Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points
Patrik Horváth
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Points

i know about _parent, _self or _top or _blank nothing more more is passible with JavaScript