[thelist] Bold vs. Strong

Mike F lists at wirelust.com
Tue Aug 12 15:15:29 CDT 2003


These aren't totally comprehensive resources, but they give decent 
arguments:

- http://tinyurl.com/jt3p (shortened URL)
- http://www.netmechanic.com/news/vol6/html_no12.htm (pay attention to 
the part on search engines and structural markup advantages)

Joshua Olson wrote:
> One of my friends raised the eternal question on whether it's better to us
> <b> or <strong>.  I tried to explain semantics versus presentation, blah,
> blah.  Not sure I did a good job.  I tried to google some really compelling
> arguments but found that the subject has become watered down on too many
> lists to find anything useful at the top of the pile.  Anyone know where I
> can find *the* most unrebuttable argument to use <strong> instead of <b>?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> <><><><><><><><><><>
> Joshua Olson
> Web Application Engineer
> WAE Tech Inc.
> http://www.waetech.com
> 706.210.0168
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