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what's the difference between bold text and strong text ?

4th Oct 2016, 5:14 AM
reyhan hafiz
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the strong text is more foucssed by the search engine from the bold one
4th Oct 2016, 5:34 PM
max dead gamer77
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bold <b> since html4 became a physical state of the typography while <strong> it's logical. Remember, the development of HTML it's now semantic rather than structural and tags like <strong> <em> and <mark> are the semantic and logical use for the relevance in a text. <b> it's used when none of the previous tags matched
3rd Nov 2016, 1:38 PM
Josué Beltrán
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No difference at all! both of them will get you the same result.
4th Nov 2016, 5:32 PM
Nareg
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In HTML 4.01: b element has no mean, just make the text bold. strong element means emphasized content (more than em element). In HTML5: b element means bold text which generally styled bold text. (e.g. product name in its introduction page, a word in glossary, etc.) For heading, use h1-h6 element. For emphasizing, use em element. For indicating importance, use strong element. For highlighting for references, use mark element. b element just make clear the difference between the bold text and the normal text. [supplement] i element is similar to b element. i element means italic text which generally styled italic text. (e.g. technical terms, a part of text written in other language, the name of a ship, etc.) strong element indicates importance. There are various types of importance. (e.g. simply important, with serious feeling, in the emergency, etc.) strong element doesn't change the meaning of a sentence, just clarity the important points. [supplement] em element and strong element are very confusing. em element means emphasized content, and it can change the meaning of a sentence. For example, let's markup a sentence that "I like white flowers." with em element. 1. "I like <em>white</em> flowers." means "I like white flowers (and other colors are not so much)." 2. "I like white <em>flowers</em>." means "I like white flowers (and other white things are not so much)." 3. "I like <em>white flowers</em>." means "I like (only/especially) white flowers."
19th Nov 2016, 7:17 AM
FunctionEight
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<strong> leaves the choice to the browser/screenreader etc. how to display the text (bold by default, but it could also be red), while <b> forces bold text when you really need bold and nothing else.
8th Nov 2016, 10:30 PM
Maike
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Smart and stupid answer: "The main difference is Spelling!"
4th Nov 2016, 2:41 AM
Skyflakes King
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hi
4th Nov 2016, 8:01 AM
Phạm Hạnh
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the strong text looks the same but it is better to use because text readers understand it differently it will SOUND bold as well
5th Nov 2016, 1:57 PM
NICKALL [EP]
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Bold text visually emboldens the image, while strong text emphasizes the text for the user (makes text bold) and the browser & search engine (basically adds keywords).
5th Nov 2016, 10:04 PM
Lucca Tavares
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strong tag emphasized that it is very important to certain browsers as bold is just bold text and doesn't work the same way between your browser and the server to servers for you to see it in your browser. It has to do with how your connection from your computer to ask the servers for that page. Trying to make a long answer as short as I can.
6th Nov 2016, 6:48 PM
John Joseph
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doesn't matter, keep going!
4th Oct 2016, 5:43 AM
Klodian Lula
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sedikit paham
5th Nov 2016, 1:25 PM
M Fahrullah
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The same as the difference between <i> (italics) and <em> (emphasis)! All change the text visually but strong and emphasis change the importance of the text as well as the appearance, that's how I always understood it anyway, hope it helps :)
6th Nov 2016, 12:49 PM
Jess
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the same
10th Nov 2016, 7:27 AM
Amjêd Bavâriên
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