Techniques for BOLD and ITALIC fonts in content

Posted By: dinnopaul () Posted On: 2007-Dec-06 08:33
Hi Experts what is the perfect techniques to use for BOLD and Italic fonts in content ? does these types techniques can useful in search engines. if we put anchor text links in BOLD or Italic fonts so that can be useful in google rankings ? Pls advise about these. Awaiting for your reply Best Regards

Posted By: Dinkar (Staff) Posted On: 2007-Dec-06 08:51
Make it readable for people.

Posted By: g1smd (Staff) Posted On: 2007-Dec-06 22:28
Use bold and italic only where they are needed. Overuse makes the page very hard to read.

Posted By: SportsGuy (Staff) Posted On: 2007-Dec-06 22:31
...and use <strong> instead of <bold> when coding...

Posted By: Dinkar (Staff) Posted On: 2007-Dec-06 22:50
why?

Posted By: g1smd (Staff) Posted On: 2007-Dec-07 00:44
The <b> and <i> tags were deprecated quite some time ago.

Posted By: Dinkar (Staff) Posted On: 2007-Dec-07 15:00
AFAIK, those tags are NOT deprecated in HTML 4. See links: W3Schools.com HTMLGoodies.com

Posted By: Quadrille ()
Posted On: 2007-Dec-07 16:12

We all know by now that there are 200+ Factors That Matter To Google (ftm2g).

In this case, any minute advantage of over-using bold will be more than compensated by the damage done in reader confusion.

A well made site will do well in Google; get good original content, and 150+ of those 200 will take care of themselves, and you'll sleep better at night.

Plus a warning: over-using ANYTHING may well be waving a red flag in Google's face. Let's face it; if they can count the B tags (and they can), then they can just as easily say "This Guy Is Taking The P***" (tgittp)