Take the guesswork out of your SEO auditing and improve your technical and on-page SEO tactics. Extensive workbook + ebook combo.
In a recent video, Google’s John Mueller answered a question about how semantic HTML helps search engines understand website content.
Mueller discussed how semantic HTML affects a site’s SEO, accessibility, and search rankings.
But first, let’s define semantic HTML and how it works.
Semantic HTML 101
Semantic HTML elements provide meaning and structure to web content.
It helps search engines and browsers better understand the content and relationships on the page.
Some common semantic elements include the following:
- Headings are used to denote importance and create hierarchy. <h1> is the most important, <h6> is the least.
- Paragraphs are used to represent blocks of text. The <p> element defines a paragraph.
Lists are used to organize items. <ul> and <ol> create unordered and ordered lists,…
