<strong> or <b>

Interesting question, I've actually never experienced any difference between using the two.

Would love to hear others opinions who have tested this...

I believe <strong> is a replacement for <b>.

<b> used to be used all the time, but I believe <strong> is now the more acceptible one (and the one newer web editors will use when using a WYSIWYG editor).

cheers
Sam

Website Design

Even though this is an obvious SPAM thread, I've been curious about this myself. I always use <strong>

always use <strong>..

Even Google webmaster Guidelines recommend the same :-)

I had read it somewhere that <strong> is more seo friendly.

The <b> tag is deprecated which means it has been superseded by the <strong> tag and should no longer be used. Back in the day the two tags had different meanings. You would use the <b> tag if you just wanted to bold a word but did not want to add emphasis to that word or phrase. You would use the <strong> tag if you wanted to add emphasis to a word or phrase.

The easiest way to explain the difference is you would only use the <strong> tag for those words or phrases where you would want the reader to emphasize that text with a stronger voice. If you were only bolding a word for style purposes then you would just use the <b> tag. Yes they look the same but they would be read differently by a screen reader.

Nowadays it seems the <strong> tags should just be used for any type of bolding.

It is the same with the <i> and <em> tags for italic text. If you just wanted to italicize a word or phrase for style purposes then you would have just used the <i> tag. If you wanted to italicize a word or phrase to add emphasis then you would use the <em> tags. Nowadays the <i> tag has also been deprecated and the common practice is to use the <em> tag only.

Recently, I answered a similar question here

One is semantic code and the other is just style... ("premier" web designers will explain the difference)

Both <b> & <strong> give same output. But <b> is outdated and <strong> is used these days. It is best practice to use <strong>. The google webmaster guideline also recommends <strong> over <b>.