What is HTML5?
HTML5 is a new version of HTML which is still in development stage. It is the fifth revision of the HTML standards. Actually, HTML5 is not very different from HTML4 and still follows the XML-presentation language. New PHP developers often compare.
What makes HTML5 special
As i said earlier, HTML5 now brought new tags like -<canvas>,<audio>,<video>,<source>,<embed>,<article>,<figure>,<nav> etc to simplify the tasks but it makes the coding more complex as well.If you already good at HTML, then it should be easier for you because it's mostly like HTML4.
Is HTML5 Good or Bad for SEO?
I have read many blogs which they pointed out that HTML is better for SEO which i disagree because HTML5 brings new features and functionality which helps in both case . Out of all, some affects the SEO while others doesn’t affect it so you can’t say that it has only positive or negative SEO effect. Below given HTML5 Tags and elements affects SEO so please have a look on them:
1. Page Segmentation feature or HTML5
All Search Engine companies are using smarter methods these days. They keep changing their sorting and indexing alogrithms on regular basis. However, they always use Page Segmentation for better indexing. If you are unaware of the term “Page Segmentation”, it is just another name of the process where a single page is divided into many segments or sections. For example- One HTML page can be broken down into a header,footer,article etc. Almost all search engines uses the same method i.e Page Segmentation.
2. Importance of New <article> tag of HTML5
HTML5 has introduced a new “<article>” tag which acts as a container for writing contents. It is considered one of the best tag for bloggers. SEO experts advise bloggers to enclose their main contents inside this so called “<article>” tag because Search Engines gives more priority to contents written inside “<article>” tag. It also reduces the need of using “<div>” elements.
3.Importance of <section> tag of HTML5
One of the newly introduced tags of HTML5 is “<section>” tag. It is one of the most useful tag of HTML5 for SEO Experts because it allows you to add different sections to your Article. Using this tag, you can give more importance to a particular section of your Article. There is no limitation of its usage which means, you can use more than one “<section>” tags for an article. Google or any other search engine bots pays more attention to small sections rather than larger sections. For this reason, i always recommend users to use smaller sections.
4. <footer> tag of HTML5
“<footer>” tag of HTML5 is quite similar to “<header>” tag and performs very similar functionality. However, it can’t be compared with “<header>” in terms of usefulness for Search Engine Bots because they give less importance to the contents, which are placed inside “<footer>” tag. It is useful because it informs search engine spiders about the footer contents of your website.
5. Importance of <nav> tag of HTML5
Before the introduction of HTML5, web designers were using <div> elements along with “ID” and “Class” attribute of CSS. However, after the introduction of HTML5, we can use “<nav>” element for specifying the Navigation Menu. You can use “<nav>” element for placing a collection of links.
6. Importance of <!DOCTYPE> element
<!DOCTYPE> is a new element which is necessary for telling browsers that, you will use HTML5 elements in your HTML file. It is a small piece of code which is necessary but doesn’t affect the SEO of your website.
These are the features of HTLM5 to some certain, so i don't think both really affects SEO and better still not yet in fully action but still coming up.
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