SEO is an ever changing field and the latest change is expected to come with the introduction of HTML 5 a sequel to HTML 4 website presentation language. But this should not be a worry for all those related to online business of using HTML in their work like a SEO company, SEO expert, web designers and developers because challenge is what makes work interesting.

HTML5 affect SEO

Sure, all SEO services providers out there will be thinking how will HTML 5 affect website ranking and SEO company? Since HTML 5 is in the introductory stage it cannot be exactly said how it will affect the SEO of a website. But what is heard of some of the new HTML 5 tags is really very impressive and sounds interesting.  It is a known fact that search engines use page segmentation while going through a page but SEOs have not found out a way which can tell the search engines how the page has been segmented.

The various new tags of HTML 5 are thought to be helpful to accelerate the process of SEO for any site. Here is a small description on a few of them and you are the best to know how to use them for your benefit.

•    The <article> tag can be used to separate each entry on a single page. This will surely make the coding neater. The content between the tags can gain more importance.
•    To identify different sections on a page the <section> tag can be used. Each section can be given individual name.
•    The <header> tag is different from the <head> tag and can include paragraphs, coded links, and other relevant things.
•    Then comes the <footer> tag it can also include relevant information and placed towards the end of a page or sections on the page.   
•    The <nav> tag will be useful to guide the search engines for easy navigation of the site.
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