Introducing HTML 5
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010So you think that SEO has nothing to do with programming? Well by and large this might be so, but anyone even thinking about starting an SEO campaign needs to know a little HTML.
Why? Well, because Google says so of course. Or at least they’re saying so with the introduction of the HTML 5 Version of their YouTube video player. Since Google is the standard by which many SEO professionals measure the success of their campaigns, this is not to be taken lightly.
Why introduce a new HTML system at all? HTML 4 first came into being in late 1997, over 10 years ago. That’s a lifetime when it comes to technology. In those days websites were mainly static and didn’t include the level of interactivity that exists on a lot of sites today. HTML 5 is designed to address this issue and essentially speed up the internet.
Websites will be better able to be standardized, making it easier for web developers to work on and update projects. New tags will also allow page divisions to be read better by search engine spiders. This means that they will be able to read the content as opposed to the whole page and this will translate into more precise search results. It remains to be seen whether HTML 5 will take over the internet but, with Google backing it, the chances are pretty high.
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