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Posted by elliot stiller
elliot stiller
283 Points

Cite tag and adress tag

I understand that the adress tag indicates the adress of the document, or a specific piece of text in the document...

Where does the "adress indicator" show up? Does it show up in SEO-- like if you typed in "About" page for Team Tree House, bang, it shows you the adress of team tree house-- just for the about page?

Or, if you typed up, Tim Phan from Team Tree house... it shows you his adress because in the html of teamtreehouse, his name had an adress tag tied to it?

CITE Tag-- i see that it makes things italic. I dont see how this is different then the EM tag.

Help appreciated.

1 Answer

Simon Chercka
Simon Chercka
23,809 Points
Simon Chercka
Simon Chercka
23,809 Points

Hi Elliot,

These tags are what are known as semantic tags. While they may be used to target and apply CSS this is not their real purpose. Instead semantic tags are considered best practice for the future of online content. Primarily it allows search engines to better understand and index a page's content. A lot of semantic tags currently are not used, so you are somewhat coding for the future when you use them.

Here is some more reading for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_HTML The definition in the first line is relevant to your post: "Semantic HTML is the use of HTML markup to reinforce the semantics, or meaning, of the information in webpages and web applications rather than merely to define its presentation or look." So it's about communicating the meaning, not allowing it to be stylable through CSS.

Hope this helps. Don't worry if you're not using semantic tags or confused by these. Your pages will work just fine without.

Simon