HTML5 and SEO

I remember HTML came into being during my college years, a time I remember by 14k4 modems, gopher servers and rather huge phone bills.
Then I downloaded something called Netscape and everything changed. HTML (HyperText Markup Language) took the world by storm. Now, any ordinary user may never have heard of different HTML versions, but if you are trying to make money out of SEO, you just need to know.
The webpage layout as the user sees it, may not dramatically change immediately, but never forget your page's structure and content is analyzed by computers all the time.
So, any markup changes can and will have effect on SEO, Google Adsense placement etc; from lowering or increasing load time by reducing HTML code, to identifying the key elements of a page.
Not only that, but it is important to know how page link placement should be carried out, and how search engines will change their view on certain links if the site is coded in HTML 5.

HTML5 introduces new tags to enhance structure in web pages. There will be a <header> tag to identify the header, <nav> for navigation and <article> for content. Then there will be tags that enable interactive content without having to use a Flash Player-plugin, like the <video> tag.

Then, improvements to the DOM (Document Object Model) should lead to shorter load times.
Then I've also read HTML5 would enable apps to function when you're not online, cause certain files are loaded on a first visit. Then, when you've worked offline, the info is sent to the server once online traffic is possible.

So if you're into SEO, make sure to follow HTML5, it'll impact your Adsense business.

Last Updated on Sunday, 29 August 2010 14:58

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