just curious

Hi all,

I can't seem to find the answer for this... but i have read in a lot of places that having bolded or using h1, h2 or italicizing your keyword(s) is a good thing. I just have a question... i use css to bold, italicize, etc... my text. Will bots read this as bold or italicize keyword? my code would read something like this <span class='bold_font'>keyword</span>

pardon me if this is a stupid question...

I don't think that the bots read css.

I wouldn't assume bots read CSS, but why not just use bold or italics without the CSS? I can understand if you're messing with the font or color at the same time maybe, but for just bolding text I would expect you'd do much better to use the <strong> tag.

my css attributes for certain fonts set for certain size, colour, font type and bold.. so is much easier to do it this way than to enter bold manually.. another question i have is if <em> = <i> and <strong> = <b> does it matter which one i use?

I don't know which style you're using for bold text, but remember that you can always redefine the look of the B tag etc.

So instead of always using <SPAN CLASS="caption"> your can make <B> look like the caption you had in mind and have the added benefit of B tags. It makes sense too. One SPAN is just like the next - to a bot

BTW - I'm 99% sure that <EM> is as powerful as <I>, and <STRONG> as strong as <B>. And bold italics are even better sometimes, if used sparingly (you can't emphasise every word or phrase on a page - THAT'S LIKE SHOUTING)