weegillis
08-10-2011, 01:56 PM
In previous versions of HTML we had only one outline: TITLE > H1 -> H2 => H3, => H3; -> H2 => H3, ... This pretty much limited the scope of a page to one main topic. Blur these lines and the whole page suffered.
Today's HTML5 does away with this uniform outline and replaces it with a unified outline that permits localized scope within a document. We can now safely mix our topics on a single page. They don't even have to be related.
Where yesterday it was typical to have one header element, such as <div id="header">..</div>, today and tomorrow we will see possibly several HEADER elements in the same document. One on the wrapper (banner, page heading, tagline, etc.) and one in each SECTION and/or ARTICLE. Add to this that we can now group headings with HGROUP and now those apparently unrelated headings take on their own special meaning within the context of the heading group and the article/section.
Search engines are going to love this, and the effect on SERPs is going to be enormous. I see a mix of results, not just a narrow field. For instance, search for pet food and there won't just be a hundred per supply stores in the top results, but vet clinics, grooming shops, pet groups, SPCA, and so on. This is what I see. Opinions may vary, and it's too early to drum up facts, but...
Today's HTML5 does away with this uniform outline and replaces it with a unified outline that permits localized scope within a document. We can now safely mix our topics on a single page. They don't even have to be related.
Where yesterday it was typical to have one header element, such as <div id="header">..</div>, today and tomorrow we will see possibly several HEADER elements in the same document. One on the wrapper (banner, page heading, tagline, etc.) and one in each SECTION and/or ARTICLE. Add to this that we can now group headings with HGROUP and now those apparently unrelated headings take on their own special meaning within the context of the heading group and the article/section.
Search engines are going to love this, and the effect on SERPs is going to be enormous. I see a mix of results, not just a narrow field. For instance, search for pet food and there won't just be a hundred per supply stores in the top results, but vet clinics, grooming shops, pet groups, SPCA, and so on. This is what I see. Opinions may vary, and it's too early to drum up facts, but...