Is there a difference between the "strong" and "b" tags in terms of SEO?

Name: Is there a difference between the "strong" and "b" tags in terms of SEO?
Uploaded: 2013-10-21
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Channel: Google Search Central

Google Search Central · 43K views · 2013 · 1:59

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Why the open web links it

Explains the SEO implications of using the 'strong' versus 'b' HTML tags for text emphasis.

Linked by 21 independent sites, 2 of them widely read in the 2026-10 crawl of the open web, including ahrefs.com, seobility.net, getdevdone.com, seo-suedwest.de, akiosecond.com.