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HTML

Posted by Andrei Li
Andrei Li
34,475 Points

<div> or <section>?

For me it looks better to use <section> everywhere to be semantic and help search engine index websites better. What do you think? Why do we use <div>? For compatability or there is an another thing that I don't know.

2 Answers

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

I tend to use the div tag when I need some generic wrapper for styling or layout purposes. If you're wrapping something meaningful then use a section tag. That's probably a good rule of thumb.

Andrei Li
Andrei Li
34,475 Points
Andrei Li
Andrei Li
34,475 Points

This is a good answer. Thank you! Interesting what Google think about this issue.