By
Raqueebuddin Aziz
June 20, 2023
Freelance Web Designer & Developer
Let’s see how we can use the address tag to improve our sites SEO and accessibility quite a bit.
Usage
<address>You can contact me at raqueebuddin.aziz.314@gmail.com</address>
<!-- OR -->
<address>Phone No: +11234567890</address>
<!-- OR -->
<address>Mail us a letter at P/O box at XYZ Street, ABC City</address>
<!-- OR you are free to put multiple contact methods in the same tag -->
<address>
You can contact me at raqueebuddin.aziz.314@gmail.com<br />
Phone No: +11234567890<br />
Mail us a letter at P/O box at XYZ Street, ABC City
</address>
address tag is meant to be used to provide contact information for the current context, if you use it inside an article tag it would be associated with that part of the page, if you use it directly under body it would be considered a contact for the entire webpage and so on.
Misconceptions
Common misconceptions about the address tag is that it should be used for physical addresses only.
You can use it for a physical address as that is just one way to contact somebody but you can use it for any other way to contact you including emails, phone numbers, discord etc…
Why not just use a div or a span?
tldr; for SEO and Accessibility.
If you use a div or a span for putting in contact information, the browser doesn’t know it’s contact information it just sees it as any other generic text, which will lead to
- Search engines not scraping the contact details and provide those in search results.
- Assistive technologies like screen readers won’t announce it as contact information which can lead to bad user experience.
Things not to use address tag for
You should not put any other information than the contact details inside the address tag, for e.g. publishing date for an article or the description of the article.
Conclusion
In summary the address tag is a great way to build more Accessible and SEO friendly webpages.
If you consistently use it in your webpages,then your sites will have better SEO and better UX leading to more customers and happier customers.
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