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4. Semantically correct markup
Semantically correct markup uses html elements for their given purpose. Well structured HTML has semantic meaning for a wide range of user agents (browsers without style sheets, text browsers, PDAs, search engines etc.)
You should use standard HTML elements for your markup and avoid styling HTML elements to look like other HTML elements. In simple terms, this means:
- for headings, use heading elements starting with H1
- for paragraphs of text, use a paragraph element
- for lists, use a list elements