The Semantic Web, a concept tossed around for years as a Web extension to make it easier to find and group information, is getting a critical boost Tuesday from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

The increased use of language understanding in search engines has prioritized writing content that is organized by topics and subtopics and communicates the message in a way that lacks ambiguity.

Google’s John Mueller, in an SEO Office Hours session, answered a question about whether the <article> semantic HTML element has an impact on Google. John answered the question directly but there is a ...