Why Semantic HTML Still Matters for SEO — Even in Modern Frameworks

Building an ecommerce app using Angular comes with its demands, and the focus is majorly on seamless functionalities. You want your web app to function smoothly, with dynamic interfaces and a beautiful UI of course. While there is no harm in these objectives, there is also no harm in considering the SEO perspective during development. Good HTML helps Google rank your web app and makes it easier for users to find it in the first place. So imagine the horror of discovering that while the website was visually and functionally amazing, it wasn't doing so well in terms of SEO ranking — because from Google's perspective, there was no structure. No clear signals about what the page was about or what content mattered most. Let's dive in. When Everything is a div , span or p Tag Because this wasn't a company's website or a blog, it seemed fine to just have everything wrapped in divs and represented with spans and paragraphs. Page titles, section headings, product names, product descriptions — a