https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/09/09/is-excessive-bold-text-a-bad-idea/ Useful Resources For Webmasters Thu, 14 May 2026 11:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/09/09/is-excessive-bold-text-a-bad-idea/#comment-9425 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:38:40 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=2536#comment-9425 My site is about running and racing, so I usually bold people's names to make them stand out. One of the regional running magazines does that and I liked that feature so had carried it over to my website some years ago and just kept it up.

]]> https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/09/09/is-excessive-bold-text-a-bad-idea/#comment-9419 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:35:44 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=2536#comment-9419 I usually find it annoying, unless to break apart sections. In rare instances, it can be OK. That said, others might feel differently. There are all sorts of studies out there showing just how much people only skim posts.

]]> https://www.webmaster-source.com/2009/09/09/is-excessive-bold-text-a-bad-idea/#comment-9412 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:17:24 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=2536#comment-9412 I don't even find bold text an aid to reading … I find it distracting rather than helpful (just like frequent changes of colour).
If the sentences are so significant that they need distinguishing, they'd usually be better written as subheadings instead.

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