title: What is the difference between <s> and <del> in HTML, and do they affect website rankings?
body: <p>What is the difference between <code>&lt;s&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;del&gt;</code>? I have read <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/271776/1780148">here</a> that there are semantic differences between <code>&lt;b&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;strong&gt;</code>, does this apply to <code>&lt;s&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;del&gt;</code>? Additionally, how are such semantic differences, if any, interpreted by search engines and what affect would they have on rankings? Are there any other tags that affect search rankings?</p>