SEO
June 17, 2026
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Google Confirms HTML, Not Markdown, Is the Gold Standard for SEO
The Foundation of Search: Why HTML Remains King In a recent episode of the Search Off The Record podcast, Google’s John Mueller and Martin Splitt addressed a growing curiosity among web developers: whether Markdown files hold any weight in modern search engine optimization (SEO). Their conclusion was definitive—for the purposes of indexing, discovery, and search […]