<strong> or <b>

Okay, maybe I was wrong about that, but it's still not very good to use <b> (and W3C doesn't recommend it either) because it doesn't actually mean anything.

The reason for using semantic elements like <strong> and <em> is to make your page more accessible - for both humans and machines. For example, a visually-impaired user might use a text-to-speech browser, and using <em> gives the browser a hint that it should emphasize the text, but using <i> just says that the author wanted it displayed in italics for some unknown reason.

As to why I prefer CSS instead of <b> or <i>, it's the same reason as with <font>, which is officially deprecated now.

Hmmm..

ECHO! (Echo!)... (echo..).....

Oh wow! Didn't notice that spork had already posted much of what I have above.

No worries

I just use <strong> <b> seems old skool now.